Aditya Varma Manikandan

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 (Malayalam: ആദിത്യ വർമ്മ മണികണ്ഠൻ) popularly known as Aditya Varman, was the last ruling Maharaja of the 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]

  1. ^ A. Sreedhara Menon (1987). Political History of Modern Kerala. DC Books. pp. 140–. ISBN 978-81-264-2156-5. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  2. ^ "A History of Travancore from the Earliest Times". Higginbotham. 1878.
  3. ^ N.E Kesavan Namboothiri, Thekkumkoor Charithravum Puravrithavum (Kottayam: National Book Stall, 2014), 8-9.