Was Andare Set in Kandyan Period?

 It's kinda funny that Andare has a wiki page, as if he were a real dude, even tho he's folk lore, Keerthi Sri Rajasinghe lol.


I randomly remembered Andare and his lore, and thought of looking up the origin of his lore. I heard that his name was a derivative of Andres, so that his lore should have originated after European arrival, after 1505. 



The Wikipedia article is a bit sus, linking his time period to that of Keerthi Sri Rajasinghe, without a proper source.. and the dates, while plausible r inconsistent. Doesn't even state if he was real, a story, or legends based on a real person.. so less info. Kotte, Sitawaka, and Kandy were the only kingdoms that existent after European arrival.



If we are to take Lord Wiki's words for granted, it is very hilarious imagine Keerthi Sri Rajasinghe dealing with Andare's antics.. the sugar eating, eating jambu, the wives talking loudly incident.. having met his statue at Dambulla Cave Temple last time, I can imagine him being like.. bruh. His behaving like an ox incident as a kid, and his star shaped coffin incident in Dutch controlled Hambanthota lol. One mustn't take folk lore too literally for historical details I suppose, either way, one thing is for certain... Andare lore is goated 🀌🏼, what a sigma he his. I couldn't even find the wiki for Mahadena muththa, so can't even find his historical context.. whether it's from early modern, or mideaval or rajarata. Mahadona muththa is a sigma too isn't he πŸ˜‚πŸ’›... we have great folk lore, that's for certain! 


Posted to r/srilanka as u/The_Cosmic_Learner 


Achinthya Nanayakkara

22.03.2025

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