He was born to V. M. S. Ramasamy Adithan and R. Babu Sundaram Ammal on 24 March 1948 at Nagarcoil, Travancore. He is married to his aunt's (from the father side) daughter, Vijaya Anbubai. They have two children, V. M. S Ramaswamy Athithan and S. Thananjeya Athithan.
His political debut was after demes of his predecessor Mr. S. Kesava Adithan who died in a car accident on 26 November 1982. As a re-place he was elected to Tiruchendur in the year of 1984. After demise of MGR he aligned with Mrs. Ganaki Ramachandran and contested the Sattangulam Constituency with symbol double pegon(இரட்டை புரா). But fortunately got 3rd position only. Then after he join back to the realigned ADMK under the leadership of J. Jayalalitha. After brief time he abstained from the party activities and turned himself into a social welfare sympathiser.