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1741-ஆம் ஆண்டில் இலங்கை மீது போர் தொடுத்து வெற்றி பெற்ற டச்சுக்காரர்கள், அடுத்தக் கட்டமாக இந்தியாவை கைப்பற்றும் நோக்குடன் குளச்சல் துறைமுகம் மீது நவீன ஆயுதங்களுடன் படையெடுத்தனர். அவர்களை திருவிதாங்கூர் மன்னன் மார்த்தாண்ட வர்மனின் தளபதியாக இருந்த தமிழரான அனந்த பத்மநாபன் நாடார் தமது படைகளுடன் சென்று போரிட்டு வீழ்த்தினார்.இவர் வர்ம கலையில் நிபுணர்.108 வர்ம ஆசான்களின் துணையுடன் இந்த வெற்றியை அடைந்தார். இதற்காக அவரை பாராட்டி பல நினைவிடங்களை அமைத்த மன்னன் மார்த்தாண்ட வர்மன், பல ஊர்களுக்கு அனந்த பத்மநாபனின் பெயரைச் சூட்டினார். குமரி மாவட்டத்தில் உள்ள பத்மநாபபுரம் அரண்மனையின் பெயரே இவரது நினைவாக சூட்டப்பட்டது தான்.மன்னரிடம் மிகுந்த செல்வாக்கை இவர் பெற்றதால் கடுப்பான நாயர்கள் தீண்டாமையை நாடார் சமூகத்தின் மீது சுமத்தினர். அதன்பின்னர் கன்னியா குமரி மாவட்டத்தில் நடந்த தோல்சீலை போராட்டத்தின் போதும், வேறு சில நிகழ்வுகளின் போதும் தமிழர் என்ற ஒரே காரணத்திற்காக அனந்த பத்மநாப நாடாரின் நினைவை சுமந்து கொண்டிருந்த கட்டிடங்கள் அனைத்தையும் கேரள நாயர்கள் அழித்தனர்.
இதற்கு முக்கிய காரணமாக இருந்தவர் வேலுத்தம்பி தளவாய் நாயர் என்ற மலையாளி. திருவிதாங்கூர் சமஸ்தானத்தின் தளபதியாக பொறுப்பு வகித்த இவர் தான் 1809&ஆம் ஆண்டில் 3 ஆயிரத்திற்கும் மேற்பட்ட தமிழர்களை வெட்டிப் படுகொலை செய்து கடலில் வீசியவர். தமிழர்களுக்கான வரியை இரட்டிப்பாக்கி கொடுமைப் படுத்தியவர். வீரபாண்டிய கட்டபொம்மனை வீழ்த்த ஆங்கிலேயர்களுக்கு உதவி செய்தவரும் இவர் தான். தமிழினத்தை ஒழிப்பதையே நோக்கமாக கொண்டிருந்த இவரை ஆங்கிலேயர்களை வீழ்த்திய வீரன் என்று ஒரு புறம் போற்றிக் கொண்டு, மறுபுறம் அனந்த பத்மநாப நாடாரின் சாதனை வரலாற்றை குழி தோண்டி புதைக்கும் முயற்சியில் நாயர்கள் பல ஆண்டுகளாக ஈடுபட்டு வருகின்றனர். இந்த வேலுத்தம்பி தளவாய்க்கு தபால்தலை வெளியிட்டு பெருமைப்படுத்திய மத்திய அரசு அனந்த பத்மநாபனை கண்டு கொள்ளவில்லை.மன்னர் மார்த்தாண்ட வர்மாவிடம் சரணடையும் டச்சு தளபதி டிலானாய்!

Ananthapadmanabhan NADAR

Ananthapadmanabhan was born at a house of 64 rooms in Thachanvilai in Kannannoor in the Venad nation in them  Kollam year Chingam 24, 873 (1698 A.D.) to Thanumalaya Perumal Asan and Lekshmi Devi. Thachan vilai islocated in the present day Veyyannoor Village of the Kalkulam Taluk in Kanyakumari District in Tamil Nadu state in India.

His father named him Ananthan Perumal, after the name of his grandfather. He had two brothers- Ponnam Perumal and Mayakonda Perumal –and two sisters – Thankapazham and Saraswathi Devi.
His maternal uncle called him Padmanabhan. It was his pet name.
Some of his relatives called him either as Babu Arasan or as Ela Veera Rajan.
Later, King Marthanda Varma clubbed Ananthan and Padmanabhan and called him Ananthapadmanabhan.
Thanumalaya Perumal, was a descendant of the Thiruppapur Royal Family. This family traces its origin to a kingdom called Ay kingdom and later Chera kingdom.
Thanumalaya Perumal had over one hundred slaves.
Thanumalaya Perumal had been the Principal Commander of King Rama Varma. He had been in charge of making weapons. Moreover, he was in charge of the armoury of Venad. Besides, he was the head of 108 martial arts - called kalari - training centres.
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the Dewan of Travancore state, India, during 1737 and 1756 and was responsible for the consolidation and expansion of that kingdom after defeating the Dutch in the Battle of Colachel under the rule of Maharajah Marthanda Varma Kulasekhara Perumal, the maker of Modern Travancore

Ramayyan, was born in Yerwadi, a village in Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu to which his family originally belonged


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Marthandawarma set up an army against Kollam and Kayamkulam under the leadership of Thanupillai, Kumaraswami pillai and secretary Ramayyan.

It was during this time, Dalawa ?Arumugham Pillai? died. His brother Thanu Pillai became the Dalawa, but he also passed away. After the victory over Kayamkulam, Ramayyan got promoted as Dalawa. He hold the post of Army chief and prime minister simultaneously. He undertook the responsibilities with much courage and bravely and assisted Marthandawarma

Marthandavarma immediately started to Pathmanabhapuram with his army. He asked Ramayyan Dalawa to join him. Thus Kulachal war began in 1741, 10th of August. Lanthans were defeated and taken to prison. Dilanoy and Donady, who were among the prisoners won the favour of Maharaja and late trained the army in the European style. Later Dilanoy was given the responsibility of Padmanabhapuram.

NAIRS + PILLAIMARS + PANICKKERS + PANICCKA NADANS + MENONS

Nairs are not ethnically related to Tamils of Kerala. Nairs are Bunts who migrated from Ahichatra in Uttranchal and of Nepalese descent. Keralolpathy written by Nambudiris in the 17th century,Kerala Mahatmiyam (Sanskrit) from the same period mention this migration of Bunt/Nairs to Kadamba Kingdom in 345 AD.Tulunadus Gramapaddathi mention this migration.The Bunt migration to Karnataka from Nepal (Ahichatram was under Nepal) in the ancient times is mentioned in Talgunda inscriptions also. The Ahichatram (Rampur in Uttarkhand) had the habit of selling his own Naga subjects to South Indian rulers as herediatary slaves who were called Bunt or Buntaru (Kannada). Kadamba King Mayuravarma was the first such monarch to bring Naga slaves from Nepal to defend himself against Chera king Imayavaramban Neduncheralathan at 345 AD.These Naga slaves from Ahichatra/Ahi Kshetra(Snake temple) or Ahichatra Madasthana cant marry or have families hence a system of Matriarchy existed among them. The females courted many men simultaneously ie Polyandry and the children were left with the mothers. Tamils (Villavar and Vellalars never practised Matriarchy or Polyandry. After the invasion of Delhi Sulthanate in 1310 under Malik Kafur the Tamil Kingdoms came to an end and many subcastes of Tulunadus Bunt community ie Samantha, Nayara Menava Kuruba and Maaralu became the rulers of Kerala.Nayara Hegdes existed in Karnataka between 4th to 12th centuries.Nairs/Bunts are of Naga stock. When the Nairs became dominant in Kerala in the fourtheenth century they used Tulu Writing system (Tulu Basa) in Kerala to write. Nairs and Nambudiris brought Sanskrit/Prakrit words from Uttanchal to Kerala. Bunts fought for anybody who paid for them and did not have loyalty to any country. Rashtrakutas and Chalulkyas also used Bunts.
Villavar, Vellala, Ayar and Meenavar people who once ruled over Kerala. Villavar ruled over Kerala as rulers for many thousand years. Villavar titles were Panicker, Nadappanicker,Shanar(chieftains)Nadar and Nadavar.Villavar sub castes such as Vanavar/Vanathi Rayars/Enathi rayar(Eyinar)ruled over Pandyan Kingdom whileBow and Arrow insignia of Villavars was the flag of the Chera Kingdom. Mahabharatham mentions the Pandya King as Sarangh Dwajan (Bow flagged King)as the Pandya kingdom had Bow and Arrow flag in the ancient times. Hill and Fish became the flag of Pandyan kingdom latter times.

Vellalas did have six principalities in Kerala as mentioned in Keralolpathy. Most important of them were Valluvanadu ruled by Vellattiri, ruled by Kunnala Konathiri,Mavelikkara etc. Keralolpathy mentions six principalites of Vellalas.Ay Oy Kari and Pari might be from Trivandrum and Quilon Districts. Parippalli the temple built by Kapilar for fallen prince gives its name. Oyur and Ayur are nearby places on the way to Kottarakkara. However the notion that all the Velir are Vellala is not correct. Velirs Villavar as well as local tribal affiliations. At Quilon the King was an Ayvel not related to Vellalas. The Chera-Ai dynasty which ruled Venad between 1102 to 1310 was the mixture of Villavars and Ays.
The Chera Kingdom came to an end after the Tulu invasion of Kerala under Tulu Alupas Pandyan Prince Kulasekhara who was the brother of Tulu King Kavi Raja Singha (Kavi Alupendra 1100 to 1170 AD). The Tulu Kulasekhara (Kulasekhara title was used by all the Villavar Kings ie Cheras Pandyas Banas etc) invaded with a large Nair army ie 350000 (greatly exaggerated) according to Keralolpathy.Kulasekhara had the support of Arabs/Jonaka according to Keralolpathy. Kulasekhara established a Matriarchal kingdom at Valarpattinam near Kannur at the 12th century. King Kulasekhara had married a Bunt/Nair lady [Pillaimars still intermarry with Nairs Menons] whose sons became the Kolathiri kings [Vellalar Pillais] of Kannur. The Tulu prince Kulasekhara declared himself Cheraman Vadakkan Perumal at Kannur. The Tulu invaded Kulasekhara was repelled and believed to have taken refuge at Arabia. The Queen of Kulasekhara is believed to have had an affair with the General Padamala Nair and the dynasty followed were called Samanthas (equal to Kshatriyas).This dynasty was a Tulu Nepalese dynasty and Naga descent and not related to Tamils.
The Tamil Villavar Chera kings were pushed to Kollam where they mixed with the Ay kingdom. The Pandyan kingdom established its overlordship of Kerala until 1310 AD.
When the Delhis army attacked Madurai the Bunt/Nairs of Kannur sided with it following that all the Tamil Kingdoms were destroyed in Kerala.
Tulu Samantha kingdoms were established at Kannur,Calicut,Cochin and Travancore in the 14th century. Only after this Matriarchy, Polyandry, Naga worship and Tulu writing system were used in Kerala. Some of the Tamils Villavar(Panickers) and Vellala (Pillais) joined the Nairs. Those who joined were forced to adopt Matriarchy and got merged with the Bunt/Nairs and their kingdoms taken over by Samanthan Nairs. But in general all the Tamils including Villavar, Vellala, Meenavar and Ayar were pushed to a lower level. A dynasty of Venad which still had Tamil titles such as Veera Pandya, Boothala Pandya moved to southern Tamil Nadu and had capitals at Kalakkadu and Cheran Madevi. This Chera-Ai dynasty was defeated by the Vijayanagar army at the Valliyur war.
When Portuguese came they initially supported the Villar Vattom or Villavar Vattom kingdom at Cochin. But once they converted the Villavars to Christianity and soon a mixed race of Indians and Portuguese called Mestizos evolved the Portuguese started supporting the Tulu rivals of Villavar people. The Villavar army of Portuguese was led by Vallikada Panicker (Nadar) in the 16th century.
http://expert-eyes.org/palli/panicker.html
During Portuguese and dutch periods a dynasty of Vallikada Panickers were the generals of the Portuguese and Dutch armies.

In 1741 the Dutch armies were led by the last Vallikada Panicker who was also the minister of the Thekkumkur Kingdom (Vaikkom). Marthanda Varma defeated Vallikada Panicker wih the help of Ananda Padmanabhan Nadar from the Pagode Kalari. If both the Nadar generals had joined hands the history of Kerala might have been different. But they fought each other. Marthanda Varma with the help of British and Chanars won the war against Dutch. When the defeated Vallikada Panicker was brought to Marthanda Varmas court Marthanda Varma tried to ridicule him by asking who he was. Vallikada Panicker answered that he was Nayaru Mootha Panickan ie a Panicka Nadan who was more ancient than Nairs. A place called Panicka Nadan Kudiyiruppu is still there near Thiruchendur where the ancient Pandyan kings used to train their armies under the Panicka Nadans. Many books written in the 18th century mention that Marthanda Varma as well as Thambimar had many familes of Nadanmar and Panickanmar serving them as knights. Valia Thambi Kunju Thambi Kadaippadal was one such book.
Marthanda Varma who escaped annihilation from his own rival cousins called Thambimar Pappu and Raman Thambi sons of a North Indian lady called Abhirami, with the help of Branthan (mad in Malayalam) Chanan alias Anantha Padmanabhan Nadar. Branthan fought with the army of Nairs and Kurups with sword, and a double barrelled handgun. Branthan hid King Marthandavarma in the hollow of a Jackfruit tree at Neyyatinkara while he fought and killed thirty Nair soldiers.A group of Kurppu soldiers assisted Branthan chanan.Marthanda varma an adopted heir from Kolathiri kingdom at Kannur was not thankful to Nadars. Even during Marthandavarmas period the Nadars were gradually ousted from army. After the Tippus attack in 1789 with 12000 strong army (4000 Cavalry and 8000 foot soldiers) Kolathiri and Samuthiri kingdoms came to an end. There was a large exodus of Nairs to Travancore in 1789. After this period Nadars were harassed in Travancore.


Marthandavarma used a Vellala general called Dalavai Arumugham Pillai to conquer Mavelikkara. But once he won the war he silently abandoned Arumugham Pillai. Many Vellala families at Ambasamudram, Kallidaikurichi are named even today named Dalavais (Some families have Telugu mixture).
Till British came the language of Kerala was Malaynma or Malayalam-Tamil. Portuguese printed many books in this language called Lingua Malabar Tamul ( Language of Malabar Tamil ). But British banned this indigenous Tamil like language Malayanma and substituted it with the language of Nambudiris ie Tulu Grantha Malayalam written with Tulu script. In the 19th century Kerala Nadars were merely slaves. British even erased the Villavar origins of Chera dynasty. A grave stone Kodungaloor preserved at Thrissur museum says the story of a Natover princess who married a Portuguese aristocrat called Felipe Perestrelo da Mesquita in the 16th century. The Natover lady was converted to Christianity and was named Dona Beatriz Natover. http://himalmag.com/component/content/article/5131-lost-rulers-of-the-malabar-coast.html

Natover could be Nadavar. Villavar people were pushed to southern parts of Kerala only after the establishment of Nair/Samantha Bunt kingdoms in the 14th century.

The Travancore Kings are not the descendents of the Tamil Chera dynasty (Kulasekhara) but they descend from the Tulu invader called Kulasekhara otherwise called Banapperumal (Alupas Pandyan kingdom). The Tulu writing system comes from this Alupas Pandyan kingdom. Alupa Arasu or Alupas was a Pandyan kingdom which divided from the giant Pandya Kingdom which encompassed most of the south India. The latterday Samantha kings of Kerala though they freely use the Kulasekhara Perumal title they also use the title Samsherjung. Samsher Jung is the title of the Nepalese chieftains. Newar people are still found in Nepal who used to practise Matriarchy in the medival times. The Nair architecture closely resembles Newar architecture. It may be strange but a Nepalese dynasties ruled over Kerala between 1310 to 1947. In this period Malayanma became completely extinct in Kerala. Chera kings used to be called Villavar Kon or King of Villavars. Malayali used to be nothing but a Villavar ie Malayar.Colonial rulers such as Portuguese Dutch and British converted Villavar and Meenavar people to Roman catholic and Latin Catholic folds in the sixteenth century and gave them Mestizo leadership.Their Villavar/Panickar identity was lost.The Panickers were encouraged to support their Tulu enemies. Thus the Portuguese had Villavar/Panicker army as well as Nair army. Jornado a Portuguese document mentions that the Portuguese used this army to win wars at Diu in 1546 as well as at the invasion of Ceylon at 1600s. The Church built by Vallikada Panickers is still at Arakuzha near Moovattupuzha.
The European colonializm promoted Naga Nepalese culture in Kerala at the expense of indigenous Dravidian Tamil Villavar people.



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