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Let's remember the saga of
#VeerapandyaKattabomman on his Jayanti.
Our motherland is called “Veer Bhoomi” as so many valiant heroes fought for her and laid down their lives in great honour, while fighting the foreign invaders.
Pandiya naadu in south Tamilnadu stretching from
Madurai to Tirunelveli is quite famous in this regard especially for the Polygar wars and is indeed a “Veeram vilaindha nilam” (a land where courage is cultivated).
Veerapandiya Kattabomman Karuthayya Nayakkar, the 47th ruler from the Kattabomman clan near Tuticorin, was one of
the Polygars (Palayakkarars) – the subordinates of the erstwhile Naicker rulers of Madurai who appointed them as regional chieftains of their different divisions (Palayams) to administer, collect taxes, and also maintain a battalion of troops.
It is said that during a hunting
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