![]() Use only the first 3 segments of the Pirandai Stem. To prevent fingers from itching while chopping the Pirandai, just apply some coconut oil to the fingers. Fresh tender Pirandai is easy to chop and cooks in no time. Relieves body pain, gas problems and swelling. Pirandai Thuvaiyal goes well with Crispy hot Dosas, Upma, Phulkas, Mixed rice Varieties and Adai. Pirandai Thuvaiyal when mixed with hot rice and ghee is just, just Superb. The juice extracted out of Pirandai is used in making Appalams ( Pappads). Pirandai has excellent medicinal uses and health benefits. Pirandai is also called the Adamant Creeper or Veldt Grape in English. Here is the reference from the Department website.Pirandai is a creeper that grows very easily. This could be due to the impact of the Nayak rule. ![]() In my research, I’ve found that Telugu is also one of the languages used by the Thondaiman rulers, and their seals, documents, communications, inscriptions are also in the Telugu language as per the Department of Archaeology, Government of Tamil Nadu in their website. There are very limited sources of information available to identify the reasons behind this. Anybody rebelling against the State also commits sin and thereby against the Supreme Goddess, who is the true ruler of the state. ![]() The Thondaimaan will hereafter administer the state as Her Viceroy. So, in order to sort out the issue, a scheme was proposed by the able Divan of the Samasthaan, called Sesha Saasthrigal.Īccordingly, the Thondaimaan decreed that henceforth the Sovereign State of Pudukkottai would be the property of the Goddess Brihadh Ambal. The ruling Thondaimaan’s own kinsmen and relatives were contesting for the throne of Pudukkottai. It is said that there was a rebellion in Pudukkottai at one time. The royal family worshipped in the temple and was also the venue of the coronation of many of the rulers. Why Brihadambal (Bramarambica) as Amman on Coin?īrihadh Ambal or Periya Naachiyaar is the tutelary deity of the dynasty of the Thondaimaans. The 1st strike of Amman kassu are Hammered Coins by Martanda Bhairava and the 2nd strike is known as Milled Coin that is struck at Briningham mint, later in Calcutta mint. These coins were made of highly pure copper. Later, the coin was machine-made at Briningham mint, London, and shipped to Pudukottai. In the initial years, the dump Amman Kassu was handcrafted at the Pudukottai mint. The first Amman Kasu was minted in the year 1738. The obverse of the coin figures Brihathambal and the other side has Telugu letters which spell ” Vijaya” meaning Victory.įrom this, it is understood that the Pudukottai was under the dominions of the Nayak Kingdom of Madurai which in turn was under the mighty Vijayanagar Empire. The Amman Kaasu is so-named after the presiding Goddess Brihadh Ambal or Periya Naachiyaar in the historic Shiva temple at Tirugokarnam in Pudukkottai. Why it is called Amman Kassu (Amman cash)? In other words, referring the goddesses as a member of the family. In general, Indian goddesses are referred to or called as Amman or amma, which means treating the goddesses as the root of the family. In 1948 the State was merged into Trichinopoly District.Īmman means Mother. This was regularized in 1806 when subject to a yearly tribute of one elephant, the rajas of Pudukkotai were guaranteed their position. In the late eighteenth century, the Tondaimans aided the British in their struggles against the French in the Carnatic with British ascendancy., the Pudukkotai rules were confirmed in their control of the region. ![]() The family came from Tondaimandallam, a small village near Tirupathi, and belonged to the Kallen (or bobber) caste. Pudukkotai was founded by Raghunatha Raya Tondaram in 1686 when he defeated the Pallavaraya chiefs of the area. Todiman Raja in his Durbar, Pudukkottai (1858)įor administrative purposes, the state was divided into three taluks: Alangudi, Kulathur, and Thirumayam, each under the authority of a Tahsildar who was responsible for land revenue ![]()
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