Sword and tiger of Tippu
1-Tipu Sultan had lost his sword in a war with the Nairs of Travancore during the Battle of the Nedumkotta, in which he was defeated. The Nair army under the leadership of Raja Kesavadas again defeated the Mysore army near Aluva.
2-The Maharaja,Dharma Raja, gifted the famous sword to the Nawab of Arcot, from where the sword went to London. The sword was on display at the Wallace Collection, No. 1 Manchester Square, London.
3-At an auction in London in 2004, the industrialist-politician Vijay Mallya purchased the sword of Tipu Sultan and some other historical artifacts, and brought them back to India for public display after nearly two centuries.
4-Tipu was commonly known as the Tiger of Mysore and adopted this animal as the symbol of his rule. It is said that Tipu Sultan was hunting in the forest with a French friend. He came face to face with a tiger. His gun did not work, and his dagger fell on the ground as the tiger jumped on him. He reached for the dagger, picked it up, and killed the tiger with it. That earned him the name "the Tiger of Mysore".
5-He even had French engineers build a mechanical tiger for his palace. The device, known as Tipu's Tiger, is on display in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
6-Not only did Tipu place relics of tigers around his palace and domain, he also had the emblem of a tiger on his banners and even on some arms and weapons. Sometimes this tiger was very ornate and had inscriptions within the drawing, alluding to Tipu's faith.
7-Historian Alexander Beatson reported that "in his palace was found a great variety of curious swords, daggers, fusils, pistols, and blunderbusses; some were of exquisite workmanship, mounted with gold, or silver, and beautifully inlaid and ornamented with tigers' heads and stripes, or with Persian and Arabic verses".
8-There is also a recent finding that the popular legendary woman warrior Unniyarcha was a contemporary of Tipu Sultan and in fact Tipu had captured her in war and taken her to Mysore in 1790 May and forced her to be one of his wives.
9-The finding was made by writer Manantheri Bhaskaran who claims to be Unniyarcha's relative (4th generation grandson of Unniyarcha's brother).
THE KADATHANADAN NOMBARANGAL - THE UNTOLD STORY OF TIPPU SULTAN AND UNNIYARCHA WILL BE SHORTLY FILMED IN HOLIWOOD TOO. THE MALAYALAM BOOK WAS TRANSLATED BY MR. ARUN KUMAR P.K. WITH AN AGREEMENT WITH AUTHOR.THE DISCUSSION WITH HOLLYWOOD TEAM IN PROGRESS AND THE GLORY OF INDIAN BRAVERY SHORTLY LIMELIGHT AN ERA OF INDIAN STORIES IN HOLLYWOOD.
ReplyDeleteUnniyarcha lived in 16th CENTURY & Tipu lived in 18th century... its really a shame tipu married a 200year old women... btw the lady tippu captured was unni-tharcha (not unni-archa) and she was not a warrior... :)
ReplyDeletehi where did u get that information ...i m just curious....thanx...
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The story of Manantheri Bhaskaran i.e Uniiyarcha was abducted by Tippu is not correct and is absurd. Unniyarcha lived during 16th century whereas Tippu lived during 18th century. The story of Bhaskaran was prompted by some ulterior motives.
ReplyDeleteBut How Tippu Died / Murdered or captured what was that in history?
ReplyDeleteTippu was amputated by Nair Army headed by Sri.Padmanabhan Pillai when Sriman.Dharmaraja was Travancore King.
DeleteThereafter British caught him and executed him.
refer the blog : http://chekavars.blogspot.in/#
ReplyDeleteREAD REAL FOLLOWING REAL STORY.
ReplyDeleteTIPPU SULTHAN'S WIFE NAME IS UNNITHARCHA NOT UNNIYARCHA.
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These were two houses of Kalarippayattu experts (the local martial art of Kerala). Puthooram veedu (veedu literally means house) existed in the sixteenth century and Thacholy manikkottu veedu existed in the eighteenth century. Puthooram was a famous Thiyya (Ezhava) tharavadu (tharavadu means ancestral family house) and Thacholy was a famous Kalari Kurup (Nair) tharavadu. Nairs and Ezhavas are the two major Hindu communities of Kerala.
Puthooram Unniyarcha (AD.1549-1620) was a legendary Thiyya (Ezhava) woman. She was expert in kalrippayyattu and was a well versed in horse riding. She was the daughter of Kannappa Chekavar and sister of Aromal Chekavar. Kunjiraman (Raman Chekavar) was the husband of Puthooram Unniyarcha. Puthooram Chandu (Chandrangada Chekavar) was the nephew of Kannappa Chekavar and cousin of Aromal Chekavar. Chekavar is a surname used by people of Thiyya (Ezhava) community who are warriors. Puthooram veedu was situated in Thalassery.
Vatakara was the native place of Thacholy Othena Kurup (AD.1763-1795) and family. Thacholy Othena Kurup was a legendary Kalarippayyattu expert. Thacholy Chandu (Chandrashekara Kurup) was the younger brother of Thacholy Othena Kurup. There was a woman in Thacholy family by the name Thacholy Unnitharcha. Thacholy Unnitharcha was the daughter of Thacholy Unnichira (eldest sister of Thacholy Othena Kurup) and her husband Chirukantan Kurup. Thacholy Unnitharcha was a beautiful woman but she was not a Kalarippayyattu expert. It is believed that when Thacholy Othena Kurup was alive, Thacholy Unnitharcha was kidnapped by Tippu Sultan, this being the cause of the rivalry between Tippu Sultan and Thacholy Othena Kurup. Thacholy Othenan was shot dead at the age of thirty two by a mercenary named Mayinkutty. Some people believe that Mayinkutty was sent by Tippu and others believe that Mayinkutty was sent by the disciples of Kathiroor Gurukkal who was defeated by Thacholy Othena Kurup in an Ankam ( Ankam means fight with sword and shield between two experts / heads of Kalari clans or family till death).
Northern ballads are two kinds’ Puthooram pattukal and Thacholy pattukal. These ballads were mainly sung to praise and spread the importance of these two families and about the Ankams, these families participated in. The Puthooram pattukal originated in the sixteenth century and Thacholy pattukal originated in the eighteenth century. From the twentieth century onwards people began to mix together the songs from the both ballads and so many people are confused, even famous writers. Yet another reason for the confusion was Thacholy Unnitharcha being mistaken for Puthooram Unniyarcha by some historians later on, either coincidently (as the names are similar) or purposely.
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DeleteThese were two houses of Kalarippayattu experts (the local martial art of Kerala). Puthooram veedu (veedu literally means house) existed in the sixteenth century and Thacholy manikkottu veedu existed in the eighteenth century. Puthooram was a famous Thiyya (Ezhava) tharavadu (tharavadu means ancestral family house) and Thacholy was a famous Kalari Kurup (Nair) tharavadu. Nairs and Ezhavas are the two major Hindu communities of Kerala.
ReplyDeletePuthooram Unniyarcha (AD.1549-1620) was a legendary Thiyya (Ezhava) woman. She was expert in kalrippayyattu and was a well versed in horse riding. She was the daughter of Kannappa Chekavar and sister of Aromal Chekavar. Kunjiraman (Raman Chekavar) was the husband of Puthooram Unniyarcha. Puthooram Chandu (Chandrangada Chekavar) was the nephew of Kannappa Chekavar and cousin of Aromal Chekavar. Chekavar is a surname used by people of Thiyya (Ezhava) community who are warriors. Puthooram veedu was situated in Thalassery.
Vatakara was the native place of Thacholy Othena Kurup (AD.1763-1795) and family. Thacholy Othena Kurup was a legendary Kalarippayyattu expert. Thacholy Chandu (Chandrashekara Kurup) was the younger brother of Thacholy Othena Kurup. There was a woman in Thacholy family by the name Thacholy Unnitharcha. Thacholy Unnitharcha was the daughter of Thacholy Unnichira (eldest sister of Thacholy Othena Kurup) and her husband Chirukantan Kurup. Thacholy Unnitharcha was a beautiful woman but she was not a Kalarippayyattu expert. It is believed that when Thacholy Othena Kurup was alive, Thacholy Unnitharcha was kidnapped by Tippu Sultan, this being the cause of the rivalry between Tippu Sultan and Thacholy Othena Kurup. Thacholy Othenan was shot dead at the age of thirty two by a mercenary named Mayinkutty. Some people believe that Mayinkutty was sent by Tippu and others believe that Mayinkutty was sent by the disciples of Kathiroor Gurukkal who was defeated by Thacholy Othena Kurup in an Ankam ( Ankam means fight with sword and shield between two experts / heads of Kalari clans or family till death).
Northern ballads are two kinds’ Puthooram pattukal and Thacholy pattukal. These ballads were mainly sung to praise and spread the importance of these two families and about the Ankams, these families participated in. The Puthooram pattukal originated in the sixteenth century and Thacholy pattukal originated in the eighteenth century. From the twentieth century onwards people began to mix together the songs from the both ballads and so many people are confused, even famous writers. Yet another reason for the confusion was Thacholy Unnitharcha being mistaken for Puthooram Unniyarcha by some historians later on, either coincidently (as the names are similar) or purposely.