Welcome Message

Greetings to the People of Sri Lanka and to all people around the world. It gives me great pleasure to invite you to visit my website which elaborates on various aspects of "Jaffna (Yaalpaanam), its Kingdom and my family".

Geographically, the peninsula of Jaffna together with its seven little islands, crowns the island of Sri Lanka. Tamils originated mainly from different parts of southern India. It is a fact that in ancient times, the entire island (Ilankai or Lanka) was almost certainly had dominated by the principal Dravidian dynasties, known as Chera, Chola, Pandya, Pallava and later by Vijayanagara. All these Kingdoms had, at their prevailing times, collectively spanned and dominated the entire South Indian region.

Cevvirukkai Nadu was the ancestral home of the Arya Cakravarti, Kings of Jaffna. Cevvirukkai Nadu is the name of a place in Rameswaram, the southernmost Indian city which in the old days belonged to the Ganga Dynasty or Ganga Vamsa. The Arya Cakravarti, Kings of Jaffna, were the descendants of Brahmin Generals who had earned great honour and distinction in military service under the Pandyas. They received the Royal Insignia and the title of "Arya King" from Lord Rama at Kantamatanam, a locality on the southern extremity of India.

My ancestors began to rule the Kingdom of Jaffna from the thirteenth century right down to the early seventeenth century. The King Cinkai Arya Cakravarti Vijaya Kulankai Cekaracacekaran (I) was the founder of the Royal Line of the Arya Cakravarti Dynasty. He resided at his Royal Palace in Nallur, built a temple to the Hindu God Sri Kailasanathar who he worshipped day and night. He also built several other Hindu Temples during his reign.

The King Cinkai Arya Cakravarti Vijaya Kulankai Cekaracacekaran (I) was a great military leader and he restored order and stability in the Kingdom of Jaffna. They were also known by the throne names of Cekaracacekaran and Pararacacekaran titles which kept alternating during the reign of the Arya Cakravartis.

The Kingdom of Jaffna under the Arya Cakravartis remained an independent monarchy with its capital in Nallur, Jaffna. Where the thirteenth century built Royal Temple still stands.

Although the Kingdom of Jaffna was destroyed by the Portuguese by 1621, it still exists through me, my family and other existing descendants of the Royal Family of Jaffna. The reason I am coming forward now to claim this succession is grounded in a wish to educate the younger generation and the world about the fact that there was once a strong Kingdom in Jaffna which contributed positively to the lives of people in what is now present day Sri Lanka. Also I would like remind the world that Tamils have a rich heritage of which they can be proud. My greatest hope is that I may be able to help in some way to bring peace to the dispersed Tamil people of Sri Lanka and to unite them as one nation. I hope and pray that peace may prevail over the people of Sri Lanka.