UAE-based Media Maps Cinevision is producing a film titled Marthanda Varma on the life and times of Anizham Thirunal Marthanda Varma, who ruled Travancore from 1729 to 1758. Directed by K. Sreekumar, ...

When a video depicting actor Mohanlal as Marthanda Varma surfaced on YouTube recently, many assumed it to be the real deal — an epic production in the offing. After all, the visuals are dramatic, and ...

For long, history writing in India had been north-centric. The Southern empires, for all their glorious past, used to be detailed either cursorily or, at best, as an appendage to the Mughal/Sultanate ...

This Frenchman Who Served The Dutch Left An Indelible Impression On South India In a corner of Udayagiri Fort at Puliyoorkurichi in Kanyakumari lies the tomb of Eustache Benedictus de Lannoy. The ...

Thiruvananthapuram: Uthradom Tirunal Marthanda Varma, titular head of the erstwhile Travancore kingdom that comprised southern Kerala, passed away early on Monday, bringing to an end an era that ...

You are an authority on Travancore history. How did it all start? History and literature are deeply connected. While working as a Malayalam professor, there was a paper on Kerala history and culture.