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In the high ranges of Peermade, Travancore (the current Peermade of Idukki district in Kerala), in 1918, a young girl was born to Modayil Pothen Mani, a well-known civil engineer cum plantation owner and his wife.

Little did anyone in the misty hills of Idukki know that one day the place would be known by the legacy left behind by her.

This is the story of Anna Modayil Mani, the weatherwoman of India.

Born into a prosperous Syrian Christian family with seven siblings, Anna Mani defied all societal norms from a very young age.

The story is filed under Lifestyle. Rajasthani News is carrying the opening of that report and will revise this copy only when a later account confirms something new.