Koon Pandiyan

Koon Pandiyan
Koon Pandiyan
Nindra Seer Nedumaran, Ninraseernedumaran, Kun Pandya
Reign	7th century CE
Spouse	Mangayarkkarasiyar
Dynasty	Pandya

Koon Pandiyan ("The hunch-backed Pandyan") (Tamil: கூன் பாண்டியன்) was the nickname of a king who ruled Madurai around 7th century. Some historians identify him with the Pandyan king Arikesari Parankusa Maravarman.^[2]

He converted from Jainism to Shaivism, converted under the influence of Sambandar. According to a Shaivite legend, after his conversion, he ordered a massacre of 8000 Jains in Samanatham. Sambandar is said to have cured his hunched back, after which he was known as Sundara Pandya ("Beautiful Pandyan").^[3]

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^ Marco Polo; Sir Henry Yule (1875). The Book of Sir Marco Polo, the Venetian, Concerning the Kingdoms and Marvels of the East: Newly Tr. and Ed., with Notes, Maps, and Other Illustrations. J. Murray. pp. 317–. ISBN 9780404115425. Retrieved 16 August 2013.

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[2] "The Temple At Thirunallar". District Administration, Karaikal. Retrieved 25 February 2013.

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Koon Pandiyan
Nindra Seer Nedumaran,^[1] Ninraseernedumaran, Kun Pandya
Reign	7th century CE
Spouse	Mangayarkkarasiyar
Dynasty	Pandya

Pandya dynasty
Early Pandya polity
Koon Pandiyan Nedunjeliyan I Nedunjeliyan II
Early Medieval Pandyas
Kadungon (c. 590–620)/(c. 560–590) Maravarman Avanichulamani (c. 620–645)/(c. 590–620) Cheliyan Chendan (c. 654–670)/(c. 620–650) Arikesari Maravarman (Parankusan) (c. 670–700)/(c. 650–700) Ko Chadaiyan Ranadhira (c. 700–730) Maravarman Rajasimha I (c. 730–765)/(c. 730–768) Srimara Srivallabha (c. 815–862) Varaguna II (c. 862–880)/(c. 862–885) Maravarman Rajasimha III (c. 900–915)