Alagapuri

This palayam was once located in Sankarankovil taluk, in the former Tirunelveli province of the Nayak kingdom of Madurai.[1]

Alagapuri Polygar Varaguna Rama helped a Pandya king and was rewarded with lands at Tiruppuvanam and the kaval of Piranmalai, as well as the title Jayatunga Varagunarama Pandya Vanniyanar. One of his descendants, Kandaswami Rattukudai Vanniyanar, was appointed warden of the 25th bastion of Madurai fort. Nine polygars ruled in succession until the final one, Kattari Ratttakkudaiyar, came under the rule of the British East India Company. At the end of the First Polegar War in 1799, the polygar of Alagapuri surrendered one fort and 26 armed men to Major J. Bannerman. The palayam survived into the 19th century as a zamindari ("the smallest of the ancient zamindaris"); it consisted of 5.2 sq. m., comprising four patches of land, and a population (1911) of 1,954, living in two villages.[1]

Castes include Paraiyar, Konar, Devendrakula Velalar, Chettiyaar, Maravar, Vannaar, Arunthatiyar. Zameen Alagapuri was the most powerful at the time of palayams near Sankarankovil.

Following independence, Alagapuri moved under the administration of the Virudhunagar District. It is situated on National Highway 208 between T.Kallupatti and Rajapalayam.

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