ettayapuram is a small place.but because of zamin there were so many artists lived there. they supported musicians and poets. muthusami deetchadar spent his last days at ettayapuram. there is his samadhi near bus stand. there was one more poet from there. umarupulavar.there is his samadhi too. regarding bharathiyars house, now maintained as his memorial place is his uncles house. in the same street he lived in two more houses. once our great sri suddanada bharathi avl came tp ettayapuram and stayed in one of the two houses. at present in the other house the present residant is the sister of popular writers..bhaskara thondaiman and pulavar ragunathan.present ettayapuram is dry place but hiding glorious memories of great people seethalakshmi
-zamins were great supporters of culture and religion
ramnad zamin sent vivekanadar to usa for congress of religions.
MS was supported by the zamins of sivakangai and devakottai
even today in devakottai during the kandashasti festival ( started during the zamin times) for 10days after diwali the best artists in culture perform (for a partly crowd.) out of habit .
That is a great habit to have Mr SPS. But your list does not seem to have the soil of my Madurai,sir. If not please add the soil of probably the greatest historical city in Tamilnadu (Tanjore folks, we can argue later) to your collection.
there is marriage sambandam between ramnad rajas family and pudukottai family. ramnad rajas daughter VIJAYA worked with me .another daughter of raja is living at tanjore. venkat,have you heard that there may be some 'saabam'in ramnad rajas family. their sons died very early. the public viewed this like that. it may be rumour. seethalakshmi
my family is closely linked with the rajah of ramnad family
the present rajah is a nephew of the previous rajah.
"castes and colonialism is south india" writes about how bhaskara sethupathi of ramnad died an indebted man at the age of 32.
the sivaganga family also has only a daughter now. madurantaka nachiar.
the two families are related by a common relative the zamin of singampatti. singampattis grand daughter( maternal) is the queen of sivaganga singampattis sisters son is present ramnad raja
ariyakudi ramanujam aiyangar was one sponsered by the devakottai jamin
and sps member uma just saw the kambar smadhi in naattarasan kottai and returned. that soil breeds ilakkiyam i guess. so one more sample for your collection
after jamin's of course later landlords from tanjore district took up sponsoring artists. then the media took over. even if you see today the december festivals would fall flat but for sponsorships by the corporates. venketesh
Another project for us would be to write a book about the royal lineage of Tamilnadu. Where they live today, who they are and their present life style.
> > I have a peculiar habit of collecting SOIL from my favourite > > places: Pazhayarai - Kanchi - Thanjai - Veeranam like the ones. > > > > I have taken soil from Ettayapuram also. Reminds Patriotism. From > > Tuticorin too- becos of Vavusi. > > > > In such soils, I grow Thulasi and pour water-collected after Puja! > > > > Nice things to read on Ettayapuram. >
Great! I will start this now. What a way to pay tribute to great souls!
you will have to remember that only pudukottai was recognized as a king. every body else including ramnad, sivaganga are only zamins. tanjore lost its right to royalty much earlier
(the last one is a juicy story- on how a christian tution master brainwashed his royal student)
today everybody calls themselves rajah. another group like rajah sir annamalai chettiar and co were given rajah titles by the british just like raja ram mohan roy. it had no territorial or royal priveleges. but for political reasons they projected themselves as kings.
I think the two royal families with some good pedigree would be tanjore - from maratta royalty and the other arcot nawab from the prophet himself
I think all these Zamindars had some connection to the past - might have been chieftians or local rulers under the Chera / Chola / Pandian empire ( like our Sambuvarayars & Paluvettariars) mostly formed under political motivation.
The lineage of people like Rajah Sir Annamalai Chettiar have a different beginning that is within recorded history.
So let us count all these Zamindars & proclaimed Rajas as royal lineage as well.
Any idea what happened to our Sambuvarayars & Paluvettariars ? Are they still around ? I read somewhere that in recent times, somebody claimed to be a descendent of RRC lineage and that appeared in a magazine as well. Any pointers ?