Mr Thangadurai T. was awarded a Small Study and Research Grant (India) 2013-14, when Research scholar in the Dept of Epigraphy and Archaeology, Tamil University, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, for study, documentation and mapping of the fortifications of Pudukkottai region from 1300-1900 CE.
Thiru T. Thangadurai is now Assistant Director, Dept. of Archaeology, Thanjavur. Tamilnadu.