Aditya Varma Manikandan

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Aditya Varma Manikandan
King of Thekkumkur
Flag of Thekkumkur
Reign1717 – Sep 1749
PredecessorUdaya Marthanda Varman Manikandan
BornAditya Varman
1701
Neerazhi Palace, Thekkumkur
DiedNattassery, Kottayam
ReligionHinduism

Aditya Varma Manikandan (

Princely State of Thekkumkur.[1] He was the ruler until September 1749 when the king of Travancore Anizham Thirunal Marthanda Varma ousted him from Neerazi Palace at the Battle of Changanassery.[2] Thekkumkur kings were known as Manikandan. The goddess was Cheruvally Bhagavathi in the space. The official residence of Sri Aditya Varma was Neerazi Palace.[3]

The Battle of Changanassery

It was a time when an alliance between Aditya Varma and his younger brother Goda Varma broke out. The king was willing to the alliance with Kochi, however, the crown prince was sympathetic to Travancore and Marthanda Varma. Goda Varman (crown prince of Thekkumkur) and

Vembanadu Lake. The next day the boat of the crown prince reached Illyakkadavu at Thazhathangadi. Ramayyan's servants were followed by another boat and they slaughtered the crown prince Goda Varman and his servants. The next day was the declaration of war of Travancore. Crown prince's "classmate" challenges to Aditya Varman Manikandan for cheating and killing of his younger brother[7]
[8]

Zamorin (Zamuthiri). Proceedings of September 11, 1749; On the 28th of the year Malayalam era 925 Chingam (September 11, 1749 AD), the capital of the Thekkumkur conquered by Ramayyan Dalawa and merged to Travancore kingdom.[12][9][13][14]

References

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  3. ^ N.E Kesavan Namboothiri, Thekkumkoor Charithravum Puravrithavum (Kottayam: National Book Stall, 2014), 8-9.
  4. ^ https://www.namboothiri.com/ articles/naaduvaazhikal.htm
  5. ^ Book Title: Mahakshetrangalude Munnil; Author: Nalamkel Krishna Pillai; Total: 816 pages; Published year: 1997; Published by: D.C. Books Printers Publishers Booksellers; ; Edition Language: Malayalam Literary Awards: Vyasa Award of Travancore Devaswam Board
  6. ; Edition: 1996; Pages: 2500; Author: T.K. Velu Pillai; Editor:S. Raimon; Category: Manuals; Year of Publishing:1940
  7. ^ Hiran, U. (December 15, 2018). "Unravelling a 17th-century multilingual school". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
  8. ^ Book Title: Mahakshetrangalude Munnil; Author: Nalamkel Krishna Pillai; Total: 816 pages; Published year: 1997; Published by: D.C. Books Printers Publishers Booksellers; ; Edition Language: Malayalam Literary Awards: Vyasa Award of Travancore Devaswam Board
  9. ^ a b "A History of Travancore from the Earliest Times". Higginbotham. November 30, 1878 – via Internet Archive.
  10. . Retrieved 9 August 2012.
  11. ^ Menon, P Shungoonny (1878). History of Travancore from the Earliest Times by P Shungoonny Menon (Dewan Peishcar of Travancore). Madras: Higginbotham and Company. pp. 152, 153.
  12. ^ "Remains of Kottayam's glorious past". OnManorama.
  13. . Retrieved 9 August 2012.