Karaliyadde_Bandara_of_Kandy

Karalliyadde Bandara

Karalliyadde Bandara

King of Kandy

Karalliyadde Banḍāra was King of Kandy, who ruled from 1551 to 1581. During his reign Banḍāra publicly embraced Catholicism, brought to the island by the Portuguese. He and his infant daughter princess Kusumāsana Devi fled the kingdom with his retinue. The princess was later baptized by the Portuguese and called Dona Catarina.[1] He succeeded his father Jayavira Bandara as king and was succeeded by his daughter Kusumasana Devi.[1]

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  • Portrayed by Niroshan Wijesinghe in the 2019 TV Derana TV series Kusumasana Devi.

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  1. [1]
    Obeyesekere 2017, p. 161.

Bibliography

  • Obeyesekere, Gananath (2017). "Between the Portuguese and the Nāyakas: the many faces of the Kandyan Kingdom, 1591– 1765". In Biedermann, Zoltan; Strathern, Alan (eds.). Sri Lanka at the crossroads of history. London: UCL Press. ISBN 9781911307846.
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