Ukkirasinghan (Tamil: உக்கிரசிங்கன், romanized: Ukkiraciṅkaṉ, also spelled Ugra Singan) was an early king of the Jaffna Peninsula of the 8th century CE, who established his capital at Kandarodai, formerly known as Kadiramalai.
[1] According to Yalpana Vaipava Malai, Ukkirasinghan was from the dynasty of Prince Vijaya.
[2][3] He was married to Chola princess Maruta Piravika Valli (daughter of Thisai Ukkira Cholan) described as cursed to be born with the face of a horse who visited one of the Pancha Ishwarams, the Naguleswaram temple at Keerimalai to free herself from the curse.
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