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Kottarakkara, also known in the ancient days of the kings as the Elayadathu Swarupam, was a principality ruled by a branch of the Travancore Royal Family. It is the home of Kathakali, a well known dance drama which originated initially as Ramanattam created in the 17th century by Prince Kottarakkara Thampuran and later patronized by the Raja of Kottarakkara in the early 19th century absorbing ...
The history and culture of Kottarakkara in Kerala, India has a rich history. it used to be a palace in the 14th and 15th centuries. In fact, the name "Kottarakkara ...
The deities of Kottarakkara Sree Mahaganapathy Kshethram are Shiva, his consort Parvati, his sons Ganesha, Murugan and Ayyappan, and the serpent deity Nagaraja. Even though the main deity is Shiva, the main priority is given to Ganesha. All deities except Parvati and Ganesha face east. The main offerings of the temple are Unniyappam.
Kollam was the seat of the Desinganad kings. Kottarakara is well known as the place where a new version of the classical dance form of Kathakali was conceived. It was also the capital of the Elayidath Swaroopam. Kundara is known for the 1812 proclamation against the British by Velu Thampi Dalawa. [34]
Ramanattam (Malayalam: രാമനാട്ടം, IAST: Rāmanāṭṭaṃ) is a temple art in Kerala, India.The dance drama presents the story of Rama in a series of eight plays and was created under the patronage of Veera Kerala Varma (AD 1653–1694) alias Kottarakkara Thampuran.
The Kingdom of Kottayam covered what is today Talassery taluk, Iritty taluk (1000 km 2) of Kannur District and Wayanad District (2000 km 2). The headquarters of this kingdom were located in Kottayam, a small town not far from Tellicherry. The royal dynasty of the princely state of Kottayam was called Purannatt Swarupam.
During the mid-eighteenth century, Travancore's Raja, Marthanda Varma, decided to consolidate various independent kingdoms including Quilon, Kayamkulam and Elayadath Swaroopam (Kottarakkara) with Kingdom of Travancore. The plan was dismissive because of the presence of the Dutch, who fortified their base city of Quilon against such invasions.
Pearls and diamonds came to the Chera Kingdom from Ceylon and the southeastern coast of India, then known as the Pandyan Kingdom. Cosmas Indicopleustes, a Greek Nestorian sailor, [33] in his book the Christian Topography [34] who visited the Malabar Coast in 550, mentions an enclave of Christian believers in Male (Malabar Coast). He writes, "In ...