We are all familiar with the Tamil actor Siva karthikeyan movie "Seema Raja"
where the role winds up around an carefree prince of Singampathi and later
becoming a responsible king knowing his heroic history. But how many of us
know that it relates to one of the last Zamindhars of South India. If you are
guessing who is an Zamindhar, He is a land owner who leases
his land to tenant farmers as their main role, while some was so rich that
they started ruling certain territory like a King.
T.N.S MURUGADOSS THEERTHAPATHY
Singampathi is beleived to be one of the oldest Zamins , its existence is
dated back form 1100 AD.The last Zamindhar of Singampathi
T.N.S Murugadoss Theerthapathy at his
age of 92 survived by two sons and three daughter has spent his last breath
on 26-05-2020.He was crowned at age Three and half after his father death
and traveled to Sri lanka for studies. Remember "Avan Ivan" Tamil,
movie by Vishal-Arya duet and a grand opening song like a festival, this how
Adi Amavasai festical would be celebrated in Sorimuthu Ayyanar temple inside
tiger reserve Papanasam. However they lost around 74,000 acre of land after
the abolishment of Zamindhar system in India by British. He made his
living by selling LIC policies while this family donated a
large amount of land for the welfare of the society. He was expert in
handling a range of rifle and was a honorary wildlife warden.
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