Srinivasa Thiyagi (1923-2002), known as Bettaiyan, convinced Tiruppur Subrahmanya Avinashilingam Chettiar, a freedom fighter and former Education Minister of the Madras Presidency, to give consent for his joining a delegation travelling to Madras. While in Madras, he met Gandhi and pleaded with him to visit his native place
The boy who brought Gandhi to a village near Coimbatore, instilled patriotic fervour in people
