According to the Maduraiveeraswamikathai text, Veeran was born to aristocratic parents and was abandoned, and later adopted by a couple from the Arunthathiyar community.

The two then fled to Tiruchirappalli, where Veeran was requested by the local king to defeat bandits terrorising his people, which he did so successfully and famously.

As a result, it is falsely claimed that he was adopted by the Arunthathiyar community rather than being born among them, reflecting deeply ingrained societal prejudices.

Furious, the king ordered a traitor's death for Veeran, who was taken to the gallows and had his alternate hands and legs chopped off (marukkal marukkai).

Both Bommi and Vellaiyammal threw themselves into his funeral pyre, and the king was sorrowful once he learnt his true identity.

[2] A shrine for Madurai Veeran was later erected at the east gate of the Meenakshi Amman Temple by the king.