 His third son Thampi (Nataraja Guru) was a famous disciple of Sree Narayana Guru and founded Sree Narayana Gurukukam at Varkala where Guru Nitya Chaitanya Yati did his spiritual practice.Palpu attended Maharaja's College in Thiruvananthapuram but was subsequently refused admission to Travancore Medical College in 1878.He attended a similar college in Chennai and then went to England, where he continued his medical training at London and Cambridge.