The Northern issue of Sri Lanka is once again being spoken in the global platform.
At the same time, it has been revealed in a popular reality program of TV
channel about a person called Romigiyus Kanagaraaj, who is said to have come
from a linage of a king. The purpose of this it to explain the content of an
article appeared in 'Mau Bima' newspaper dated 5th February 2012.
The details about the person named
Romigiyus Kanagaraaj and his linage has been included in the internet. That
particular website has been launched in the year 2003. Based on that
information, an article appeared in the 'Nation' newspaper dated 16th
August 2006. It further stated that the Tikkama Maanai Mantri Gruha, house of a
minister, belonged to the linage of Satya King is a belonging of his own and
he, who was in Netherland at that time, has said that his forefathers have come
from Aryacakravartee lineage. This was not paid much attention at that time.
But, this news can be more attractive to the Tamil National Alliance that has
come to the conflict situation for the Free or Self Control of North. It is
with the belief that they will get some support for the expression of Tamil
Motherland Concept.
We will pay our attention about
these lineages which have been mentioned in the internet. There are two castes
among the Tamil by the names Villaavar and Villaalar. According to that, the
servants of Villavar and who come from Nalawara clan as Kanagaratnam, Tillei
Ambalam, Setu Pillei and Nacciyaar Tambi. These four men had come to Sri Lanka
with the purpose of selling tobacco in the Dutch period. Nacciyaar Tambi who
was born in 1765 is a person who has come to Ceylon from south India for
selling tobacco. The clan of Nacciyaar Tambi is like this. As stated in the
internet, after Nacciyaar, his son, Pararaasapandaram (born in 1785), his son
Veerabaahu (born in 1810) his son Vedanaayagamudali (born in 1835), his son Vedanaayagamtambai (born 1860), his
son Tambikadiraveelu (born in 1885) , his son Ilvaraasan Tambi Arsaratnam (born
in 1910). His daughter was Ilvaraasii Maheshvarii Mariyaanaa Antonyoo Arsaratnam. There are seven
generations from 1765 to 1964. Finally, there was Romigiyus Kanagaraajaa, the
son of Ilvaraasii Maheshwarii born in 1935 and Tambi Raajaa Antony. According
to Romigiyus Kanagaraajaa, his lineage comes from Nacciyaar Tambi. Nacciyaar
Tambi was born in 1765. As it has been mentioned as his father is
Tanabaalasinghe Mudali, wealthy man, born in 1555 who is the son of Arakeesarii
Paandava Raajendra Mudali and the mother was the princess Ganga Brahmana Weda
Walli born in 1585. (These two have been the persons linked with Arya
Cakravartii Lineage of Jaffna.)
The question is how can a person be born in
1555 give birth to a child at 1765 from a woman born in 1560. How humorous it is to say that a child
was born after 205 years. This is something impossible. This can be
considered as a false endeavor of Romigiyus Kanagaraaja to indicate to the
world that he is a Royal prince as well as an unsuccessful attempt to show that
he comes from Arya Cakravartii lineage.
It is possible to find the time of
the lineage of Arya Cakravartii after comparing the reign of Prince Tikkama
Sapumal (from 1451 to 1480). The mother of Prince Sapumal was in the Okkaka
Keerawella lineage. Prince Sapumal and his brothers and also the Royal
Generation of Kotte coming from King Ambulugala lineage have married queens
from Keerawella.
Setupillei, born in 1770, was the
other person came to Sri Lanka from South India. The above mentioned
Seetupillei is said to have married with the princess named Raki on 27th
September 1796. As stated in the history, the son of Prince Pararaajasinghe
(Vararaajasinghe) (born in 1515) was Vijaya Devendra Mudali born in 1545. The
son of Vijaya Devendra Mudali was Paranirupasinghe Mudali born in 1570. The
son of Naranrupasinghe was Vijendra
Mudali born in 1592. He did not have a daughter.
If he had a daughter, she would have been born
around 1615. But, Setupillei has been born in 1770. Then, the age deference
between these two is 155 years. This is impossible. Accordingly, when a
princess, born in 1615, has been married by Setupille on 27th
September 1796, that princess should be
181 years old.
According to these facts, the website states to the world that Setupillei has continued his
lineage having married a royal corpse of 181 years old. And also, in this
wrong relationship, the deference between Sinhalese kings and the Tamil names
is so obvious.
Prince Kumaarasinghe and Prince
Vijayapaala, the sons of Vimaladharma Suriya 1 and Princess Doona Katarina
Lenawa had been given in marriage two daughters from Gangaa Brahmani clan,
Prince Gago of Jaffna at 1628. Later, due to Portuguese invasion, at 1628, all
the Royalty of Jaffna went to Kandy. All of them settled in Godapola in Matale.
Therefore, there were no daughters from the royal lineage at that time to get
married for Tamils who later brought tobacco to Jaffna.
The
other person who came to Sri Lanka from India was Tillei Ambalam born in 1770.
The origin or the birth of this person has been interpreted in a false manner
as the son of Tanabalasinghe who was born in 1538 as the son of
Pararaajasinghe. Tanabalasinghe who was a mudali, a social rank at that time,
did not have children. If he had a son, he would have been born in 1565. But,
Tillei Ambalam had been born in 1770. Then,
the age deference is 205 years. The mentioning of the born years of the same person with 250 year difference
by two different birthdays was anther false.
The
other person from the four persons who came to Sri Lanka from India was
Kanagaratnam. Around 1750, his birth is reported. He had two sons. The name of
one of his two sons had been mentioned as Raajawallappaa Puvinaayaka as an
individual name and his year of birth was in 1775. His son was Pivinaayaka
Puutatambi born in 1800.
So, Puutatambi Mudali born in 1610, the
son of Puvinaayaka Mudali born in 1585, the son of Raajavallappaa Mudali born
in 1565, the son of Alakanmeya Mudali, the elder son of Paraajasinghe, the son
of the Paranrupasinghe the last king of Jaffna had been assassinated by the conspiracy of
the Dutch. It is reported that he did
not have children.
This pedigree tries in a false manner to link
Tamil Puvinaayaka Puutatambi born in 1800 with Puutatambi Mudali of 1610 who
was childless. Here, the age difference
is 190 years. This too is impossible as well as this is complete creation.
Being wealthy, Tobacco sellers named their children after the kings of the
ancient Jaffna.
It is possible to introduce the book
Jaffna Dynasty (ISBN -955-8455-00-8) as a book that provide sufficient details
about the companies belonged to the tobacco sellers who came to Sri Lanka from
India during the Dutch period. The person called Dr Kunasaaraa has published it
in the year 2003. The details of the earlier mentioned person's properties and
ownerships in India have been mentioned in this book. According to the chapter
Aliya Tambi (8:1), this generation has come form Kerala of Chennai in India. It
has been mention in that book itself that they don't have a lineage. They had
possessed a tobacco company. Having mercantile dealings with the Dutch, they
have conducted trades in Point Araali in Sri Lanka and Manipaaya. At 1670, the
Dutch have taken Tamils as slaves from in India and settled them in Jaffna and
Vaunia with the purpose of growing tobacco, faddy and textile.
There
isn't any Tamil origin for the Jaffna Arya Cakravarti lineage. This lineage has
the and
connection
with Ganga Brahmanic clan and Maanai clan of Suurya clan of Tikaa / Tikkama
Gothra. In the 7th century, the king who was enthroned as Vijaya
Raajakula Sumitra Raajaputra Tikkama Maana Varman or the prince Maana Vamma had
gained the Pallawa influence to when he was under the role of King
Pallawa(Brahmana Bharaddiwaj Gothra).
Later, after he came to Sri Lanka, several of his sons' clan has joined
with rule of the south eastern part of Kerala. Of this third generation, a
prince called Tikkama Ugrasinghe had step into the land at Point Paduru in 795
and has ruled in the village, 15kg in extent, formed by his name Tikkama with his clan. The cities Singha, Polikandi and
Senkandi have been erected in that village. This area is by that name even in
today. 24th of the Tikkama Ugrasinghe Mahaaraaj's brother's clan is
Prince Sapumal. This Sapumal is the 20th
cousin of the prince is Maanaai clan, Tikkama Mahinda Prince (Tikkama
Ugrasinghe King's 44th grandson) with the written recorded ownership
in Place Maanawansha Tikkama Maanai and he is the present owner. In the
past war period, they had been out of Jaffna. The mother of Great Grandfather
of prince Tikkama Mahinda was from the clan Gangaa. The prince's mother's clan
was the 15th grand-daughter coming from Tudugala Senarathne clan and
Veediayabandara, the grandson of Prince Vijayabaahu who ruled Jaffna from 1463
to 1480. Prince Tikkama Mahinda's wife is Okkaka Keerawella Clan.
Having defeated all Cacravartris,
the Prince Sapumal, a Jaffna favoured person from Tikkama clan to Kotte
Kingdom, is the founder of the Tikkama Maanai Mantri palace which is now an
archeological site at Jaffna. Prince Sapumal has introduced it as Tikkama
Maanai Mantri Palace to prove the link with the Maanawamma clan. The Maanai
Mantri place, which was abandoned due to move of the royal family to Vanni and
Kandy, known as Udarata at that time, has been renovated by an official named
Bernard in 1896. It is said that two tobacco sellers had been living with him
in the palace by force.Later, they have been expelled from it by people from
royal family having gone from Matale.
The clan of Gangaa Bramana, Tikkama, Tudugala,
Tammita, Kooliya, Lenawa, Malla Irugal, Maalawa and people from Keerawelle
royal family had been living on and off in Maanai Royal Palace. Tikiri Banda
who lived in the Maanai Mantri Palace with the Gangaa Brahmanic lineage,
recalling that period has said that he sold one meal for 60 cents, a cup of tea
for 5 cents, Tose for 10 cents and Fish curry and gravy have given free.
Naranrupasinghe (1536-1545), an Arya
Cakkravarti king lived in Jaffna has held the post of Prime Minister under
Portuguese rule. He had two brothers called Gangaa Brahmana Mudiyanse and
Gangaa Brahmana Sri Varootaya. These three had a sister called Maraghaata
Walli. She got married with Arakesharii, a Pandava prince. The son born to
these two was Veera Sundara Mudali. He had a son called Arakesharii Pandaaram.
He was the acting king of Jaffna from 1616 to 1619. He got married with a
princess from Gangaa Brahmanic clan. The son of these two was known as 10th
Shekaraajasekaran or 2nd Sankili Paandava king. The picture of 2nd
Sankili Paandawa king on horseback can be seen even today at Nalluur city. 2nd
Sankili king who was killed in 1621 by Portuguese did not have children.
It has been tried to link Romiyugas
Kangaraaj's clan with as the above mentioned 2nd Kankili's Son. The
2nd Sankili's son has been interpreted wrongly as
Pararaasapandaaram. As stated by Kanakaraaj, the birth of Nacciyar's son, Pararaasapandaaram has taken place after
164 years of the death of 2nd Sankili.
With their pedigree itself, their relationship is drifted apart.
While the 1st Sankili is
a person from a Sinhalese Asura Naga Kurukula clan or with a Sinhala origin,
there isn't any kinship or relation with the king 2nd Sankili. There
is anther historical description regarding 1st Sankili. It seems
necessary to talk about them separately.
The 7th Paparaajasekara
(1509-1536) of Gangaa Brahmanic clan and the son of Paranrupasinghe King, having
taken the advices of his fater, Sri Warootaya and having taken the Crown and
Spear, had hidden and settled in Matale at Valliwela. This generation lives even today at Valliwela and its present member is
Arya Cakravartii Gangaa Brahmana Mudiyanselage Tikiri Bandaa Hapugoda the 18th
grandson of Pararaajasekara Ganagaa Brahmana king. Having served as an
officer for solving problems related to land, Mr. Hapugoda has live upto 1958
at Nalluur Maanai Mantrii Palace. According to his own legacy, while he was
living in his own, he had to go Kilinocci and the village Matale again due to
the riots of nationalism. The each and every marriage details of his lineage
from 1000 years upto the present are with them. According to them, Ganga
Brahmana lineage and other royal lineages Tikkama, Tudugala, Tammita, Koliya,
Lenava, Malla Irugal, Maalawa and Keerawelle have join in marriages and they
are pure in royal lineage. They don't have any royal lineage.
The flag of Prince Ganga Brahmana
Vansa Paranrupasinghe was the Setu flag with bull symbol. At present, this is
used by Romigiyus Kangaraaj's lineage by adding their changes or alternations.
But this doesn't belong to them. The flag of Paranrupasinghe, the Setu flag
with bull symbol, is with Ganga Brahmanic lineage. The origin of this is at
1265. King Cinnai related to Prince Maanawamma Clan, Tika clan Cinkai ruled in
Setuwa (Mannar Dhanush kodi paalam) and the flag with Setu symbol and bull
symbol has been used to upgrade his loyalty as stated in the book called Vaipadaal.
Coming from this lineage, king Singha Kethu of Tika clan ruled Setuwa by the
name Ceturaaja Sekaran. The coins with bull symbol have issued. His son,
Princess Tilakwatee of Vijaya Tikkama clan has been married and ruled by a
prince called Ganga Brahmana Kulanka. He was Vijayakulgei Kulankasinghe Arya
Cakravarti. He ruled form 1285 to 1295 under the king of Dambadeni Okkaka
Dynasty. Arya Cakravarti lineage of Jaffna come from this prince Kulanka. After
13 kings of that clan, 10th Paandava Cekarrajasekaran ended with 2nd
Sangilin.
From the Talikot conflict at 1565,
Arya clans that held power in South India got destroyed. Tamil Varalik people
who got credit as Raghunaatha from Paandava kings started ruling Setuwa. At
Portuguese, and Dutch period, this Tamil Kallar Ragunaatha Tevar who did
trading of textile and areca nut between Raameshwaram and Sri Lanka, has hold
the position of Setupati. At the same time, he has tried to issue Setu coins.
Dutch has taken control of free trade conducted by Raghunaatha, the ruler of
Tanjora and Nayakkar people and put all under the influence of Bathavi.
Afterwards, at 1690, the Dutch laid the foundation to make the ruling community
that want through starting a missionary school in Nalluur in Jaffna. After
1700, having started tobacco trade, Dutch exported tobacco to Holland. So, they
started growing tobacco in Jaffna, Trincomalee and Negambo areas. After 1750
decade, having converted South Indian Tamil people into their religion
(Reformist Christianity), the Dutch have started collecting trade materials for
their trading companies. The reason for
this is that by that time, the naval and trade power of the British's had been
spreading through Indian Ocean. The all lineages of Romigigus Kanagaraajaa have
been Tamil favored with Dutch. By this time, there wasn't anyone from Jaffna
Arya Clan. By 1620, all had joined Kandy with the assistance of king Senarath.
All the other Sinhalese too, having seen Dutch coming into country, destroying
Portuguese, reached Vanni.
From these facts, it is evident that
Tamil lineage has come to kinship as mentioned by Romigiyus Kanagaraaja who was born without any link
with Tamil Rajendrachola lineage or any other royal lineage. Some of their Kerala
Lineages having arrived in Sri Lanka, with the Whiteman called Bernard, have
taken the procession of Maanai Mantri Palace by force. With their monetary
power, by paying bribes to the Dutch, they have lived as powerful persons or
Lords while living in that manner; they have composed the book Yaalpana
Vaipamaalei with the invitation of the Dutch Governor Makkar. This book
consists of the details about the rule of Arya Cakkravarti royal lineage. There
isn't any mentioning of the Tamil rulers. After British gained by the Tamil
groups, they have tried to stay in the same manner as Sinhalese. They have
tried to compose books with false information that they have the relationships
or lineage with Arya kings. By present, there are many websites dedicated for
these false interpretations or information. But, there isn't any website to
present the true history of Arya Kings.
Several academics including Prof.
Senarath Paranavitana and Prof. Wimala Vijesuriya have published articles about
the true history of Jaffna. There are many researches about this. That history
can be translated into Sinhala, English and Tamil languages and published
through the websites. For this you can help. The facts presented here are from
a book which has been unpublished up to now and it was a possession of royal
lineage and In future newspapers, it has been planned to present many details
about the Arya royal lineage. If more details are need, it is requested to
contact through the email: tmahindakumara@yahoo.com.
Pictures
Left: Arya Cakkravarti Gangaa Brahmana Mudiyanselage Tikiri
Bandaa Hapugoda (7th Pararaajasekara 1509-1534 AD) 18th
grandson of Ganga Brahmanic King
Middle: Tikkama Mahinda prince of Surya clan (44th
Grandson of Great King Tikkama Ugrasinghe)
Right: Okkaka Danta hemamaala Keerawella lineage Kudaa
Bandaa Keerawella of Surya clan
Picture
and the Note by
Sarath B Rathnayake, Maraluwawa, Kurunegala Tel. 037-2225618
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