The Madurai Nayaks were a Telugu dynasty who ruled most of modern-day Tamil Nadu, India, with Madurai as their capital. The Madurai Nayaks had their origins...

Tirumala Nayaka (r. 1623–1659) was the ruler of Madurai Nayak Dynasty in the 17th century. He ruled Madurai between A.D 1623 and 1659. His contributions...

branch of the Madurai Nayak dynasty, the Kandyan Nayaks were related to the Thanjavur Nayaks as well. Both Madurai and Thanjavur nayaks belonged to Nayakkar...

Vriddhagirisan, Timmappa Nayak was the brother of Nagama Nayak. Nagama Nayak was the father of Visvanatha Nayak (founder of the Madurai Nayak dynastic line). Hence...

Thirumalai Nayak Palace is a 17th-century palace erected in 1636 by King Tirumala Nayaka, a king of Madurai's Nayaka dynasty who ruled Madurai from 1623...

Madurai Nayak Dynasty Varunakulattan, also known as Khem Nayak, 17th-century feudal lord of the Jaffna Kingdom Viswanatha Nayak, founder of Madurai Nayak...

Chokkanatha Nayak (1662—1682) succeeded his father Muttu Alkadri Nayak, as the ruler of the Madurai Nayak dynasty, when he was sixteen years old....

the fall of the Vijayanagara empire. He is the founder of the Nayak dynasty of Madurai. He hailed from the Garikepati family of Balija caste. He was supported...

European Records and notes), was a member of Madurai Nayak royal family and Governor/Commander of the Madurai Nayak King Vijaya Ranga Chokkanatha (1704–1731)...

The Pandya dynasty (Tamil: [paːɳɖijɐr]), also referred to as the Pandyas of Madurai, was an ancient Tamil dynasty of South India, and among the four great...

Kumara Krishnappa Nayak was a ruler of the Madurai Nayak dynasty. He was the successor of King Vishwanatha Nayak. He started ruling the country after his...

Meenakshi (1700–1736) was the queen regent of the Madurai Nayak Kingdom in the Dindigul Fort between 1731 and 1736. She ruled as regent for her adopted...

Empire period in South India. Many of these dynasties, such as the Madurai Nayaks and the Thanjavur Nayaks, were originally military governors under the...

bridge, hence the appellation. During Muttu Krishnappa Nayak (1601–1609 A.D.) of Madurai Nayak dynasty reign, the Ramnadu region, due to lack of efficient...

Early Pandyas, Cholas, Pallava dynasty, later Pandyas, Madurai Sultanate, Vijayanagara Empire, Madurai Nayak Dynasty, Chanda Sahib, and British. It is...

as Governors (Nayakas) of Madurai and Tanjavur. An internal family squabble between Chokkanatha Nayak of Madurai Nayak dynasty and his uncle Vijayaraghava...

Rajasinha was known as Prince Kannasamy Naidu. He was a member of the Madurai Nayak Dynasty and the nephew of Sri Rajadhi Rajasinha. He succeeded his uncle...

Mangammal (Mangamma; died 1705) was a queen regent of the Madurai Nayak kingdom (in present-day Madurai, India) during the minority of her grandson Vijaya Ranga...

16th-century by Madurai Nayakar Dynasty situated in the town of Dindigul in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. The fort was built by the Madurai Nayakar king...

Nayaks (16th Century CE) Nayaks of Gingee (1509–1649) Madurai Nayak dynasty (1529–1736) Nayaks of Tanjore (1532–1673) Nayaks of Kalahasti (1542 CE – 1646...

Chitradurga, Keladi Nayaka, Mysore Kingdom, Nayak Kingdom of Gingee, Nayaks of Tanjore, and Nayaks of Madurai. The rulers of the Vijayanagara Empire maintained...

system was put in place in Tamil Nadu by Viswanatha Nayak, when he became the Nayak ruler of Madurai in 1529, with the support of his minister Ariyanathar...

Viswanatha Nayak - Founder of the Madurai Nayak dynasty. Sevappa Nayak - Founder of the Thanjavur Nayak dynasty Tupakula Krishnappa Nayak - Founder of...

Komarappa Naidu, who was a trader and a shipping merchant. Madurai Nayak dynasty Thanjavur Nayak kingdom Sonti Venkata Suryanarayana Rao, ed. (1999). Vignettes...

Krishnappa, Carnatic musician Kumara Krishnappa Nayak, ruler of the Madurai Nayak dynasty, India Tubaki Krishnappa Nayak, army commander in service of the Vijayanagar...

the temples of this city. Nayak built a palace similar, but smaller in size to that of Thirumalai Nayakkar Palace in Madurai. Entry to this well preserved...

Alagiri Nayak was the younger brother of the Madurai Nayak king Chokkanatha Nayak and the last Burger King of Thanjavur. In 1675, Thanjavur was conquered...

Sethupathi kings belonged Thanjavur Nayak kingdom, once and ally and later adversary of Sethupathis Madurai Nayak dynasty, once and ally and later adversary...

centuries, allying at various times with the Jaffna Kingdom, the Madurai Nayak dynasty of South India, Sitawaka Kingdom, and the Dutch colonizers to ensure...

descendants of Viswanatha Nayak declared independence from the Vijayanagara Empire after its decline and continued as the Madurai Nayak dynasty. The various kings...