Talk:Keralolpathi

Krishna Raya could be Rashtrakuta king Krishna 3

Accoding to Keralolpathi the Namboothiris of Perunchellur (Thaliparamba) went and met the Aryan king of Arya pura and requested him to send a Cheraman Perumal to rule over Kerala.Krishna Raya send a Banapperuamal alias Vani Perumal with large army of Nairs, 350000 strong, led by Pada Mala Nair as General. The Banapperumal according to Keralolpathi defeated Kerala and started ruling as Cheraman Perumal contesting the original Tamil Cheraman Perumal from his capital at Chitra Koodam at Mooshaka kingdom,later Kolathunadu. This Banapperumal promoted Matriarchy in Kerala and he was the brother of the Tulunad king Kavi Rasa Singha according to Keralolpathi. Keralolpathi also states that Kolathiris are the descendents of this usurping Cheraman perumal from Karnataka.The Cochin kings descend from the offspring of a Kshatriya girl brought from North by the Banapperumal who married a Brahmin. Keralolpathi also states that Krishna Rayar was disturbed when the Banapperumal who was send as a Regent did not return even after 36 years of rule of Kerala. But Banapperumal the pretending Cheraman Perumal gathered an army supported by Manichan (Kunnala Konathiri, the king of Calicut) and Vikkiran possibly two Vellala rulers of Northen Kerala managed to resist the army of Krishna Raya (Rashtrakuta). Keralolpathi also says that the Banapperumal who was a Buddhist converted to Islam and went to Mecca under the guidance of Veda Aliyar a Jonaka(Turkish) preacher. The Krishna Raya could be Rashtra kuta king Krishna III(939 - 967 C.E.) who defeated and occupied Kerala.

• In short Around 960 ACE the Namboothiris staying at Thaliparamba in the Chera kingdom invited a Rashtrakuta invading force under a Banapperumal, a prince from Banavasi where originally Brahmins settled on the invitation of Kadamba King Mayuravarma in 345 ACE. Namboothiris perhaps betrayed the trust of the Tamil Chera kings by inviting a foreign invader.
• 960 ACE could be the date of the beginning of Namboothiri power in Kerala. It could be the beginning of Matriarchy, Naga and Aryan dominance of Kerala.Matriarchy perhaps spread from Kolathunadu to other southern kingdoms around 1300 ACE as the Nairs replaced the existing Tamil kingdoms of Kerala.
• Since Keralolapathi says that Nair army under Padamala Nair was send by the Aryan king of Aryapura (Rashtrakuta Krishna 3)Keralolpathi affirms that Nairs arrived Kerala from north at around 960 ACE. Nairs who might have stayed predominantly at Ezhimalai and Koalathunadu area for another 100 years before spreading southwards. By 1100 ACE Matriarchy was adopted by the Mooshaka kings (Sanskritised name Ezhimalai the Rat Kingdom)of North Kerala.
• The importance given by Keralolpathi to Ezhimalai and Kolathunadu clearly indicates that it was the first kingdom occupied by Northern forces of Nairs possibly a subgroup of Bunts of Karnataka.
• Keralolpathi describes Chera kings as Arya Kshatriyas and not Tamils indicating that the Cheraman Perumal mentioned in the Keralolpathi is not real Cheraman Perumal of Chera dynasty of Villavar Tamil ruler but the pretending Rashtrakuta invader the Cheraman Vadakkan Perumal the ruler of Kolathunadu

12:52, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Keralolpathi is Tuluvolpathi

Keralolpathi is the history of Tulu people the Bunt (community) and Aryan Brahmins from Ahichatra and not the history of Dravidian people of Kerala who descend from Chera Dynasty. The Naga people (Nairs/Bunt (community) and the Namboothiris originally a subgroup of Tuluva Brahmins) who who might have invaded Kerala at the end of Tamil Chera Dynasty of Villavar people. Keralolpathi describes the history of Nair/Bunt (community)s and Tuluva Brahmins (Namboothiris and Shivalli Brahmins) and their migration from Indo-Nepalese border to Karnataka during the rule of Kadamba King Mayuravarma in 345 AD.Similar accounts are found in Gramapaddati,the records kept by Tulu Brahmins of Karnataka.Keralolpathi claims that a Tulunadu invader brother of Tulunadu king Kavirajasinghan send by Krishnarayar,Krishna III (939 – 967 C.E.) of the the Rashtrakuta Dynasty invaded Kerala with 350000 strong Nair army led by Padamala Nair.This Rashtrakuta invader, addressed as Cheraman Perumal/Cheraman Vadakkan Perumal(not to be confused with Tamil kings of Chera Dynasty) sent by Krishnarayar according to Keralolpathi established a kingdom at the Northern Kerala at Valarpattanam (Valapattam near Kannur) with Muslim help.Padamala Nair the General of the Tulu Cheraman Perumal advised the Cheraman Perumal to seek the help of Jonakas. This Cherman Perumal converted to Islam by a Jonaka called Veda Aliyar and left for Mecca for Pilgrimage according to Keralolpathi.Keralolpathi also mentions that the Tulu Cheraman Perumal of Valapattam was alternatively called as Ezhibooban (King of Ezhimala-Kannur) and Kolathiris were his descendents.Keralolpathi also states that this Tulu Cheraman Perumal founded Matriarchy, a North Indian Naga custom in Kerala till then practised by Tulunadus Bunt (community) (with its subgroups Nayara,Menavas,Kurubas and Samanthas).Keralolpathi never mentions the name of any Tamil king of Chera dynasty but uses the title Cheraman Perumal to all the rulers of Tulunadu.The Cheraman Perumal belonged to only the Villavar rulers of Chera Dynasty of Kerala and tinvaders from foreign countries were not called Cheraman Perumal. Gokarnam in the Uttara Kannada district the original homeland of Tulubrahmins after their arrival from Ahichatram is mentioned as a integral part of Kerala.However though Kerala was briefly occupied by various Karnataka rulers only Tamil Chera Dynasty ruled Kerala till 1100 AD and they practised Patrilineal descendency. Matriarchy practised by the Nagas of Karnataka,(Bunt (community)) reached only after the fall of Chera Kingdom. But after the invasion of Malik Kafur in 1310, all the Tamil Patriarchal Tamil dynasties of Kerala were replaced by Tulu dynastes of Bunt (community) who practised Matriarchy and wrote with Tulu Script.

Perumals mentioned in Keralolpathi

Various rulers of Tulunadu is mentioned as Perumals of Kerala in Keralolpathi.Keralolpathi mentions that various Cheraman Perumals were brought from foreign countries to rule over Kerala. Most of the Perumals mentioned in Keralolpathis who ruled over Tulunadu were from different empires. Namboothiris who carried the history of Tulunadu to Kerala and presented it as Kerala History.

Perumals of Keralolpathi

• Keyapperumal
• Cholapperumal (Chola Empire)
• Pandipperumal (Alupas Pandyan kingdom of Tulunadu)
• Banapperumal
• Thulubanperumal (Alupas)
• Indrapperumal (Indra III of Rashtrakuta Dynasty)
• Aryapperumal
• Kundranperumal
• Kottipperumal (Khottiga Amoghavarsha of Rashtrakuta Dynasty)
• Madapperumal (Ahichatra Madasthana the original homeland of Nair/Bunt (community))
• Ezhipperumal (Ezhimala Kannur)
• Kombanperumal
• Vijayanperumal
• Valabanperumal (Valapattam ruler)
• Harichandranperumal
• Mallapperumal (Malla (Nepal) dynasty)
• Kulasekharapperumal

Many in this list are kings of Karnataka and Ahichatram and not Kerala rulers. Vilmeenkodi (talk) 08:01, 10 October 2010 (UTC)