[4] With the invasion of the Sultanates, Vijayanagaras, and Nayakars from the fourteenth century onwards, the Pandyas lost their traditional capital of Madurai and shifted to cities like Tenkasi and Tirunelveli.

Inscriptions on them are found in Tenkasi's Kasi Viswanathar temple, Brahmadesam, Cheranmadevi, Ambasamudram, Kalakkad and Pudukkottai.

The Tenkasi Pandyas also had imperial ambitions, fought some wars, conquered territories outside their terrain.

This is proven by the fact that the last Tenkasi Pandyan king bore the title "Kollamkondan", which means the one who conquered Kollam in Malayalam country.

[10] Although the Vijayanagara Empire and the Nayaks ruled Madurai after the 14th century, they were occasionally opposed by the Pandyas.

In the fifteenth century, Lord Shiva is said to have had appeared in the dream of King Parakrama Pandya, who ruled the Shenbagapozhil area.

Obeying his words, King Parakrama Pandya built the Tenkasi gopuram for his ancestor-worshiped lingam.

The coins with the name of King Sadayarvarman Kulasekara Pandya II's son Aagavarman, were found.

These colour cave temple paintings exemplify the art of the Pandya period.