Chittoor MLA Arani Srinivasulu and Andhra Pradesh State Mudaliyar Welfare and Development Corporation chairman T. G. Suresh on January 22 performed Bhumi Puja for installing the statues of “Marudhu Pandiyar Brothers” of Sivagangai region of Tamil Nadu on the tankbund of Gangineni Cheruvu tank in the heart of Chittoor corporation.
More than one thousand people from the Tamil communities from various parts of Tamil Nadu, Rayalaseema region, and Nellore district attended the event.
Ramaswamy Servai, a descendant of the Marudhu brothers said that during the late 18th century, Periya Marudhu and Chinna Marudhu were in the service of the Siva Gangai region king. Seeing the atrocities of the British Raj, the brothers started the unification of the anti-British forces from the coastal belt from Tamil Nadu to West Bengal and raised an armed force to wage a battle for Independence. After a series of struggles, the brothers were captured in 1801 and were hanged by the British rulers near Siva Gangai. Belonging to the dominant Mudailyar community in Tamil Nadu, the brothers had turned into a mascot for the community all over the world.
