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{{Short description|Maharaja of Mysore from 1638–1659}} | |||
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'''Kanthirava Narasaraja Wodeyar I''' (Ranadhira Kanteerava Narasa Raja Wodeyar) (1615 | '''Kanthirava Narasaraja Wodeyar I''' (Ranadhira Kanteerava Narasa Raja Wodeyar) (1615 – 31 July 1659) was the twelfth [[Maharaja of Mysore|maharaja]] of the [[Kingdom of Mysore]] from 1638 to 1659. | ||
==Accession== | ==Accession== | ||
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==Early Christianity in Mysore== | ==Early Christianity in Mysore== | ||
[[Catholic]] [[missionaries]], which had arrived in the coastal areas of [[southern India]]—the [[Malabar coast]], the [[Kanara|Kanara coast]], and the [[Coromandel coast]]—starting early in the sixteenth century, did not begin work in land-locked Mysore until halfway through the seventeenth century.<ref name=subrahmanyam1989-208-209>{{Harvnb|Subrahmanyam|1989|pp=208–209}}</ref> The Mysore mission was established in [[Srirangapatna]] in 1649 by Leonardo Cinnami, an Italian [[Jesuit]] from [[Goa]].<ref name=subrahmanyam1989-208-209/> Although a few years later Cinnami was expelled from Mysore on account of opposition in Kanthirava's court, | [[Catholic]] [[missionaries]], which had arrived in the coastal areas of [[southern India]]—the [[Malabar coast]], the [[Kanara|Kanara coast]], and the [[Coromandel coast]]—starting early in the sixteenth century, did not begin work in land-locked Mysore until halfway through the seventeenth century.<ref name=subrahmanyam1989-208-209>{{Harvnb|Subrahmanyam|1989|pp=208–209}}</ref> The Mysore mission was established in [[Srirangapatna]] in 1649 by Leonardo Cinnami, an Italian [[Jesuit]] from [[Goa]].<ref name=subrahmanyam1989-208-209/> Although a few years later Cinnami was expelled from Mysore on account of opposition in Kanthirava's court, towards the end of Kanthirava's rule, Cinnami returned to establish missions in half a dozen locations.<ref name=subrahmanyam1989-208-209/> During his second stay, Cinnami obtained permission to convert Kanthirava's subjects to [[Christianity]]; however, he was successful mostly in the eastern regions of Kanthirava's dominions, regions that later became part of the [[Madras Presidency]] of [[British India]].<ref name=subrahmanyam1989-208-209/> {{Harv|Subhrahmanyam|1985|p=209}} notes, "...Of a reported 1700 converts in the Mysore mission in the mid-1660s, a mere quarter were ''Kannadigas'' ([[Kannada language]] speakers), the rest being Tamil speakers from the western districts of modern-day [[Tamil Nadu]]...".<ref name=subrahmanyam1989-208-209/> | ||
==In popular culture== | |||
His life story was adapted into the 1960 Kannada movie ''[[Ranadheera Kanteerava]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kshvid.com/team-daredevil-musthafa-to-release-a-special-animation-song-tribute-to-dr-rajkumar/|title = Team 'Daredevil Musthafa' to Release a Special Animation Song Tribute to Dr. Rajkumar — KSHVID|date = 4 October 2021}}</ref> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||