Marthanda varma family tree

Named Heir Apparent from birth, as per the Travancore matrilineal law of succession, Sree Uthradom Thirunal joined the firm of Plymouth and Company at Bangalore in , working there as a clerk and truck driver briefly to study the functioning of industries at a basic level. He was the Chief Scout of the regional Boy Scout troop, and is also a patron of local hospitals and charities.

Krishnan Gopinathan Pandalai, a medical doctor, military veteran, and superintendent of the Government General Hospital, Madras , from to The couple had a son, Ananthapadmanabhan Thampi and a daughter, Parvathidevi Kochamma.

Chithira thirunal wife

Sree Uthradom Thirunal was the youngest son of H. He was born on 22 March in Travancore. His mother, Sethu Parvathi Bayi , was distantly related, by birth, to the Travancore Royal Family in the direct female line. In , following the absence of heirs in the Travancore Royal Family, she had been adopted by her maternal great-aunt, Maharani Lakshmi Bayi.

Sree Uthradom Thirunal was educated privately by a group of 14 tutors in various subjects.

Anizham thirunal marthanda varma wife

He later graduated from the then Travancore University with Economics, Politics and History as specialisations in He was respected for his erudition. Sree Uthradom Thirunal became head of the Travancore royal family after his elder brother and the last monarch of Travancore Sree Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma died in As a titular Maharaja, Uthradom Thirunal had no real administrative power [ 8 ] [ 9 ] but was a popular figure in Travancore, and had daily ceremonial engagements.

He also maintained his ritual position at the Padmanabhaswamy Temple as the custodian of the temple, and was involved in events relating to this. On the discovery of the immense wealth in the vaults of Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram, the family shrine of Travancore royals, Uthradom Tirunal stated: "It has been in the temple vaults for centuries and the royal family has been well aware of that.

It is the wealth of Lord Padmanabha and we have never ever felt any interest in it.