ISSUE 3 | VOLUME 4 | March 2018

மாதாꏍத செ뿍鎿மட쯍

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17th chapter of Mahavamsam The Kingdom (1215- (The Great Chronicle), Victoria Tamil Senior Citizens 1624 CE), also known as translated in to Tamil by late Kingdom of Aryacakravarti, of Benevolent Society members Mr. Sivarasa Nallaratnam. attaended a workshop at modern northern The Mahavamsam is an epic was a historic monarchy that Brahmakumaries Centre in poem written in the Pali th th came into existence around Frankston on 10 and 11 language of the bikku’s of Sri February 2018. the town of Jaffna on the Lanka. .

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பெப்ரவ쎿 மாதாந்த ஒன்쟁埂ட쯍 10 - செꯍரவ쎿 - 2018

ப்ரவரி மாதத்திற்கான மாதாந்த உருண்யடாடியயத அங்கத்தவர்களுக்埁த் ஒன்றுகூடல் இம்முறை பிராங்டன் பதரியힿல்றை. இந்தயவறளயில், நகரில் அறமந்鏁ள்ள பிரம்ம 埁மாரிகள் தங்埁மிடம், உணவு, யொக்埁வரத்鏁 அறமப்பு வளாகத்தில் நறடபெற்ை鏁. வெதிகறள ஏற்ொ翁 பெய்鏁, எம鏁 கழக காறையில், 8 மணியளힿல் எம鏁 மாதாந்த அங்கத்தவர்கறள பிராங்டன் நகர பிரம்ம ஒன்று கூடல் நறடபெறும் 埁மாரிகள் அறமப்பு வளாகத்திற்埁 அறழத்鏁ச் 垿ளன்பவவலியிலிருந்鏁 பிரம்ம 埁மாரிகள் பென்று இைவெமாக இந்தப் ெட்டறைறய அறமப்பின் அங்கத்தவர்கள் உதힿயயா翁 எமக்埁 வழங்垿யதற்காக தம鏁 மனமார்ந்த எம鏁 கழக அங்கத்தவர்கள் பிராங்டன் நன்றிகறள பிரம்ம 埁மாரிகள் அறமப்பிற்埁 நகருக்埁 அறழத்鏁ச் பெல்ைப்ெட்டார்கள். ힿக்யடாரிய மூத்த பிரறெகள் காருண்யக் அன்றைய தினம் அங்யகயய தங்垿 ஓகக்கறை கழகம் பதரிힿத்鏁க் பகாள்垿ன்ை鏁. ெற்றியும், தியானம் ெற்றியும் எம鏁 அங்கத்தவர்கள் ெை புதிய தகவல்கறள இப்ெட்டறையில் பிரம்ம 埁மாரிகள் அறமப்பு அறிந்鏁 பகாண்டனர். அத்鏁டன் தியானப் அங்கத்தவர்கள் ெ垿ர்ந்鏁 பகாண்ட ஆன்므க, ெயிற்殿களில் தங்கறள ஈ翁ெ翁த்தி, அறிힿயல், 殿த்தாந்தக் கருத்鏁கறள எம鏁 உடலுக்埁ம் உள்ளத்திற்埁ம் பதளிறவ ஏப்ெரல் மாத மாதாந்த பெய்திமடலில் ஏற்ெ翁த்திக் பகாண்டனர். திருமதி ொக்垿யபைட்毁மி 殿வராொ அவர்கள் ொராம்ெமாகத் தரힿருக்垿ைார். பெப்ரவரி 10ம் திகதி ெனிக்垿ழறம காறை 9:30 மணிக்埁 ஆரம்ெமான இந்த நிகழ்வுகள் நன்றி. அ翁த்தநாள் ஞாயிற்றுக்垿ழறம ெகல் 1 மணிவறர இடம்பெற்ை鏁. நிகழ்வுகள், திரு. 毁ந்தரலிங்கம் ힿறுힿறுப்ொகவும், ஆக்கபூர்வமாகவும் பெயைாளர் இருந்ததால் இரண்翁 நாட்கள்

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Photo taken at Brahmakumaris Centre, Frankston, during the workshop on 10th and 11th of February 2018.

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Jaffna Kingdom The arrival of the Portuguese colonial The (Tamil: power to the island of Sri Lanka in 1505, and its strategic location in the Palk யா폍ꯍபாண அர毁) (1215-1624 CE), Strait connecting all interior Sinhalese also known as Kingdom of kingdoms to , created Aryacakravarti, of modern northern Sri political problems. Many of its kings Lanka was a historic monarchy that confronted and ultimately made peace came into existence around the town of with the Portuguese colonials. In 1617, Jaffna on the Jaffna peninsula after the Cankili II, an usurper to the throne, invasion of Magha, who is identified as confronted the Portuguese but was the founder of the Jaffna kingdom and defeated, thus bringing the kingdom’s is said to have been from Kalinga, in independent existence to an end in 1619. India. Established as a powerful force in Although rebels like Migapulle Arachchi the north, north east and west of the with help of Nayak kingdom island, it eventually became a tribute tried to recover the kingdom, they were paying feudatory of the Pandyan Empire eventually defeated. Nallur, a suburb of in modern South India in 1258, gaining Jaffna town, served as its capital. independence in 1323 with the fragmentation of the Pandyan control Founding when the last Pandyan ruler of was defeated and expelled in 1323 by The origin of the Jaffna kingdom is , the army general of the obscure and still the subject of Muslim empire .[6] For a controversy among historians. Among brief period, in the early to mid-14th mainstream historians, such as K. M. de century, it was an ascendant power in Silva, S. Pathmanathan and Karthigesu the island of Sri Lanka when all regional Indrapala, the widely accepted view is kingdoms accepted subordination. that the Kingdom of the Aryacakravarti However, the kingdom was eventually dynasty in Jaffna began in 1215 with overpowered by the rival Kotte Kingdom, the invasion of a previously unknown around 1450 when it was invaded by chieftain called Magha, who claimed to Prince Sapumal under the Kotte be from Kalinga in modern India. He Kingdoms directive. deposed the ruling Parakrama Pandyan II, a foreigner from the Pandyan Dynasty It was freed of Kotte control in 1467; its who was ruling the Kingdom of subsequent rulers directed their Polonnaruwa at the time with the help energies towards consolidating its of his soldiers and mercenaries from the economic potential by maximising Kalinga, modern and Damila revenue from pearls and () regions in India. exports and land revenue. It was less feudal than most of the other regional Pandyan tribute paying territories circa kingdoms on the island of Sri Lanka of 1250, includes what ultimately became the same period.[9] During this period, the Jaffna kingdom in Sri Lanka important local was produced and Hindu temples were built After the conquest of , he moved including an academy for language the capital to the Jaffna peninsula advancement. which was more secured by heavy forest and ruled as a tribute-paying

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subordinate of the Chola empire of Muslim invasions, successive Tanjavur, in modern Tamil Nadu, India. Aryacakravarti rulers made the Jaffna During this period (1247), a Malay kingdom independent and a regional chieftain from in modern power to reckon with in Sri Lanka. All named subsequent kings of the Jaffna Kingdom invaded the politically fragmented claimed descent from one Kulingai island. Although King Parakramabahu Cakravarti who is identified with II (1236–70) from Dambadeniya was by Swami able to repulse the attack, Gnanaprakasar and Mudaliar Chandrabhanu moved north and Rasanayagam while maintaining their secured the throne for himself around Pandyan progenitor’s family name. 1255 from Magha. Sadayavarman Sundara Pandyan I invaded Sri Lanka in Politically, the dynasty was an the 13th century and defeated expanding power in the 13th and 14th Chandrabhanu the usurper of the century with all regional kingdoms Jaffna Kingdom in northern Sri Lanka. paying tribute to it. However, it met with Sadayavarman Sundara Pandyan I simultaneous confrontations with the forced Chandrabhanu to submit to the Vijayanagar empire that ruled from Pandyan rule and to pay tributes to the Vijayanagara, southern India, and a Pandyan Dynasty. But later on when rebounding Kingdom of Kotte from the Candrabhanu became powerful enough south of Sri Lanka. This led to the he again invaded the Singhalese kingdom becoming a vassal of the kingdom but he was defeated by the Vijyanagar Empire as well as briefly brother of Sadayavarman Sundara losing its independence under the Kotte Pandyan I called Veera Pandyan I and kingdom from 1450 to 1467. The Chandrabhanu lost his life. Sri Lanka kingdom was re-established with the was invaded for the 3rd time by the disintegration of Kotte kingdom and the Pandyan Dynasty under the leadership fragmentation of Viyanagar Empire. It of Arya Cakravarti who established the maintained very close commercial and Jaffna kingdom. political relationships with the Thanjavur Nayakar kingdom in Aryacakravarti dynasty southern India as well as the Kandyan and segments of the Kotte kingdom. When Chandrabhanu embarked on a This period saw the building of Hindu second invasion of the south, the temples and a flourishing of literature, Pandyas came to the support of the both in Tamil and . Sinhalese king and killed Chandrabhanu in 1262 and installed (to be continued..) Aryacakravarti, a minister in charge of the invasion, as the king. When the Pandyan Empire became weak due to

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Next monthly meeting and get-together of Victorian Tamil Senior Citizens Benevolent Society Australia Inc. will be held on Saturday, 14th of April 2018 from 10:30 am onwards at Glen Waverley Community Centre, 700 Waverley Street, Glen Waverley, VIC 3150. The society has organised various entertainments and informative sessions including:  Spiritual speech and mediation by Brahma Kumaries organisation  Cultural programs  Yoga session to refresh your mind  Indoor games for Seniors

The society welcomes everyone to participate in this meeting. The location (map) of Glen Waverley Community Centre is printed on the next page.

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Location of Glen Waverley Community Centre: 700 Waverley Road, Glen Waverley VIC 3150

Are you are a Tamil senior living in Victoria, please join us and enjoy the company of other like minded Tamil seniors and to revisit the rich cultural heritage of Tamil.

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