In the early 15th century the present territories of ramanathapuram district comprising of taluks Tiruvadanai,paramakudi, kamudi, mudukulathur, ramanathapuram and rameswaram were included in pandyan kingdom for a short period, this area was under the chola kings when rajendra chola brought it under his territory in 1063 AD.
In 1520 AD the nayakas of vijayanagar took over the area under the control from the pandyan dynasty for about two centuries, marava cheiftains - sethupathi's who were lords under pandyan kings and reigned over this part. (17th Century). This district was named as Ramanathapuram during the British Period this district was called 'Ramnad". The name continued after independence. Later the district was renamed as Ramanathapuram to be in conformity with the Tamil name for this region.
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