is the result of the Raman effect . Early years : Venkata Raman was born at Thiruvanaikaval , near Tiruchirappalli , Madras Province , in British India to R. Chandrasekhara Iyer (b. 1866) and Parvati Ammal (Saptarshi Parvati). He was the second of their five children. At an early age, Raman moved