Paul's mother became a Temple prostitute at the of 12. When her Temple prostitute grandmother was about to die, she took her to the temple and got her married to the goddess Yellamma. She did so ,as to keep temple prostitution tradition to continue in the family. So she was helpless and served the temple and the male devotees and ended up begging on the streets, once she lost her physical charm became a non-entity and had to survive on the streets by begging and entertaining any low income customers, as such her son and other siblings had to live on the streets.