Adigar
![A group of Kandyan chiefs, Ehelepola Adigar, Molligoda Dissava and Kapuvatta Dissava with John D'Oyly British translator.](/Images/godic/202412/20/Ehelepola,_Molligoda_and_Kapuvatta_with_D'Oyly1106.jpg")
Adigar, known as Adikarm in Sinhala, was a feudal title associated with high office during the existence of the Kingdom of Kandy. Persons were appointed to the title and office by the King, these appointees made up the King's council of ministers. The only a very few Adigars existed at one given time and most senior of Adigars was known as the Maha Adikarm or 1st Adikar; similar to the post of a modern Prime Minister.