Pitty Theagaraya Chetty Senior and Sir Pitty Theagaraya Chetty Junior have donated and formed the Institutions during the year 1917, when their properties partitioned amongest themselves, they have set apart a portion of their property for Educational purposes. Sir Theagaraya College is situated in the property donated by senior Pitty Theagaraya Chetty and Junior Sir Pitty Theagaraya Chetty.