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<p><span class="autocomment">Career</span></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Raya Rahutta Raya Vajridu Raya Mannida Raya Avadai Raghunatha Tondaiman&#039;&#039;&#039; (died 1661) was a [[Kallar (caste)|Kallar]] chieftain of [[Karambakudi]] and a feudatory of the [[Vijayanagar Empire]].<br /> <br /> == Ancestry and early life ==<br /> <br /> Avadai Raghunatha Tondaiman was born in [[Karambakudi]] in the early 17th century. He traced his ancestry to Thirumalai Tondaiman, who migrated from [[Tirupati (city)|Tirupathi]] in the region called [[Tondai Nadu]] or Tondaimandalam and settled at [[Anbukkoil]]. <br /> <br /> == Career ==<br /> <br /> In 1639, Avadai Raghunatha Tondaiman conquered the whole of the present-day Pudukkottai region for the Vijayanagar king [[Sriranga Raya III]] after defeating the reigning Pallavarayar dynasty. Sriranga Raya III granted him the title &#039;&#039;Raya Rahutta Raya Vajridu Raya Mannida Raya&#039;&#039;. Avadai Raghunatha Tondaiman died in 1661 in [[Pilaviduti]] and was succeeded to the chieftainship by his son, [[Raghunatha Raya Tondaiman]] who laid the foundation of the Pudukkottai kingdom.<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:1661 deaths]]<br /> [[Category:Pudukkottai district]]<br /> [[Category:History of Tamil Nadu]]<br /> [[Category:People of the Vijayanagara Empire]]<br /> [[Category:Year of birth unknown]]</div>

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