Rajapalayam

Rajapalayam is a town and a unique review region and first biggest region in Virudhunagar region in the Indian province of Tamil Nadu. It is found 85 km southwest of Madurai in the province of Tamil Nadu. Its principle attractions are the Ayyanar Falls and the neighbor town of Srivilliputtur. Rajapalayam is occupied by individuals who originated from the old Vijayanagaram state. Krishnadeaya, the Maharaja of Vijayanagara Empire had sent five military commandos to Madurai Nayak kingdom to maintain the law and control in the southern piece of Nayaka kingdom at Sivagiri district.

The Kshatriya Raju group under the authority of Chinna Raja, a heredity decedent of the lord of Vijayanagar had a place with Pasumpatti and other four siblings came to and built up useful for the Nayaka kingdom of Madurai. After at that point, they moved toward the south alongside his adherents and settled at kilarajakularaman at the principal example and afterward moved their settlements to Palayapalayam in 1483.

At the point when Vijayanagaram control was set up in Madurai, the descendents of the first exiled people were said to have served under the Chokkanatha nayak, ruler of Madurai who has recorded his energy about the administration rendered by Chinna raja and his four children and has conceded 'Sasanam' to set up a stronghold there.So the center of sixteenth century, they developed the Palayapalayam fortification.