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[9] [10] [11] Even if the kings belonged to one religion, they employed people from other religions. The Muslims were a major financial power to be reckoned with in the old kingdoms of Kerala and had great political influence in the Hindu royal courts. [12] [13] There are a lot of instances of religious tolerance shown by the kings.
Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja (Kerul Varma Pyche Rajah, Cotiote Rajah) (1753–1805) was the Prince Regent and the de facto ruler of the Kingdom of Kottayam in Malabar, India between 1774 and 1805. He led the Pychy Rebellion (Wynaad Insurrection, Coiote War) against the English East India Company. He is popularly known as Kerala Simham (Lion of ...
The terms "Kerala" and "Chera" are interchangeably used in most of the ancient and medieval sources. Both can be a reference to the particular Tamil clan (the Cheras or the Keralas) or the particular geographical region (western Tamil Nadu and central Kerala). This naming conventions differ entirely from present-day sensibilities.
The Kingdom of Cochin or the Cochin State, named after its capital in the city of Kochi (Cochin), was a kingdom in the central part of present-day Kerala state.It originated in the early part of the 12th century and continued to rule until its accession to the Dominion of India in 1949.
A traditional Nambudiri Mana 1883 sketch depicting a Nambūdiri man with the traditional pūrvaśikhā, or forelock. The Nambudiri (Malayalam pronunciation: [n̪ɐmbuːd̪iɾi]), also transliterated as Nampoothiri, Nambūdiri, Namboodiri, Namboothiri,Namboodri, Namboori, and Nampūtiri, are a Malayali Brahmin caste, native to what is now the state of Kerala, India, where they constituted part ...
The Pakalomattam family is an ancient Marthoma Nasrani (Syrian Orthodox and Syrian Catholic Christian) family in Kerala, India.According to an article written by P. J. Thomas, Parakunnel, a member of the Parakkunnel-Pakalomattom family, in Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, the family "solely supplied bishops and archdeacons to the Church [in India] till the beginning of the ...
Paliath Achan or Paliyath Achan is the name given to the male members of the Paliam family, a Nair royal family from the Indian state of Kerala who ruled over Chendamangalam, Vypin, parts of Thrissur and regions that were under the erstwhile Kingdom of Villarvattom.
The Keralolpathi covers the history of Kerala and its people from ancient times through the medieval period to the colonial era, serving as an early attempt to historicize Kerala as a distinct entity.