Madurai Nayak dynasty

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Indian royal house dynasty

The Madurai Nayak dynasty was a Telugu-origin ruling house that governed the Madurai region of South India from the 16th to 18th centuries, noted for its distinctive Dravidian architecture, patronage of arts and literature, and semi-independent rule under the Vijayanagara Empire.

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Label Occurrences
Madurai Nayak dynasty canonical 1
Madurai Nayak kingdom 1
Madurai Nayak rule 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian royal house ⓘ
dynasty ⓘ
administrativeLanguage Tamil ⓘ
Telugu NERFINISHED ⓘ
architecturalStyle Dravidian architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nayak style ⓘ
associatedCity Madurai NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedRegion Tiruchirappalli NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tirunelveli region NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital Madurai NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict conflicts with the Madurai Sultanate remnants ⓘ
internal succession disputes ⓘ
wars with the Mysore Kingdom ⓘ
country India ⓘ
currency pagoda (coin) ⓘ
declineCause internal strife ⓘ
intervention of the Nawab of Arcot ⓘ
rising influence of European powers in South India ⓘ
endTime 1736 ⓘ
era Early modern period ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Telugu ⓘ
foundedBy Viswanatha Nayak NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentForm monarchy ⓘ
hasMonarch Chokkanatha Nayak NERFINISHED ⓘ
Muttu Virappa Nayak NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rani Mangammal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tirumala Nayak NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vijaya Ranga Chokkanatha Nayak NERFINISHED ⓘ
Viswanatha Nayak NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageUsed Tamil NERFINISHED ⓘ
Telugu ⓘ
notableFor Dravidian architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
fortification building ⓘ
patronage of arts ⓘ
patronage of literature ⓘ
temple renovation ⓘ
notableStructure Meenakshi Amman Temple gopurams NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thirumalai Nayakkar Mahal NERFINISHED ⓘ
parentState Vijayanagara Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
patronOf Carnatic music NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tamil literature ⓘ
Telugu literature ⓘ
temple festivals ⓘ
predecessor Vijayanagara Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionRuled Madurai NERFINISHED ⓘ
South India NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
startTime 1529 ⓘ
successor Madurai kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
vassalOf Vijayanagara Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pandya dynasty → successor → Madurai Nayak dynasty ⓘ
Jambukeswarar Temple, Thiruvanaikaval → historicalPatronageBy → Madurai Nayak dynasty ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nayak rulers of Madurai
Nayak period → hasPart → Madurai Nayak dynasty ⓘ
this entity surface form: Madurai Nayak rule
Thirumalai Nayakkar Mahal → associatedWith → Madurai Nayak dynasty ⓘ
this entity surface form: Madurai Nayak kingdom
Sri Raja Sinha → relatedDynasty → Madurai Nayak dynasty ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nayaka dynasty of Madurai
Sri Raja Sinha → relatedDynasty → Madurai Nayak dynasty ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nayaka dynasty of Thanjavur