Devendrar Jayanti

It is organised by various political parties, community organisations and civil societies in Southern Tamil Nadu to commemorate the memory of Immanuvel Devendrar, a freedom fighter and Indian National Congress leader who took part in the Quit India movement during the British Raj era.

[1] He worked in the Indian Army in independent India and later he fought for the rights of depressed class people of Southern Tamil Nadu, particularly for upliftment of Pallar caste.

[citation needed] Immanuel Devendrar was a member of the Indian National Congress and a close associate of its leader, K. Kamaraj.

[2] Devendrar Jayanti is among the celebrations sometimes criticised as being designed mainly as expressions of caste pride and political power, which sometimes turn into inter-caste violence.

Despite these arguments every year the government is struggling to maintain the law and order during these celebrations.