Nayak dynasty

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Indian dynasty royal house

The Nayak dynasty was a prominent South Indian ruling family that governed regions such as Madurai and Thanjavur between the 16th and 18th centuries, known for their patronage of Dravidian architecture, arts, and culture.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Nayak dynasty canonical 4
Nayaka dynasty 1
Nayakkar dynasty 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian dynasty ⓘ
royal house ⓘ
architectureStyle Nayak architecture ⓘ
capital Madurai NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thanjavur NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictWith Bijapur Sultanate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mysore kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
Portuguese Empire in India NERFINISHED ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalInfluence Dravidian culture NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tamil culture ⓘ
Telugu culture ⓘ
economicBase agriculture ⓘ
temple-centered economy ⓘ
era post-Vijayanagara period ⓘ
flourishedInCentury 16th century ⓘ
17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
governmentType monarchy ⓘ
knownFor expansion of temple complexes ⓘ
fortification building ⓘ
gopuram construction ⓘ
support of Bhakti movement ⓘ
languageOfCourt Tamil ⓘ
Telugu NERFINISHED ⓘ
legacy major temple expansions in Tamil Nadu ⓘ
militaryFeature use of fortified cities ⓘ
notableBranch Gingee Nayak dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
Madurai Nayak dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thanjavur Nayak dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf history of South India ⓘ
history of Tamil Nadu ⓘ
patronage Dravidian architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
dance ⓘ
literature ⓘ
music ⓘ
painting ⓘ
temple architecture ⓘ
politicalStructure feudatory origin under Vijayanagara ⓘ
predecessor Vijayanagara Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
region South India ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
ruledRegion Gingee NERFINISHED ⓘ
Madurai NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thanjavur NERFINISHED ⓘ
successor Madurai Nayak kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thanjavur Maratha kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedTitle Nayak NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nayaka NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Thirumalai Nayakkar Mahal → associatedDynasty → Nayak dynasty ⓘ
Temple City → associatedWithDynasty → Nayak dynasty ⓘ
Tiruvarur → historicalDynastyInfluence → Nayak dynasty ⓘ
Rajasinha → usedBy → Nayak dynasty ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nayakkar dynasty
Kannasamy Nayaka → dynasty → Nayak dynasty ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nayaka dynasty
Uchi Pillayar Temple → associatedWith → Nayak dynasty ⓘ