 Cankili I resisted all contacts with the Portuguese and even massacred 600 – 700 Parava Catholics in the island of Mannar who were brought from India to Mannar by the Portuguese to take over the lucrative pearl fisheries from the Jaffna kings.He was removed from power due to a local uprising that led his son Puviraja Pandaram take nominal power.He wielded real power behind the throne until his death in 1565.