179 பேராசிரியர் ந.சஞ்சீவி பிற்சேர்க்கை எண் I : An extract from the book which contains a Summary of the ex penses and income of the inam Sarakanei village from 1st September 1865 to 30th June 1944. Accounts of the imam Sarakanei Village. Position : The inam Sarakanei Village is situated in the new district of Ramnad some 19 miles east of Sivagangha & forms part of the Zamin of that name. Origin of the Village: Rev. Fr. Rossi, S.J. first settled at Maraneri, east of the present Sarakanei; a quarrel arose among the several castes of Maraneri and forced Rev. Fr. Rossi to leave the place. About the year 1750 he retired to the place which is now Sarakanei; built there a church and slowfy the people of Maraneri came and settied round him. But the manibam granted to the church bears the name of Maraneri in the officiai documents. Grant of the Manibam: The iocal tradition recites that towards the year 1780 a certain Marudappa Servakaran who after serving in the places of Ramnad and Sivaganga had taken hold of the Zamin of Sivaganga made to the church of Sarakanei for its maintenance the grant of the gramam of Maraneri as a manibam. Anyhow, the patayam or donation deed on a Copper sheet, signed not by him, but by the then Zamindari of Sivaganga, Peria Udayar, Tevar. It is dated 23rd December 1800 A.D.” The priest incharge at that time was Arulandarswami, who had come from Goa in 1788. Periya Udayar Tevar confirmed his donation by a letter of the same date in which he declares that he has given as a sarva manibam to the church of Sarakanei the village of Maraneri..... * இக்குறிப்பினை இந்நூலுக்குப் பயன்படுத்திக் கொள்ளும் வண்ணம் உதவிய சருகணி ஆலயத் தலைவர்க்கும் அவர்க்குக் கடிதம் வாயிலாக என்னை அறிமுகம் செய்து வைத்த திருச்சி செயின்ட் ஜோசப் கல்லூரித் தலைவர் மறைத்திரு. எராட் (Fr. Ehrhart) அவர்கட்கும் நன்றி. - ஆசிரியர் атаčar ili Extracts from 'Papers Relating to Poligars War of Tinnevelly District' published in 1914.
