On the night of May 14, 1897, despite the forceful opposition by the temple servants, a party of fifteen Nadars from the Irulappa Nadar family forcefully managed to enter the Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple at Kumudi with Kavadi, torches and drums. They went to the Sanctum Sanctorum and approached the principal deity re-lighted the extinguished torches and presented coconuts, swung before it, lighted camphor, and offered poojas to the main deity. Finally, the holy image was touched by them. But the Maravars and the Ramnad Zamindar opposed it.
