The Glory of Mutharayar Dynasty

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The Royal history of Mudiraja / Muthuraja people of South India is to be identified with that of Mutharaiyar kings in and around Thanjavoor in Tamil speaking lands of South India The population of Muthuraja/Mutharaiyar people is quite considerable even today in the areas of Thanjore, Pudukottai, and Northamalai. The fact is that the ancestors of Muthurajas lived in and around Thanjavoor in Tamilnadu and is a silent pointer to explain why Thanjavoor remained a powerful seat of Telugu language and culture since many centuries. We should also remember that Thanjore was the capital city of Mutharaiyar kings and they were the first kings to build temples and forts in that region. The famous Telugu saint poet and Kamatic singer Tyagaraja too hailed from this region of Tanjore. Thanjavoor and surrounding regions of present day Tamilnadu were once infested by migrated Telugu speaking people of Rayalaseema region.

Historians beheve that Mutharaiyars (Mudirajas) are the descendants of Kalabhras and Kalabhras were the people of great warrior race, who infested the uplands Karnataka (Hampi Region), and Thirupathi (Vengadam) Hills. The areas of Hampi and Thirupathi hills were part and parcel of undevided Rayalaseema of erstwhile Andhra State which was formed before the reorganization of Indian states based on languages in independent India after the end of the British rule. Rayalaseema was also a part of Dandakaaranya in Deccan India, which has a mention in the great Sanskrit epic Ramayana written by sage Valmiki. Historians have also identified several Kings of South Indian origin belonging to various clans as the descendants of great warriors - Kalabhra race.