Mazhavaraayas

Mazhavaraayas or Mazhavars were the Polygars of Ariyalur. They were different from the Mazhavaraya clan who were kins of Chozhas. Their original title being Nayanar, their leader was awarded with Ranavijaya Oppilla Mazhavaraya title by a ruler of Vijayanagara Kingdom, under whom they served, for defeating certain Prathaparudran and they adopted the title since. Ramanayanar is recorded to be the first of these polygars.[1][2][3][4] The original title of these polygars is Nayanar.[5][6]

In 1735, Rangappa Mazhavaraaya of Ariyalur donated 175 acres (71 ha) of land to a church.[7]

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References
  1. காசிநாதன், நடன. வடபகுதி பாளையக்காரர்கள் வரலாறு. pp. 11–12.
  2. Hemingway, F. R (1907). Madras District Gazetteers,Trichinopoly Vol. 1. p. 344.
  3. Taylor,William (1835). Oriental Historical Manuscripts Vol.2. p. 165.
  4. W.Francis (2002). Gazetteer of South India, Volume 2. p. 192.
  5. "Oriental Historical Manuscripts Vol. 2". 1835.
  6. Francis, W (2002). GAZETTEER OF SOUTH INDIA [2 VOLUMES]. New Delhi: A MITTAL PUBLICATION. pp. 189–192.
  7. S. Jeyaseela Stephen (2008). Caste, Catholic Christianity, and the Language of Conversion: Social Change and Cultural Translation in Tamil Country, 1519-1774. ISBN 9788178356860.
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