Background
Sabapathy was born in 1853 in Thalaiyali near Vannarpannai in northern Ceylon. He was the son of Murugan Arunachalam and S. Annapillai. Sabapathy married Sinnamma, daughter of Saravanamuthu Udayar and had two sons.
Sabapathy was born in 1853 in Thalaiyali near Vannarpannai in northern Ceylon. He was the son of Murugan Arunachalam and S. Annapillai. Sabapathy married Sinnamma, daughter of Saravanamuthu Udayar and had two sons.
He was educated at Jaffna Central College.
The Jaffna Association and Sabapathy were persuaded to join the Ceylon National Congress (Computer Numerical Control) after P. Arunachalam gave them assurances in 1918 that the Sinhalese leaders of the Computer Numerical Control would do all that they could do to secure "as large a representation as possible to the Tamils". The First Manning Reforms did not live up to the assurances given by the Computer Numerical Control and in 1921 Sabapathy joined the newly formed Tamil Mahajana Sabha as its vice-president Sabapathy died on 5 May 1924 at his home in Thalaiyali.
Sabapathy a founding member of the Saiva Paripalana Sabhai and a member of the Jaffna Local Board.