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The Travancore Royal / Devaswom Documents & Records:- 
  1. The Travancore History from Earlier period – Sri.P.Sangunni Menon⇒click here
  2. The History of Travancore-Venad Royal Kulasekhara Dynasty  : ⇒click here

  3. The Kerala (Travancore) Land Revenue Manual 2nd edition-2010 : ⇒click here

  4. List of 490 KDB Temples ⇒click here

  5. The Personal Deposited Temples & institutions under TDB ⇒click here

  6. List of Grant in Aid Institutions under KDB ⇒click here

  7. List of spl. Temples under KDB – works in Arts ⇒click here

    Royal Proclamations,  Acts & Rules:-
    1. The Travancore Devaswom Proclamation – -12.04.1922 ⇒click here

    2. The Travancore Temple Entry Proclamation – 12.11.1936 ⇒click here

    3. The Travancore – Cochin Temple Entry Act XXVII of 1950 – Rules ⇒click here

    4. The Travancore -Cochin Hindu Religious Institution Act XV of 1950 ⇒click here

    5. The Scale of Pay under Devaswom Board as per Act XV of 1950 ⇒click here 

    6. Hindu Samaya Aranilaiya Aatchchi Thurai Rules for  KDB Temples :Manual_1

    7. The Kanyakumari Sreepandaravaka Lands (Abolition and Conversion into Ryotwari) Act, 1964 (Act 31 of 1964)  : =>click here

    8. The Sree Pandaravaka Lands (Vesting and Enfranchisement) Act, 1971 Act 20 of 1971 :=>click here

    9. The Sreepadam Lands Enfranchisement Act,1969 (Act 20 of 1969) :=>click here

    10. The Kanyakumari Sree-Padam Lands (Abolition and Conversion into

      Ryotwari) Act, 1972 (Act 11 of 1973)   :=.click here 

Study Reports on T.D.B. & K.D.B. Temples by Sri.Krishnan Nair
(small small mistakes are found but quite useful):-
  1. Introduction to study on Travancore Devaswom History : ⇒click here

  2. Origin of Devaswom Administration – chapter 1⇒click here

  3. Formation of Devaswom Departments – chapter 2⇒click here

  4. Functioning of Devaswom Departments – chapter 3⇒click here

  5. Popularisation of Devaswom Worship – chapter 4⇒click here

  6. Statutory Regulation of Travancore Devaswoms – chapter 5⇒click here

  7. Establishment of Travancore Devaswom Board – chapter 6⇒click here

  8. Establishment of Kanyakumari Devaswom Board – chapter 7⇒click here

  9. Meanings of Technical Words – chapter 8⇒click here

  10. Bibliography – chapter 9⇒click here 


Rulers of our Ancient Travancore  and Cochin Region

His Highnesses / Her Highnesses…

First Chera Dynasty :

1. Imayavaramban Kudako Nedum Cheralathan
2. Palyane Chel Kezhu Kuttuvan
3. Kalankai Kanni Narmudi Cheral (son of Nedum Cheralathan)
4. Chenkuttuvan Cheran or Kadal Pirakottiya Vel Kezhu Kuttuvan (son of Nedum Cheralathan)
5. Attu Kottu Pattu Cheralathan (son of Nedum Cheralathan)
6. Chelva Kadunko Azhi Athan
7. Thakadur Erintha Perum Cheral Irumporai
8. Kudako Ilam Cheral Irumporai

Second Chera Dynasty:

1. Kulashekhara Varman (800-820 AD)
2. Rajashekhara Varman (820- 844 AD)
3. Sthanu Ravi Varman (844- 885 AD)
4. Rama Varma Kulashekhara (885- 917 AD)
5. Goda Ravi Varma (917- 944 AD)
6. Indu Kotha Varma (944- 962 AD)
7. Bhaskara Ravi Varman I (962- 1019 AD)
8. Bhaskara Ravi Varman II (1019- 1021 AD)
9. Vira Kerala (1021- 1028 AD)
10. Rajasimha (1028- 1043 AD)
11. Bhaskara Ravi Varman III (1043-1082 AD)
12. Ravi Rama Varma (1082-90 AD)
13. Rama Varma Kulashekhara (1090- 1102 AD)

Maharajas and Mahranis of (Thripappur Swaroopam)Venad Dynasty:

  1. Samgramadheera Ravi Varma Kulasekharan(1299-1313)
  2. Veera Rama Udaya Marthanda Varma
  3. Veera Kerala Varma(1344-1350)
  4. Sarvanganathan Aditya Varma (1375-1383)
  5. Veera Iravi Iravi Varma
  6. Bharani Thirunal Veera (Rama) Marthanda Varma – Udaya Marthandavarma
  7. Veera Kotha Marthanda Varma(1472-1481)
  8. Bharani Thirunal Jayasimhadevan – II – Veera Kerala Varma
  9. Veera Iravi Iravi Varma
  10. Iravi Aditya Varma
  11. Pooruruttathy Thirunal Iravi Iravi Varma
  12. Veera Aditya Varma
  13. Veera Iravi Varma
  14. Kothala Veera Marthanda Varma – Rama Udaya Marthanda Varma
  15. Veera Kerala Varma – Unni Kerala Varma
  16. Veera Marthanda Varma – Udaya Marthandavarma
  17. Bhoothala Rama Varma
  18. Thrikketta Thirunal Veera Ravi Ravi Varma(1595-1608)
  19. Revathi Thirunal Veera Iravi Iravi Varma (1611-1635)
  20. Ravi Varma
  21. Aditya Varma
  22. Aswathi Thirunal Umayamma Rani (1677-1685)
  23. Iravi Varma(1685-1718)
  24. Aditya Varma((1718-1721)
  25. Unni Kerala Varma(1721-1729)

Maharajas and Mahranis of  Travancore Dynasty:

  1. Veera Marthanda Varma(1729-1758)
  2. Dharma Raja(1758-1798)
  3. Balarama Varma(1798-1810)
  4. Gowri Lakshmi Bayi(1810-1815)
  5. Gowri Parvati Bayi (1815-1829)
  6. Swathi Thirunal (1829-1846)
  7. Uthram Thirunal (1846-1860)
  8. Ayilyam Thirunal (1860-1880)
  9. Visakham Thirunal (1880-1885)
  10. Moolam Thirunal (1885-1924)
  11. Sethu Lakshmi Bayi (1924-1931)
  12. Chithira Thirunal (1931-1991)

Titular Maharajahs of Travancore

  1. Uthradam Thirunal Marthanda Varma (1991-2013)
  2. Moolam Thirunal Rama Varma (2013–)

Kings of Cochin (Perumabadappu Swaroopam) Dynasty

1. Bhaskara Ravi Varman II (979— 1021)
2. Unniraman Koyikal I (? to 1503)
3. Unniraman Koyikal II (1503 to 1537)
4. Veera Kerala Varma (1537–1565)
5. Keshava Rama Varma (1565–1601)
6. Veera Kerala Varma (1601–1615)
7. Ravi Varma (1615–1624)
8. Veera Kerala Varma (1624–1637)
9. Godavarma (1637–1645)
10. Veerarayira Varma (1645–1646)
11. Veera Kerala Varma (1646–1650)
12. Rama Varma (1650–1656)
13. Rani Gangadharalakshmi (1656–1658)
14. Rama Varma (1658–1662)
15. Goda Varma (1662–1663)
16. Veera Kerala Varma(1663–1687)
17. Rama Varma (1687–1693)
18. Ravi Varma (1693–1697)
19. Rama Varma (1697–1701)
20. Rama Varma (1701–1721)
21. Ravi Varma (1721–1731)
22. Rama Varma (1731–1746)
23. Veera Kerala Varma (1746–1749)
24. Rama Varma VII (1749–1760)
25. Veera Kerala Varma (1760–1775)
26. Rama Varma VIII (1775–1790)
27. Rama Varma IX (Shaktan Thampuran)
28. Rama Varma X (1805–1809)
29. Kerala Varma III (Veera Kerala Varma) (1809–1828)
30. Rama Varma XI (1828–1837)
31. Rama Varma XII (1837–1844)
32. Rama Varma XIII (1844–1851)
33. Kerala Varma IV (Veera Kerala Varma) (1851–1853)
34. Ravi Varma IV (1853–1864)
35. Rama Varma XIV (1864–1888)
36. Kerala Varma V (1888–1895)
37. Rama Varma XV (Sir Sri Rama Varma) (1895–1914) – Rajarshi
38. Rama Varma XVI (1914–1932)
39. Rama Varma XVII (1932–1941) – Dhaarmika Chakravarthi
40. Kerala Varma VI (1941–1943) – Midukkan Thampuran
41. Ravi Varma V (Ravi Varma Kunjappan Thampuran) (1943–1946) – Kunjappan Thampuran
42. Kerala Varma VII (1946–1948) – Aikya Keralam Thampuran
43. Rama Varma XVIII (1948–1964) – Pareekshit Thampuran

Titular Maharajahs of Cochin

  1. Rama Varma XIX (1964–1975)
  2. Rama Varma XX (Aniyan Kochunni Thampuran) (1975–2004)
  3. Kerala Varma VIII (Kochunni Thampuran) (2004–present)

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