Tiruchirappalli District Court

ABOUT DISTRICT COURT

Tiruchirappalli City – Rock Fort City :
Woraiyur, a part of present day Tiruchirappalli, was the capital city of Cholas from 300B.C. onwards. This is supported by archaeological evidences and ancient literatures. There are also literary sources which tell tha Woraiyur continued to be under the control of cholas even during the days of Kalabhra interrengnum(A.D. 300 - 575 ). Later, Woraiyur along with the present day Tiruchirappalli and its neighboring areas came under the control of Mahendra Varma Pallava I, who ascended the throne in A.D. 590. Till A.D. 880, according to the inscriptions, this region was under the hegemony of either the Pallvas or the Pandyas. It was in A.D. 880, Aditya Chola brought a downfall to the Pallava dynasty. From that time onwards Tiruchirappalli and its region became a part of Greater Cholas. In A.D. 1225 the area was occupied by the Hoysulas. Afterwards, it came under the rule of later Pandyas till the advent of Mughal Rule.

Tiruchirappalli was for some time under the Mughal rule, which was put to an end by the Vijayanagar rulers. The Nayaks, the Governors of Vijayanagar empire, ruled this area till A.D. 1736. It was Viswanatha Nayaka who[...]