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Cankili I

Field	Value
name	Cekaracacekaran VII
Cankili I
title	King of the Jaffna Kingdom
image	Jaffna Royal family 280x190.jpg
caption	First from the right is Cankili I
reign	1519–1561
full name	Cankilian Sekarasasekaran
native_lang1	Tamil
native_lang1_name1	சங்கிலியன்
predecessor	Singai Pararasasegaram (Pararacacekaran VI)
successor	Puviraja Pandaram (Pararacacekaran VII)
issue	Puviraja Pandaram (Pararacacekaran VII)
royal house	Aryacakravarti dynasty
father	Singai Pararasasegaram (Pararacacekaran VI)
mother	Mangathammal
birth_place	Nallur
death_date
death_place	Nallur
place of burial	Nallur

Cankili I

Biography

His father, Singai Pararasasegaram, had two principal wives and a number of concubines. His first wife, Rajalaksmi, had two sons, Singhabahu and Pandaram. Singai Pararasasegaram second wife was Valliammal; they couple were the parents of Paranirupasingham. Cankili's mother had Cankili and a daughter named Paravai. As part of palace intrigues, Cankili was able to ascend the throne.

Rule

Main article: Portuguese invasion of Jaffna kingdom (1560)

According to a letter by Andre de Souza, ordered Cankili I on November 1544 the murder of his eldest son for converting to Catholicism. The son was buried on the spot he was killed, where a chapel was built that later on served as the foundation for the construction of the present St. Mary's Cathedral at Jaffna.

Cankili I resisted all contacts with the Portuguese, maintained relationships with Kunjali Marakkar got assistance from and even massacred 600 – 700 Parava Catholics in the island of Mannar who were brought from India to Mannar by the Portuguese to take over the lucrative pearl fisheries from the Jaffna kings. He was removed from power due to a local uprising that led his son Puviraja Pandaram take nominal power. He wielded real power behind the throne until his death in 1565.

In popular culture

In the 2022 Sri Lankan Sinhalese-Tamil-English trilingual film Praana directed by Sanjaya Nirmal, Cankili I is played by Darshan Dharmaraj.

Notes

References

{{cite book | last = Kunarasa | first = K

References

Gunasingam, Murugar. (2005). "Primary Sources for History of the Sri Lankan Tamils: A World-wide Search". M.V. Publications for the South Asian Studies Centre, Sydney.
(1919). "The Ceylon Antiquary and Literary Register". The Times..
Joseph, Dishan. (2016-07-16). "Mannar Island of Martyrs » Nation". Nation.
(1983). "Kurukshetra". Sri Lak-Indo Study Group.
Kunarasa, K ''The Jaffna Dynasty'', p.82-84
Gnanaprakasar, S ''A critical history of Jaffna'', p.113-117

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