# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/viswanatha-nayak
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:18:08.155Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/viswanatha-nayak"
name: "Viswanatha Nayak"
slug: "viswanatha-nayak"
description: "Viswanatha Nayaka was the Vijayanagara viceroy to Madurai in south India and later the ruler of Madurai from 1529 to 1564. He is the founder of the Nayak dynasty of Madurai. He hailed from the Garikepati family of Balija caste."
tagline: "First King of Madurai Nayak Kingdom"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/King_Viswanatha_Nayak1.JPG"
gender: "male"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           44.79
  momentum:             6.752824858757062
  historical:           4.225848
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Visvanatha Nayaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viswanatha_Nayak"
    title: "Viswanatha Nayak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A5_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%95"
    title: "विश्वनाथ नायक"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "விசுவநாத நாயக்கர்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%B6%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A5%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%95"
    title: "విశ్వనాథనాయక"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3535361"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump