Kasi Vishwanathar Temple – Thenkasi – Thenkasi HISTORY The Pandya dynasty was at its last ebb, the rulers were always under constant threat from the Sultanate, Vijayanagar and finally the Nayakas, who put an end to their glory by dividing the Pandyan territory into 72 independent districts thereby blocking the Pandya resurgence from Madurai, forever. The invasion from the north by the infidel, Mallik Kafur the eunuch, who was a slave general of Allauddin Khilji – (the Homosexual tyrant of the turco – afghan clan) who was enamoured by Malik Kafur, led to the spread of the sultanate in South, which was destabilized by the Vijayanagara or karnata Kingdom and the Nayakas of Madurai. This constant bickering forced the pandyans to move further down south and establish the town of Thenkasi or South kashi as their capital, with a branch in Thirunelveli. This Thenkasi pandyan’s ruled for almost 200 years from 1422 to 1618 current era with the founding King being Sa
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