Ravi Varma Kulasekhara (1299–1313) was a feudatory of the Pandya ruler Maravarman Kulasekara Pandyan I (1268–1308) and married one of his daughters.
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The Sardar camped in the suburbs of the present day Trivandrum, till he was defeated by Kerala Varma, a prince from the Kottayam royal family, adopted into the Venad royal family.
In verse 273 of Naṉṉūl, a 13th-century book on Tamil grammar, Sankara Namasivayar recites a venpa that describes the twelve districts of Tamil Nadu where Koduntamil is spoken, as Thenpandi Nadu, Kutta Nadu, Kuda Nadu, Karka Nadu, Venadu, Poozhi Nadu, Pandri Nadu, Aruva Nadu, Aruva Vadathalai, Seetha Nadu, Malai Nadu and Punal Nadu.
Since the days of Venad, the family emblem of Thrippapur Swaroopam namely a right swelled Conch was used to represent the state.