derive the title Vannimai from the Tamil word vanam, meaning "forest", with Vannia or Wannia meaning "person from the forest", and Vannimais being large tracts...

of Sithawaka lasted for a short span of time during the Portuguese era. Vannimai, also called Vanni Nadu, were feudal land divisions ruled by Vanniar chiefs...

Vanni in the first millennium of the Common Era governing what were called Vannimai, the Jaffna Kingdom's land divisions located south of the Jaffna Peninsula...

strategical purposes. The ruling class was composed of multi-caste origins. The Vannimai ruling class arose from a multi-ethnic and multi-caste background Some...

of the Jaffna Kingdom, a former kingdom in the north of Sri Lanka and Vannimai chieftaincies from the east. According to the anthropological and archaeological...

political movements. The LTTE leader was often compared to Pandara Vanniyan of Vannimai, because both had a similar fate. Pandara Vanniyan was a freedom fighter...

descendant of the Vanniyar immigrants who became the chieftains of the Vannimais. Much remains unclear about his family, but reports state that he had...

Ishwarams Early Jaffna Middle Ages Chola Era Jaffna kingdom Aryacakravarti Vannimai Vanniar Portuguese conquest Colonial Portuguese Ceylon Dutch Ceylon Yalpana...

controlled social interactions. They also were organized politically as Vannimai chiefs who came nominally under the kingdom of Kandy. The most important...

in 1215 AD, and the subsequent establishment of the Jaffna Kingdom and Vannimai chieftaincies in the east, Tamil settlements became predominant in these...

Ishwarams Early Jaffna Middle Ages Chola Era Jaffna kingdom Aryacakravarti Vannimai Vanniar Portuguese conquest Colonial Portuguese Ceylon Dutch Ceylon Yalpana...

Ishwarams Early Jaffna Middle Ages Chola Era Jaffna kingdom Aryacakravarti Vannimai Vanniar Portuguese conquest Colonial Portuguese Ceylon Dutch Ceylon Yalpana...

Tamils of the old Jaffna Kingdom and east coast chieftainships called Vannimais. The Indian Tamils (or Hill Country Tamils) are descendants of laborers...

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city. It is located close to Thoppur. It was part of the Jaffna kingdom's Vannimai districts throughout the medieval period, and was part of the Malabar Coylot...

Aryacakravarti Jaffna Palace ruins Kotagama inscriptions Portuguese conquest Vannimai Vanniar Demala Hatpattu Colonial American Ceylon Mission Wesleyan Methodist...

Aryacakravarti dynasty. Under the rule of the Aryacakravarti kings, the Vannimai chieftains paid tribute to the Jaffna kings. The dynasty ruled the peninsula...

Ishwarams Early Jaffna Middle Ages Chola Era Jaffna kingdom Aryacakravarti Vannimai Vanniar Portuguese conquest Colonial Portuguese Ceylon Dutch Ceylon Yalpana...

Aryacakravarti Jaffna Palace ruins Kotagama inscriptions Portuguese conquest Vannimai Vanniar Demala Hatpattu Colonial American Ceylon Mission Wesleyan Methodist...

Aryacakravarti Jaffna Palace ruins Kotagama inscriptions Portuguese conquest Vannimai Vanniar Demala Hatpattu Colonial American Ceylon Mission Wesleyan Methodist...

Ishwarams Early Jaffna Middle Ages Chola Era Jaffna kingdom Aryacakravarti Vannimai Vanniar Portuguese conquest Colonial Portuguese Ceylon Dutch Ceylon Yalpana...

v t e Topics on Northern Province, Sri Lanka History Jaffna kingdom Vannimai Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism Militancy Tamil Eelam Burning of Jaffna library...

Aryacakravarti Jaffna Palace ruins Kotagama inscriptions Portuguese conquest Vannimai Vanniar Demala Hatpattu Colonial American Ceylon Mission Wesleyan Methodist...

Aryacakravarti Jaffna Palace ruins Kotagama inscriptions Portuguese conquest Vannimai Vanniar Demala Hatpattu Colonial American Ceylon Mission Wesleyan Methodist...

Aryacakravarti Jaffna Palace ruins Kotagama inscriptions Portuguese conquest Vannimai Vanniar Demala Hatpattu Colonial American Ceylon Mission Wesleyan Methodist...

Tevar as his eastern port in the 11th century and prospered under the Vannimai chieftaincies of the Jaffna kingdom. Two powerful merchant guilds of the...

Portuguese interests), the lucrative markets and strategic benefits of Jaffna's Vannimai chieftaincies, and their support of anti-Portuguese factions within the...

Aryacakravarti Jaffna Palace ruins Kotagama inscriptions Portuguese conquest Vannimai Vanniar Demala Hatpattu Colonial American Ceylon Mission Wesleyan Methodist...

Aryacakravarti Jaffna Palace ruins Kotagama inscriptions Portuguese conquest Vannimai Vanniar Demala Hatpattu Colonial American Ceylon Mission Wesleyan Methodist...

Jaffna kingdom in the Vanni area, namely the Vanniar chieftains of the Vannimai were neutralised. This was followed by two successive conquests. The first...