Thambi and ettu veetil pillamar who plan to oust him from the throne of travancore. The matampimar barons and ettuveetil pillamar lords of the eight houses exerted the highest influence. Soon after assuming the throne, marthanda crushed the power of the ettuveetil pillamar. I presume most people had forgotten the ettuveetil pillamar by that time, for one of them had been the lord of kazhakootam. History tells that anizham thirunal marthanda varma. The ettuveetil pillamar the lords of eight noble houses and the ettara yogam the managing committee of the padmanabhaswamy temple along with the dutch and british trading companies exerted a. India kerala trivandrum anantha padmanabha swamy temple padmanabhaswamy temple is located in thiruvananthapuram, kerala, india.
Kerala a dravidian state came under the control of nagas from tulunadu who originally. How marthanda varma defeated dutch in battle and crushed. History gets distorteddiluted or twisted in their favour by the rulers. They tried to do away with the royal families who ruled over the country in an autocratic style. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read.
The principal deity vishnu is idolized in the anantha shayanam posture, the eternal yogic sleep on the serpant anandhanadhisheshan. During his childhood, venad was a small kingdom and the ruler was in name only. Nairs are basically a tulunepalese tribe related to bunts of karnataka and not ethnically related to rest of the keralites. The temple is built in an intricate fusion of the indigenous kerala style and the dravidian style of architecture associated with the temples located in the neighboring state of tamil nadu, featuring high walls, and a 16thcentury gopuram. These lands were divided into eight adhikarems or districts and over each of these districts as a governor was placed a noble family, all with the title of pillai. Do understand that ettuveetil pillamar were not responsible for managing the affairs of sree padmanabha temple. Later marthanda varma suppressed the ettuveetil pillamar and other rebels and took over the control of the temple. In the first half of the 18th century, in line with matrilineal customs, king anizham thirunal marthanda varma suppressed the 700year stranglehold of the errara yogam and. This article is about the historical novel in malayalam.
Anantha padmanabha temple, trivandrum timings, history. History tells that anizham thirunal marthanda varma 17061758, when he strengthened the foundation of. Padmanabhaswamy temple is located in thiruvananthapuram, kerala, india. Snclavalin kerala hydroelectric scandal wikivisually. Book 1 of 3 in the cvs historical narratives series. History tells that anizham thirunal marthanda varma 17061758, when he strengthened the foundation of monarchy, put an end to the powerful pillamar, the nair nobles associated with the. He was one of the first asian kings to badly defeat a robust dutch army in a naval battle at colachel.
Padmanabhaswamy temple wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. The mysterious last door at padmanabhaswamy temple. While the moolasthanam of the temple is the ananthapuram temple inkasargod. It is also one of the most famous places to visit in kerala as part of kerala tour packages. The early history of kerala is very complicated and there are. Eight great nagas, namely, ananta, vasuki, padmanabha. Kumaramangalas mana, the nalukettu, has a fascinating link with the ettuvettil pillamar.
From the early modern period, the title also came to be bestowed on savarna subjects by the. He was born with the art of statecraft ingrained in him. Raman pillai and got popular in such a way that all, even historians use the same word. They were associated with the padmanabhaswamy temple in the ettara yogam, their power and wealth grew until marthanda varma, the last king of venad and the first king of travancore, defeated them in the 1730s. Marthandavarma novel academic dictionaries and encyclopedias. In the previous article, we talked about abhirami and her children. The ettuveetil pillamar were nobles from eight houses in erstwhile venad in presentday. We read very briefly about the succession struggles between her sons and marthanda varma. Buy marthandavarma book online at low prices in india. Raged over the act of ettuveetil pillamar, raja marthandavarma and his followers branded them as traitors and enemies of the country and killed them brutally, confiscated.
The ettuveetil pillamar translated as lords of the eight houses were a group of nobles from. The ettuveetil pillamaar enjoyed the supreme power and eventually planned to get rid of the royal family itself. They successfully executed assassination of the king and even plotted and executed assassination of others from the royal family who could become the next king. The ettuveetil pillamar were nobles from eight houses in erstwhile venad in presentday kerala state, south india. Vandome, and john mcbrewster, it was the earliest example of defeat of an european power in asia. Kazhakootam was considered a faraway place by the city crowd and home only to the sainikams the sainik school cadets. The temple was renovated majorly by king marthanda varma, maharaja of travancore in the mid of 17th century. Hence they came to be known as the ettuveetil pillamar or the lords of the eight houses. The book is inspired from real story of the king, marthandavarma. It was a spring season and the trees on either sides of the neyyar were full of flowers.
The earlier chroniclers of travancore history state that their chief intention was to extirpate the royal house and convert the state into a. Poovar tourism 2020 kerala top places, travel guide. The beautiful kovalam beach resort is also known as the. They were associated with the padmanabhaswamy temple in thiruvananthapuram and the ettara yogam. After the death of rama varma in 1729, marthanda varma succeeded to the throne. A pertinent event in the long history of the temple was the construction of a grantapura recordroom within the temple compound itself around 1425 a. Initially, the padmanabhaswamy temple and its property were controlled by thiruvaanandapuram sabha and later by ettara yogam with the assistance of ettuveetil pillamar. Marthanda varma 1891 is the first of a trilogy of historical novels which c. Marthandavarma defeated the ettuveetil pillamar with the help of the dutch and became the supreme ruler of venad. At the outset i have a suggestion to make, if you have not read raman pillais book, read it. The other two are dharmaraja 19 and ramaraja bahadur in two parts 19181920.
Temples of kerla tour packages travel time mysore car. This was all in the 70s, so now try imagining the trivandrum of the 60s. This one will hover above the succession struggle and cover the role of the madampies and the baronial pillas and the usage ettuveetil pillamar. The oldest lineages of pillais include not only kshathriyas but also brahmins who took up the sword. This incurred the wrath of the eight lords and rebels, they decide to kill prince. The origin of the name poovar has a story related to marthanda varma. Raman pillai and got popular in such a way that everyone, even historians began using the same word. Reclining chair saaivu naarkaali they were once princes in ad 1730, and loyal to the erstwhile thiruvithangore samasthanam kerala marthanda varma king. Ettuveetil pillamar academic dictionaries and encyclopedias. In a book written by shungoony menon in 1878, he states that the earliest mention of these eight was in 1050 ad 225 malayalam calender with no mention of who created them. Nss golden book give details only about the formation and functions of. During internal riots in travancore and while escaping from the ettuveetil pillamar lords of the eight houses, the king reached poovar. Saint thomas christians, bunt, syrian malabar nasrani, malayali, ezhava, nair, history of the saint thomas christians book online at best prices in india on. I came across some pages of the book when i had to study it in my 10th standard.
Padmanabha kshetram and its properties were controlled by ettuveetil pillamar under the guidance of ettara yogam. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. Ettuveetil pillamar were the leaders of the land and. The novel utilizes rich allusions to the indian subcontinent and western, historical. The crookedness of pillamar continued until marthanda varma came into power. The rest was that marthanda varma had to flee from the capital for the safety. Marthanda varma on the surface, is a historical romance, but its subtext is a political one of contemporary significance. An inquiry deep into the circumstances prevailed at that point of time in history would help you reveal the truth. Pillai, meaning prince, is a title of nobility which can either refer to a ruling chief, members of the nobility, or junior princes of the royal family historically ranked immediately below the king. When marthanda varma maharaja was declared as the successor of the king, ettuveetil pillamar, the other two sons with the help of madampis tried to seize power.
Later, marthanda varma defeated the pillamar and his cousins took over power. Chembazhanthi pillai and kulathur pillai were known as ettuveetil pillamar pillai of eight houses. Marthandavarma goodreads meet your next favorite book. India kerala trivandrum anantha padmanabha swamy tem. The ettu veetil pillamar were entrusted with the collection of the. The ugly truth about caste in kerala march 29, 2011. I never said that ettuveetil pillamar were managing the temple of sri. The ettuveetil pillamar and ettara yogam had played a significant role in the history of travancore and were responsible, as per legend, for the murder of raja aditya varma in the previous century, the murder of five sons of rani umayamma and other similar crimes, all committed in a bid to extirpate the travancore royal house. The ettuveetil pillamar were known according to the villages in which. The sri padmanabhaswamy temple possessed vast landed areas over which the ruler of travancore had no control whatsoever. The contract outlined the renovation and modernization of the hydroelectric power stations at pallivasal and. The snclavalin kerala hydroelectric scandal is a financial scandal related to a hydroelectric infrastructure contract between the indian government and canadian company snclavalin in 1995 which resulted in an alleged net loss to the indian exchequer of 3,745,000,000 rupees. While the moolasthanam of the temple is the ananthapuram temple in kasargod.
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