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unusual facts about Kingdom of Travancore



Augustine Kandathil

Mar Augustine Kandathil (b. at Chempu, near Vaikom, in Kottayam, Kingdom of Travancore, 25 August 1874; d. at Ernakulam, Travancore-Cochin, India, 10 January 1956) was the first and longest serving Metropolitan and Head of the Syro-Malabar Church, the principal Church of the Saint Thomas Christians in India.

Mar Sabor and Mar Proth

Mar Sabor and Mar Proth (825 AD & 849 AD) were two Assyrian monks who built and presided over a number of churches in the Kingdom of Travancore with Syrian liturgy.


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George Mathan

Mathan was born in the village of Kidangannoor, Kerala, India, into an aristocratic family of Tharakans, a noble family in the Kingdom of Travancore.

Kerala Cricket Association

Instead of the star in the crest, a stylised image of Imperial Insignia of Sree Padmanabha's Shankha, which was the state emblem of the Kingdom of Travancore as well as state emblem of the State of Kerala, is used.