Vendargon was born on 29 August 1909 in Naranthanai in northern
Ceylon. Vendargon and his mother moved to
Malaya, where his father worked as a surveyor, in 1910. Following the outbreak of
World War I Vendargon, his siblings and mother returned to Ceylon. After the war the family rejoined Vendargon's father in
Seremban in 1919. The family moved to
Malacca in 1923. Vendargon was educated at
St Patrick's College, Jaffna,
St Paul's, Seremban, and
St Francis' Institution, Malacca. Despite his father wanting Vendargon to be a doctor, Vendargon entered the St Francis Xavier Seminary in
Singapore in 1925 before transferring to the
College General in
Penang in 1927. ==Career==