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The Travancore Devaswom Board is an autonomous body formed by the Travancore Cochin Hindu Religious Institutions Act of 1950. Sabarimala is the main income source of the Board, with 255 crore rupees accruing to it from the temple during the previous pilgrimage season. [3] The income from the rest of the temples in Kerala was 57 crore rupees. [3]
Travancore Devaswom Board is statutory and autonomous body managing around 1252 temples in southern part of India. The regular operations of one of the major temples of India, Sabarimala temple , works under its guidance.
The Maharaja of Travancore was the principal title of the ruler of the Kingdom of Travancore in the southern part of Kerala, India.The Maharaja of Travancore was the topmost ruler of Travancore until 1949, when Travancore was acceded to India.
The kings of Thiruvithamkoor though Nairs [42] and had Chera lineages , to acquire the title of Chera and other kshetriya title , They performed with periodic performance of 16 mahādānams (great gifts in charity) such as Hiranya-garbhā, Hiranya-Kāmdhenu, and Hiranyāswaratā in which each of which thousands of Brahmins had been given costly ...
D. B. College, Thalayolaparambu the second educational institution of its kind managed by the Travancore Devaswom Board, was established in 1965. The college is affiliated to the Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam. The college had its affiliation to the Kerala University in the beginning and when the Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam was ...
The Diwan or Dewan of Travancore was the head of government of Travancore in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, serving at the pleasure of the Maharaja, corresponding to a prime minister, and consisting in the formal titles Valiya Sarvadhikaryakar and Dalawa until the insurrection of Velu Thampi Dalawa and administrative reforms of John Munro.
The temple is maintained by the Travancore Devaswom Board. As per local folklore, it is considered as the second one of its kind after the famous Padmanabhaswamy temple in Thiruvananthapuram . More spectacularly the 10-day festival includes Rupmani Swayambaram.
The temple is under the administration of the Travancore Devaswom Board. The sub-deities of Vamana temple are Bhagavati , Sasthavu , Gopalakrishna , Nāga , Brahmarakshasa and Yakshi. The Brahmarakshasa shrine is located in the outer complex, along with a Banyan-tree god (ആൽദേവത) and the Sarpa Kavu .