Thondaman dynasty

Thondaiman King in his Durbar, Pudukkottai, 1858.

The Thondaimans are chieftains who ruled the region in and around Pudukottai from the 17th to 20th century.[1] The Pudukkottai Thondaiman dynasty was founded by Raghunatha Thondaiman, the brother-in-law of the then Raja of Ramnad, RaghunathaKilavan Setupati. The Pudukottai Samasthanam was under Thondaiman dynasty for one year even after Indian Independence. The Thondaiman dynasty had a special Valari regiment.

  1. ^ Vijaya Ramaswamy (2017). Historical Dictionary of Tamils. Jawahar Lal Nehru University. p. 191. ISBN 9781538106860.