Maruthu Pandiyar

Maruthu Pandiyar
Maruthu Pandiyar
Born	Mukkulam, Tamil Nadu

Periya Marudhu and Chinna Marudhu sculptures inside of Kalaiyar Kovil, Sivagangai District.

The Marudhu Pandiyars^[1] (Periya Marudhu and Chinna Marudhu) were de facto rulers of Sivagangai, Tamil Nadu, India, towards the end of the 18th century. They were known for fighting against the East India Company.^[2] They were finally executed by the EIC after being captured by them .^[3]

^ Rajarajan, R.K.K. (2019). "Linking the ancient with the modern: Rāma-Lakṣmaṇa and the Marutu Brothers analogy". The Quarterly Journal of the Mythic Society: 110.2: 41-49. ISSN 0047-8555. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
^ Gourlay, J. (1813). Mahradū, an Indian story, with some observations on the present state of the British empire. p. 17. Archived from the original on 14 July 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
^ Welsh, James (1930). Military Reminiscences: Extracted from a journal of nearly forty years' active service in the East Indies, Volume 1 (Second ed.). London: Smith, Elder & Co., Cornhill. Retrieved 24 January 2022.

[1] Rajarajan, R.K.K. (2019). "Linking the ancient with the modern: Rāma-Lakṣmaṇa and the Marutu Brothers analogy". The Quarterly Journal of the Mythic Society: 110.2: 41-49. ISSN 0047-8555. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2019.

[2] Gourlay, J. (1813). Mahradū, an Indian story, with some observations on the present state of the British empire. p. 17. Archived from the original on 14 July 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2019.

[3] Welsh, James (1930). Military Reminiscences: Extracted from a journal of nearly forty years' active service in the East Indies, Volume 1 (Second ed.). London: Smith, Elder & Co., Cornhill. Retrieved 24 January 2022.

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