Predecessors and Short History:
Founded
before 1500. Rulers were...
- Raja UNNI RAMA KOIL I c1500/1503
- Raja UNNI RAMA KOIL II 1503/1537
- Raja VIRA KERALA VARMA I 1537/1565
- Raja KESARA RAMA VARMA II 1565/1601
- Raja VIRA KERALA VARMA II 1601/1615
- Raja RAVI VARMA I 1615/1624
- Raja VIRA KERALA VARMA III 1624/1637
- Raja GODA VARMA I 1637/1645
- Raja VIRA RAYIRA VARMA 1645/1646
- Raja VIRA KERALA VARMA IV 1646/1650
- Raja RAMA VARMA I 1650/1656
- Rani Gangadhara Lakshmi 1656/1658
- Raja RAMA VARMA II 1658/1662
- Raja GODA VARMA II 1662/1663
- Raja VIRA KERALA VARMA V 1663/1687
- Raja RAMA VARMA III 1687/1693
- Raja RAVI VARMA II 1693/1697
- Raja RAMA VARMA IV 1697/1701
- Raja RAMA VARMA V 1701/1721
- Raja RAVI VARMA III 1721/1731
- Raja RAMA VARMA VI 1731/1746
- Raja KERALA VARMA I 1746/1749
- Raja RAMA VARMA VII 1749/1760
- Raja KERALA VARMA II 1760/1775
- Raja RAMA VARMA VIII 1775/1790
- Raja RAMAVARMA IX (Sakthan Thampuran) 1790/1805
- Raja RAMAVARMA X 1805/1809
- Raja KERALAVARMA III 1809/1828
- Raja RAMAVARMA XI 1828/1837
- Raja RAMAVARMA XII 1837/1844
- Raja RAMAVARMA XIII 1844/1851
- Raja KERALAVARMA IV 1851/1853
- Raja RAVIVARMA IV 1853/1864
- Raja RAMAVARMA XIV 1864/1888 1848-1888
- HH Raja Sir Vira KERALAVARMA V 1888/1895 (Chinga Masathril
Thampuran)
1846-1895
- HH Maharaja Sri Sir RAMAVARMA XV 1895/1914 (abdicated),
(Ozinja Vallia
Thampuran) , Maharaja [cr.1921], G.C.I.E. [cr.1911], G.C.S.I.
[cr.1903],
K.C.S.I. [cr.1897], born 27th December 1852.
- HH Maharaja Gangadahra Koviladhi Karikal Sri Sir RAMAVARMA
XVI (Madrasil
Thampuran) 1914/1932 , G.C.I.E. [cr.1918], 1858-1932
 HH Maharaja Gangadahra Koviladhi Karikal Sri Sir
RAMAVARMA XVII (Chowarayil
Thampuran) 1932/1941, born 30th December 1861, died 23rd May 1941.
- HH Maharaja Gangadahra Koviladhi Karikal Sri Sir
KERALAVARMA VI
(Medukan Thampuran)
1941/1943, G.C.I.E. [cr. 2.6.1943], born 13th December 1863, married
Srimati Lakshmi Kutty Amma
of the Trichur Karumpat Taravad, died 13th October 1943.
- HH Maharaja Gangadahra Koviladhi Karikal Sri RAVIVARMA V
1943/1946 , born
29th November 1865, died 1st February 1946.
- HH Maharaja Gangadahra Koviladhi Karikal Sri KERALAVARMA
VII (Ikyakeralam
Thampuran) 1946/1948 , born 13th July 1870, died 1948 (or 1953)
- HH Maharaja Gangadahra Koviladhi Karikal Sri RAMAVARMA
XVIII (Parikshith
Thampuran) 1948/1964 died 1964
- HH Maharaja Gangadahra Koviladhi Karikal Sri RAMAVARMA XIX
1964/1975, born
15th October 1887, died 9th August 1975.
OTHER MEMBERS:
- Princess Seema is the daughter of Vijaya Varma and
Sreemathi
Thamburatti,
while her grandfather, Narayanan Namboodiri, was a "vaidikan'' from
Kalingatt,
the clan of social Manus who were vested with the power to impose
"bhrashtu''
or ostracise people. Seema's three uncles were erstwhile kings of
Cochin
- Ramavarma (Madrasil Theepetta Maharaja), Kerala Varma Midukkan
Thampuran
and Kunhappan Thampuran.
- Princess Lalitha, converted to Christianity and accompanied
her husband
to the Gulf.
- Princess Krishna Kumari, wages an ongoing battle for the
rights of her
sons by a Muslim husband.
- Capt Kerala Varma Thampuran
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