At Palayanur Kattabomman held deliberations with Marudu. Subsequently, joined by armed men of Sivaganga, Kattabomman returned to Panjalamkurichi. XI History - Lesson - - Early Resistance to British Rule as their ruler. They occupied the southern and northern regions of the kingdom.
The soldiers made their entry into Madurai too. In July Umathurai led his followers to Palayanad in Madurai and captured it. In both the Sivagangai and Ramanathapuram forces joined together under the command of Shevatha Thambi, the son of Chinna Marudu, and marched along the coast towards Thanjavur. Thereupon the distressed peasants in Thanjavur also joined the force of Shevatha Thambi.
Captain William Blackburne, the resident of Thanjaur collected a force and defeated Shevatha Thambi near Mangudi. Serfoji, the raja of Thanjavur stood firmly by the British. Yet the fighters could elude the pursuit of the British troops by rapid movements, while laying the entire region waste.