Manthri Manai Mansion, Jaffna Manthri Mansion (Sinhala: මන්ත්රී මාළිගය; Tamil: மந்திரி மனை) (Tamil: Manthri Manai ; Sinhala: Rajamanthri Maligaya ) is an old building situated in Nallur in Jaffna District, Sri Lanka. History
The phraseology of the name of this building hints that this could be a palace for a queen or for queens (Dias et al., 2016; Wijebandara, 2014). Some are in the belief that this is the palace of the Sangilian kings of the Aryacakravarty Dynasty (Dias et al., 2016; Wijebandara, 2014). However, there is no firm evidence have been found yet in the country regarding the palaces built by this royal dynasty (Wijebandara, 2014). Sangilian kings reigned in the last period of the Aryacakravarty Dynasty (Dias et al., 2016). It is said that the Jaffna viceroy clan called Tikkam Manai were living in the Tikkam Manai palace in Jaffna collecting taxes for the king of the Kotte Kingdom (Dias et al., 2016). Under the administration of the Kotte king, some royal lineages in Jaffna such as Arya Gangas, Brahmins, Pa…
