Senhor Don Gabriel de Cruz Vaz (also known with the title Parathavarma Pandian) (December 13, 1753 – 1808) was the ruler and freedom fighter from the Pearl Fishery Coast, in what is now southern India, who helped Maruthu Pandiyar and other freedom fighters like Veerapandiya Kattabomman and Oomaithurai.
Senhor Don Gabriel de Cruz was born on December 13, 1753 in a Catholic Paravar family, and became the 16th ruler of the Pearl Fishery Coast, following the death of Don Caspar Anthony De Cruz Vaz Victoria in 1779.
Initially, Pandian allied with the British to defeat the Dutch who controlled the beach road in the 1780s.
[2] Pandian sheltered and protected Kattabomman's brother Oomaithurai after his escape from prison and supplied explosives from Ceylon to support the retaliation against the British.
[2][contradictory] He was also known for his involvement in the traditional practice of pulling the rope of the Tiruchendur Murugan temple car and offering a golden chariot for the Our Lady of Snows Church in Thoothukudi.