Short story of MaaveranDheeran Chinnamalai

Theerthagiri Gounder comes from
the Royal House of Palayakottai
Pattakarar family of Kangeyam.
Dheeran was born into the "Payiran
Kootam". The Palayakottai Pattakarar
family had the title of "Mandradiar"
and controlled large tracts of land
from their royal palace at
Palayakottai. Dheeran Chinnmalai's
grandfather "Kotravel Sarkarai
Mandradiar" was issueless. He
adopted two sons; the first son,
Senapathy, was groomed by his first
wife and the second, named
Rathnaswamy, was groomed by the
second wife. Both the adopted sons
were educated at the palace as it was
the custom those days for the people
of Royal families. In course of time,
the brothers got married. As per the
tradition, the first son Senapathi took
the titles of "Mandradiar" in the year
1731 and continued to control the
lands from Palayakottai. The second
son Rathnaswamy moved to nearby
village named Melapalayam and
took care of the farming of the lands
that belonged to the Palayakottai
Pattakkarar family.
Rathanaswamy and his wife
Periyathal had six children in all –
five sons and one daughter. The first
son was Kulandaiswamy, the second
was Theerthagiri, the third was
Thambi, fourth was Kirlother and the
fifth was Kuttiswamy. Their only
daughter was named Parvatham.
Theerthagiri Gounder who later
became Maveeran Dheeran
Chinnamalai was born in the English
month of April, 1756.
The eldest son Kulandaiswamy and
the last son Kuttiswamy mainly
attended to farming and took care of
the vast tracts of lands of the family.
However, the three brothers
Theerthagiri, Kilothar and Thambi
soon devoted their attention to the
administration and safety of the
villages they ruled. They always rode
on their horses throughout their
jurisdiction and dispensed impartial
and fair justice to all as Politics and
Justice was the duty of Kshatriyas.
They learnt the native martial arts of
Silambam, archery and others from a
very young age. They formed Kongu
youth organizations for the
betterment and welfare of Kongu
region and its people. They also
trained the Kongu youth in their
native martial arts. They protected
their areas from kallars, thieves and
other evil doers. They conducted
Village Panchayats which were the
popular and speedy form of judicial
systems in those days to resolve
disputes arising out of land and civic
nature between individuals and
families.
In course of time, they got their sister
Parvatham married to Ulagapuram
Muthi Thirumalai Gounder. As they
were rich, they conducted the
marriage lavishly and made their
sister happy by giving generous
marriage presents in the form of
jewellery, ornaments and vessels.