Thinadhoo

Thinadhoo is the capital of Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll and the proposed capital for the Upper South Province of the Maldives. It has its personal dialect of Dhivehi that's appreciably special from northern and mid-Maldivian speech. The island become formerly called Hau Thinadhoo and it became the traditional seat of the Atoll Chief. Written history of the island is sparse, however Thinadhoo is understood to have a rich records. It is advised in stories that Thinadhoo reverted from Islam shortly after conversion. This is probably to be a political circulate on the way to establish a army career as there is no evidence of practice of Buddhism after the conversion.

It should be referred to that the first to transform had been from Suvadive. That is Addu and then Huvadu after which the rest of Maldives. The story goes that when Muhammad Thakurufaanu Al Auzam captured Male' in 1573 AD, he journeyed to the South of the united states of america and visited Thinadhoo to locate its population practicing Buddhism. Bodu Thakurufaanu satisfied the people to transform to Islam. Days later a calamity took place the island - all new born kids were dying. With the advice of a female from Rahadhoo who had claimed that this will no longer have came about if had lived as you lived earlier than, the human beings reverted to Buddhism.