Bhumi Puja performed for installing the statues of “Marudhu Pandiyar Brothers” on the tank bund of Gangineni Cheruvu tank of Chittoor corporation, Andhra Pradesh.
Marudhu brothers said that during the late 18th century, Periya Marudhu and Chinna Marudhu were in the service of the Siva Gangai region king.
Against British Raj, the brothers started the unification of the anti-British forces from the coastal belt from Tamil Nadu to West Bengal and raised an armed force to wage a battle for Independence.
After a series of struggles, the brothers were captured in 1801 and were hanged by the British rulers near Siva Gangai.