Maharajas of Travancore - Ayilyam Thirunal, Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma, Dharma Raja, Gowri Lakshmi Bayi, Gowri Parvati Bayi, Maharaja of T (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Ayilyam Thirunal, Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma, Dharma Raja, Gowri Lakshmi Bayi, Gowri Parvati Bayi, Maharaja of Travancore, M rtt nda Varma, Moolam Thirunal, Rama Varma of Venad, Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma, Uthradom Thirunal, Uthram Thirunal, Visakham Thirunal. Excerpt: Dharma Raja Karthika Thirunal Rama Varma (' ', 1724-1798) was the Maharajah of Travancore from 1758 until his death in 1798. He succeeded his uncle Marthanda Varma, who is credited with the title of "maker of modern Travancore." During his reign Dharma Raja not only retained all the territories his predecessor had gained but administered the kingdom with success. He was addressed as Dharma Raja on account of his strict adherence to Dharma Sastra, the principles of justice by providing asylum to thousands of Hindus and Christians fleeing Malabar during the religious and military onslaught of Tipu Sultan. Rama Varma was born in 1724 AD as the son of the Senior Rani of Attingal with her husband Prince Kerala Varma Koil Thampuran of the Kilimanoor palace. He had a brother Prince Makayiram Thirunal, grandfather of Irayimman Thampi, who pre-deceased him. His mother was adopted from the royal house of Kolathunad in 1718 by the then King of Venad into the Travancore Royal Family. He was born into a time of political turmoil caused by the refractory Lords, the Ettuveetil Pillamar as also enemies of Venad such as the Rajah of Kayamkulam. When Karthika Thirunal was only four years of age, in 1728, his father died foiling an assassination bid by the Kayamkulam Rajah, when the prince along with his parents were traveling from Haripad to the domains of the Vanjipuzha Thampuran, a Brahmin chief, at Budhanur. As he grew up, he took...