Ayilyam Thirunal

Ayilyam Thirunal Rama Varma
Maharaja of Travancore
The Maharaja circa 1875
Reign18 August 1860 – 30 May 1880
PredecessorUthram Thirunal
SuccessorVisakham Thirunal
Born14 March 1832
Died30 May 1880 (aged 48)
Wives
  • Panapillai Madhavi Pillai Lakshmi Pillai Kochamma
  • Kalyanikutty Amma
HouseVenad Swaroopam
DynastyKulasekhara
FatherPunartham Thirunal Rama Varma Koil Thampuran
MotherGowri Rukmini Bayi
ReligionHinduism
Princess Rukmini Bayi, mother of Ayilyam Thirunal Rama Varma

Sir Sri Ayilyam Thirunal Rama Varma IV GCSI CIE (1832–1880) reigned as Maharaja of Travancore from 1860 to 1880. His reign was highly successful, with Travancore, gaining the appellation of "model state of India", with such celebrated administrators as Raja Sir T. Madhava Rao and Sir A. Seshayya Sastri serving him as Diwans.

Ayilyam Thirunal was the nephew of his predecessors Uthram Thirunal and Swathi Thirunal, and the grandson of Maharani-Regent Gowri Lakshmi Bayi; he was succeeded by his brother, Visakham Thirunal.