sentences:  The Vellaikurichi Fort along with some encompassing villages were granted by the Raja of Sivaganga.In the 1820s, a descendant of Bangaru was reported to be in Madurai seeking pecuniary assistance from the government.Also it is reported, every year they conducted a ceremony of reciting poems of their royal forebears of their valour and deeds on the first day of Tamil month of Chittirai.