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- 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...
- 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...
- controlled social interactions. They also were organized politically as Vannimai chiefs who came nominally under the kingdom of Kandy. The most important...
- 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 chieftaincies called Vannimais. The Indian Tamils (or Hill Country Tamils) are descendants of bonded...
- Pandara Vanniyan Tamil Vanniar (Chieftain) of Vannimai 'The Last King of Vanni' Pandara Vanniyan statue Reign 1785–1803 Successor British Rule Born ~1775...
- Ishwarams Early Jaffna Middle Ages Chola Era Jaffna kingdom Aryacakravarti Vannimai Vanniar Portuguese conquest Colonial Portuguese Ceylon Dutch Ceylon Yalpana...
- 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...
- Portuguese interests), the lucrative markets and strategic benefits of Jaffna's Vannimai chieftaincies, and their support of anti-Portuguese factions within the...