Veeran Sundaralingam

Maaveeran Sundharalinga Kudumbanar
Successor	British Rule
Died	1799
Father	Pandiyan Kattana Karuppanan
Religion	Hinduism

Sundaralinga Kudumbanar (died 1799), also known as "Veeran" Sundaralingam Kudumbanar, was an 18th-century CE general from Tamil Nadu, India.

He was born in Governagiri village in Tuticorin district.

He was a general of the Poligar Veerapandiya Kattabomman in his fight against the British East India Company. According to a majority of the accepted historical accounts, he was killed in 1799, while fighting for Kattabomman during the First Polygar War. Another view is that he was killed in the Second Polygar War (1800-1) while assisting Kattabomman's younger brother Oomaithurai.

In recent years Maaveeran Sundaralinga Kudumbanar has been claimed as cultural icon of Devendra Kula Vellalar who are moslty living 19 districts of south Tamil Nadu. In 2009, the Tamil Nadu government-issued a policy note to build a memorial for Sundaralingam at Governagiri.

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