Jatavarman Sundara Pandyan I

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Jatavarman Sundara Pandyan I
Emmandalamum Kondaruliya Pandya, Tribhuvana Chakravarthy, Ponveintha Perumal, Hemachadana Raja
Pandyan Empire under Jatavarman Sundara Pandya I
Pandyan Emperor
Reign	1251 CE–1268 CE[1]
Coronation	1251 CE
Predecessor	Maravarman Sundara Pandyan II
Successor	Maravarman Kulasekara Pandyan I
Born	Madurai, Pandya Empire (modern day Tamil Nadu, India)
Died	1268 CE Madurai, Pandya Empire (modern day Tamil Nadu, India)
Issue	Maravarman Kulasekara Pandyan I Maravarman Vikrama Pandiyan II Maravarman srivallaban
Dynasty	Pandyan
Father	Maravarman Sundara Pandyan II
Religion	Hinduism

Jatavarman Sundara I, also known as Sadayavarman Sundara Pandyan, was an emperor of the Pandyan dynasty who ruled regions of Tamilakam (present day South India), Northern Sri Lanka, and Southern Andhra between 1250–1268 CE.^[2] He is remembered for his patronage of the arts and Dravidian architecture, along with refurbishment and decoration of many Kovils (temple) in the Tamil continent. He oversaw a massive economic growth of the Pandyan empire. On the eve of his death in 1268 CE, the second Pandyan empire's power and territorial extent had risen to its zenith till Nellore and Kadapa by defeating Telugu Chola rulers Vijaya Gandagopala, Manumasiddhi III of Nellore Cholas and Ganapatideva of Kakatiyas.^[3]