Periyar Maligai: a home that became a political landmark at Puthur in Tiruchi

The home, situated on approximately 2.5 acres of land, is said to have been bought by ‘Periyar’ E.V.Ramasamy, the founder of the Dravidar Kazhagam, in 1950 for ₹50,000. The estate, originally, also housed a teachers’ training institute, children’s orphanage and school, were shifted to a bigger campus in Tiruchi’s K.K. Nagar area in 1980