{"id":77978,"date":"2025-12-15T14:50:54","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T09:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=77978"},"modified":"2025-12-15T16:03:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T10:33:27","slug":"perumbidugu-mutharaiyar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/perumbidugu-mutharaiyar\/","title":{"rendered":"Perumbidugu Mutharaiyar"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Perumbidugu Mutharaiyar Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, a commemorative postage stamp in honour of the king Perumbidugu Mutharaiyar II (Suvaran Maran) was released by the Vice President of India.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Perumbidugu Mutharaiyar<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perumbidugu Mutharaiyar (705 AD-745 AD), also known as <\/span><b>Suvaran Maran<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, was a ruler of the <\/span><b>Mutharaiyar lineage.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Suvaran Maran<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was also known as <\/span><b>Shatrubhayankar<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perumbidugu Mutharaiyar is believed to have fought bravely in <\/span><b>several battles alongside the Pallava king Nandivarman<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and is remembered as a great administrator.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He seems to have <\/span><b>patronised Shaivya<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and other scholars, as a Jain <\/span><b>monk Vimalachandra<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is mentioned as visiting his court to debate them.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Who are Mutharaiyars?<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They were the<\/span><b> feudatories of the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/pallava-dynasty\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pallavas<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the Pallavas\u2019 rule weakened, many such chiefs earned more power and prominence and were treated as rulers in their own right.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Mutharaiyars <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">held sway over areas including Thanjavur, Pudukkottai, Perambalur, Tiruchirappalli, and others near the <\/span><b>Cauvery river.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the feudatories <\/span><b>of the Pallavas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the Mutharaiyars were <\/span><b>great temple builders.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muttarayars were engaged in <\/span><b>cave temple enterprises<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> up to the opening decades of the ninth century.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/explained-history\/who-is-perumbidugu-mutharaiyar-suvaran-maran-3-things-10420500\/?ref=explained_pg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perumbidugu Mutharaiyar was a ruler of the Mutharaiyar lineage, feudatories of the Pallavas. 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