Background
Lakshmana was born in Sindhura village, which is now in Jatta taluk of Sangli district in Indian state of Maharashtra.
Lakshmana was born in Sindhura village, which is now in Jatta taluk of Sangli district in Indian state of Maharashtra.
During the time when Mahatma Gandhi"s Non-cooperation movement engulfed the whole of India, Lakshmana started his own struggle against British by forming a band of five like minded men and started looting the tax money collected by the government treasury and distributing it among the populace. In 1922, he was shot dead during a robbery. Sindhura Lakshmana is regarded as a hero and freedom fighter in the states of Karnataka and Maharashtra and gained reputation and regards of people as he distributed the looted money from Government to poor people of the region.
There is story that the people who had seen laxman says that he was physically so strong that he can jump the wall of about 10 feet height.When police were running to catch him.he was running so fast that he could board running horse and he was also able run as speed as rabbit.
He is still remembered as a popular rebel hero and freedom fighter in the Karnataka state. There are several films, plays and theatrical performances staged on his life and deeds.
A Kannada film Veera Sindhura Lakshmana released in 1980"s depicts his rebellion and struggle against the British Government.