Name the Nayak who inaugurated the kingdom of Ramnad.

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Correct Answer Muthu KrishnappaKey Points

The Madurai Nayak Muthu Krishnappa inaugurated the kingdom of Ramnad in the 17th century.
The inhabitants with martial tradition had served as soldiers under Pandyan, Chola, and Vijayanagar kings.
It was spread into Tirunelveli and other southern parts of Tamil country.
They also served in the armies of Nayak rulers and were traditional Kavalkarars.
Their responsibility was to protect the village, temple, and other administrative bodies.
The Temple at Rameswaram was under the protection of a kaval chief.
They assumed the title of Udaiyan Sethupati.
It means the Chief who was lord of bridge or causeway, as he controlled the passage between Rameswaram and Ceylon.
Pudukottai was a tiny principality situated between the Nayak kingdoms of Thanjavur and Madurai.
It constituted a buffer between the Chola kingdom and the Pandyas.
The inhabitants of Ramanathapuram, Pudukottai also had inhabitants belonging to a martial tradition.
Hence their region could attain the status of a “little kingdom” under Tondaimans.
The Tondaimans served the great royal households of Raja Sethupathi and Nayak kings of Madurai and Thanjavur.