Ettaiyapuram estate was a zamindari estate situated in the Ottapidaram taluk

Ottapidaram taluk

Ottapidaram taluk is a taluk of Thoothukudi district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Ottapidaram.- Population :...

 of the erstwhile Tinnevely district.

Geography

Ettaiyapuram was located in the north-eastern corner of Tinnevely district. The estate covered an area of 570 square miles (1,476.3 km²) and 374 villages and in 1901, had a population of 154,000. The headquarters of the estate was the town of Ettaiyapuram.

History

The estate was ruled by the Telugu Nayak dynasty whose ancestors hailed from Chandragiri

Chandragiri

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 in present-day Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

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. During an invasion of Alauddin Khilji

Alauddin Khilji

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, Kumaramuttu Nayak the founder of the dynasty migrated from Chandragiri to Tirunelveli where he was granted the region comprising the later-established Ettaiyapuram estate. The town of Ettaiyapuram was established in 1567.

List of zamindars

• Muthu Jagavira Rama Kumara Ettappa Naicker
• Jagavirarama Venkateswara Ettapa Nayakar Aiyan
• Jagavirarama Kumara Ettappa Nayakar Aiyan
• Jagavira Rama Venkateswara Ettappa Nayaker Aiyan
• Muthuswami Jagavira Rama Ettappa Nayakar Aiyan
• Jagavira Rama Kumara Ettappa Nayaker Aiyan