Chokkanatha Nayak (1646âÂÂ1682) was the Nayak of Madurai from 1662 until his death in 1682. He succeeded his father Muttu Alkadri Nayak, as the ruler of the Madurai Nayak dynasty, when he was sixteen years old.
He has built a palace called Rani Mangammal Mahal or Kolu Mandapam, which used to be a durbar hall of Madurai Nayaks during the period when Tiruchi was the capital. The building which became a museum in 1998 was scheduled for renovation in 2020 but it was delayed. Later in 2023, the repairs work started.