page_title: Cankili I
hierarchical_section_title: Cankili I
caption_attribution_description: The Members of the Royal Family of Jaffna Cinkai Arya Cakravarti Pararacacekaran (VI) 1478-1519 Paddaththukkuriya Ilavarasan Pandaram Ilavarasan Paranirupasinghan Cinkai Arya Cakravarti Cankili Raja (I) Cekaracacekaran (VII) 1519-1561
context_page_description: Cankili I, also known as Segarasasekaram, is the most remembered Jaffna kingdom king in the Sri Lankan Tamil history. He was very active in resisting Portuguese colonial inroads into Sri Lanka. He also inherited his throne via palace intrigues in which number of heirs apparent died under mysterious circumstances. At the end, he was removed from power by a local uprising that led to his son Puviraja Pandaram taking nominal power from him.
context_section_description: Cankili I (Tamil: சங்கிலியன்) (died 1565), also known as Segarasasekaram, is the most remembered Jaffna kingdom king in the Sri Lankan Tamil history. He was very active in resisting Portuguese colonial inroads into Sri Lanka. He also inherited his throne via palace intrigues in which number of heirs apparent died under mysterious circumstances. At the end, he was removed from power by a local uprising that led to his son Puviraja Pandaram taking nominal power from him.
caption: First from the right is Cankili I
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