The aim of this article is to highlight the Nayak rule in Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu. Thoothukudi otherwise known as Tuticorin the coastal town and the headquarter of Thoothukudi district is situated in the extreme South of TamilNadu located in the gride of 80 to 480 latitude and 780 to 120 longitude.1 It is about 540 Km. Southeast of Chennai and 50 Km east of Tirunelveli and Geographically located in the Gulf of mannar near Pamban passage and between the mouth of Thamirabarani and Veyppar and it is a terminal of the southern Railway. 2 Thoothukudi belongs to the Neithal land or costal and It is one among the five divisions of land of Tamils. Thoothukudi taluk is surrounded by Ottappidaram in the north, Srivaikuntam west and south, the Bay of Bengal and Gulf of mannar remain as the boundary in the east. It is well connected by land, sea, air and Rail routes.3 This article focused the role of Nayak rulers in Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu