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Kadathanadu - Wikipedia

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Kadathanadu, also rendered Kadathanad, Katattanad, and, academically, Kaṭattanāṭǔ; alternately known as Vatakara or Badagara, was a kingdom in North Malabar just north of the Korappuzha River, ruled by the Porlathiri dynasty after their dispossession from their native realm of Calicut and Polanad. Its ruler was known as Vazhunnavar, often rendered 'Boyanore', until 1750, whereupon their prior titulature of Raja was resumed.^[1]

The establishment of the kingdom dates to the flight of the Porlathiri, fleeing the Zamorin's conquest of Calicut, to seek asylum in Kolathiri territory; where a chance lakeside encounter led to a Kolathiri prince of the Southern Regency scandalously espousing the Porlathiri heiress, who traditionally would only have hypergamously contracted sambandham with a Nambudiripad Brahmin. The dynamics of the marriage led to significant carveouts from the Southern Regency, with the hereditary governance matrilineally vested in the line of the Porlathiri princess and her Kolathiri groom.^[2]

Geographical location

Geographically, Kadathanadu is situated to the south of Thalassery and north of Koyilandy on the Malabar coast, beside the historical Kottakkal river. The area roughly six kilometers from Vatakara is known as Kadathanadu. The place is now part of Puduppanam in Vatakara.

Kadathanadu is also the site of the famous Hindu Lokanarkavu temple.

History

The erstwhile princely state of Kadathanadu was ruled by Rajas of Kadathanadu, who were of Nair origin and was feudatories to the Kolathiri.^[3] Around 1750, the ruler of Kadathanadu had adopted the title of Raja, with the explicit consent of the Kolathiri. Harivihar is the 150-year-old residence of the Kadathanadu royal family. Legend has it that the sons of the Kadathanadu rulers were sent to Calicut to be educated in institutions set up by the Zamorin of Calicut, and hence a city house was built for the young princes.

During Malayalam Era 965, corresponding to 1789–90, Tipu Sultan crossed over to Malabar with his army. A small army of 2000 Kadathanadu Nairs resisted the invasion from a fortress in Kuttipuram near Nadapuram for a few weeks. This land, whose Sanskrit name is Ghatolkachakshiti, mainly included parts of the present Vadakara taluk. The king of Katthannad was addressed as Vazhunnor.

References

^ Mole, Gregory T. (23 June 2015). "Mahé and the Politics of Empire: Trade, Conquest, and Revolution on the Malabar Coast". La Révolution française (8). doi:10.4000/lrf.1294. ISSN 2105-2557.
^ Rao, M.S.A. (July 1982). "Book Reviews : BALAKRISHNAN AND R. LEELA DEVI, Mannathu Padmanabhan and the Revival of Nairs in Kerala, New Delhi: Vikas Publishing House, 1982, pp. 122, Rs 60". The Indian Economic & Social History Review. 19 (3–4): 397–398. doi:10.1177/001946468201900309. ISSN 0019-4646.
^ Hasan, Mohibbul (2005). History of Tipu Sultan. Aakar Books. ISBN 978-81-87879-57-2.

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