Visitors can look around and go inside the original prison cell blocks where the independence fighters were held.
His songs, which once sent coded signals to independence fighters, now sound reflective.
During his time he was never considered an independence fighter but rather a rebellious usurper of the Cambodian throne.
Kattabomman is today recognised by the government as one of the earliest independence fighters opposing the British.
Some 500 citizens as well as independence fighters and their families were in attendance.
The primary purpose was to set up a penal colony for dissenters and independence fighters from the Indian subcontinent.
And for independence fighters, including those who advocate armed struggle, it offers a soapbox.
The Russians, meanwhile, insist they will only withdraw after Chechen independence fighters surrender their arms.
The generation of independence fighters have belied their own nature.
Both men were relentless and uncompromising independence fighters professing a deep concern with the plight of the poor peasant.