It was modeled after the legendary Sangams of Madurai city as mentioned in ancient Tamil literature.
It held exams to confer Tamil Pandithar degree on those who passed.
In the late 19th century, there was a great awakening of the Tamils and U. V. Swaminatha Iyer, S. V. Damodaram Pillai, and others brought to light many of the ancient Tamil works which had hitherto remained in obscurity.
[2][3][4] The present president of Madurai Tamil Sangam is King of Mugavai.
Kumaran Sethupathi, vice president is Dr. N. sethuraman and secretary is S. Mariappa Murali.