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	'''Sree Padmanabhadasa Sree Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma''' (22 March 1922 – 16 December 2013) was the titular<ref>"Though by the 26th amendment to the Constitution, Article 363 was repealed whereby the rights and privileges of the rulers of Indian states were taken away, still the name and title of the rulers remained as such and unaffected in so far as names and titles were not contemplated as rights or privileges under the repealed Articles 291 and 362 of the Constitution."</ref> [[Travancore royal family\|Maharaja of Travancore]]. He was the younger brother of the last ruling monarch of the [[Kingdom of Travancore]], [[Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma\|Maharajah Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma]].		'''Sree Padmanabhadasa Sree Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma''' (22 March 1922 – 16 December 2013) was the titular<ref>"Though by the 26th amendment to the Constitution, Article 363 was repealed whereby the rights and privileges of the rulers of Indian states were taken away, still the name and title of the rulers remained as such and unaffected in so far as names and titles were not contemplated as rights or privileges under the repealed Articles 291 and 362 of the Constitution."</ref> [[Travancore royal family\|Maharaja of Travancore]].<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Keleney \|first1=Anne \|title=Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma: The Maharajah of Travancore \|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/uthradom-thirunal-marthanda-varma-maharajah-travancore-9169048.html \|access-date=2 September 2021 \|agency=Independent \|date=4 March 2014}}</ref><ref name="Times Of India"></ref><ref>{{cite news \|title=Titular Maharaja of Travancore passes away \|url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/titular-maharaja-of-travancore-passes-away-1288711.html \|access-date=2 September 2021 \|agency=Firstpost \|date=16 December 2013}}</ref> He was the younger brother of the last ruling monarch of the [[Kingdom of Travancore]], [[Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma\|Maharajah Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma]].

	Named [[Heir Apparent]] from birth, as per the [[Travancore]] matrilineal law of succession, he joined the firm of Plymouth and Company at [[Bangalore]] in 1952, working there as a clerk and truck driver briefly to study the functioning of industries at a basic level. He was the Chief Scout of the regional Boy Scout troop, and is also a patron of local hospitals and charities.<ref name="Times Of India">{{cite web\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-12-17/thiruvananthapuram/45294183_1_sree-padmanabha-swamy-maharaja-sree-padmanabhaswamy-temple \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219035652/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-12-17/thiruvananthapuram/45294183_1_sree-padmanabha-swamy-maharaja-sree-padmanabhaswamy-temple \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=19 December 2013 \|work=[[The Times of India]] \|title=Travancore bids adieu to its maharaja \|access-date=18 December 2013}}</ref>		Named [[Heir Apparent]] from birth, as per the [[Travancore]] matrilineal law of succession, he joined the firm of Plymouth and Company at [[Bangalore]] in 1952, working there as a clerk and truck driver briefly to study the functioning of industries at a basic level. He was the Chief Scout of the regional Boy Scout troop, and is also a patron of local hospitals and charities.<ref name="Times Of India">{{cite web\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-12-17/thiruvananthapuram/45294183_1_sree-padmanabha-swamy-maharaja-sree-padmanabhaswamy-temple \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219035652/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-12-17/thiruvananthapuram/45294183_1_sree-padmanabha-swamy-maharaja-sree-padmanabhaswamy-temple \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=19 December 2013 \|work=[[The Times of India]] \|title=Travancore bids adieu to its maharaja \|access-date=18 December 2013}}</ref>
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	[[File:Radha Devi.png\|thumbnail\|left\|The consort of Sree Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma]]		[[File:Radha Devi.png\|thumbnail\|left\|The consort of Sree Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma]]
	Sree Uthradom Thirunal joined the firm of Plymouth and Company at [[Bangalore]] in 1952, working there and also studying the functioning of industries at a basic level. He was the Chief Scout of the regional [[Boy Scout]] troop, and was also a patron of local hospitals and charities. He married [[Ammachi Panapillai Amma]] Srimathi Radhadevi Pandalai of Kayamkulam,<ref name="ReferenceA"/> daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Krishnan Gopinathan Pandalai. He has a son, Ananthapadmanabhan Thampi and a daughter, Parvathi Devi Thankachi. Uthradom Thirunal resided at Pattom Palace, Trivandrum. A vegetarian and teetotaller, he did not drink coffee or tea or smoke. He won several trophies as an amateur horse rider. He played tennis, hockey, golf, football and polo. He learned photography in 1934 when his brother Sree Chithira Thirunal Bala Rama Varma Maharaja gave him a Rolleiflex camera, and built up a collection of about 5,000 negatives. He drove a lot,<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Telegraph\|first1=The\|title=Sree Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma – obituary\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10528924/Sree-Uthradom-Thirunal-Marthanda-Varma-obituary.html\|access-date=28 November 2014\|date=19 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|last1=INDIAN EXPRESS\|first1=THE NEW\|title=An Avid Shutterbug, Driving Enthusiast, Sanskrit Scholar\|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/An-Avid-Shutterbug-Driving-Enthusiast-Sanskrit-Scholar/2013/12/17/article1949554.ece\|access-date=28 November 2014\|agency=Express News Service\|issue=THIRUVANANTHAPURAM}}</ref> and won several medals from the Benz company at Stuttgart.		Sree Uthradom Thirunal joined the firm of Plymouth and Company at [[Bangalore]] in 1952, working there and also studying the functioning of industries at a basic level. He was the Chief Scout of the regional [[Boy Scout]] troop, and was also a patron of local hospitals and charities. He married [[Ammachi Panapillai Amma]] Srimathi Radhadevi Pandalai of Kayamkulam,<ref name="ReferenceA"/> daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Krishnan Gopinathan Pandalai. He has a son, Ananthapadmanabhan Thampi and a daughter, Parvathi Devi Thankachi. Uthradom Thirunal resided at Pattom Palace, Trivandrum. A [[vegetarian]] and teetotaller, he did not drink [[coffee]] or tea or smoke. He won several trophies as an amateur horse rider. He played tennis, hockey, golf, football and polo. He learned photography in 1934 when his brother Sree Chithira Thirunal Bala Rama Varma Maharaja gave him a Rolleiflex camera, and built up a collection of about 5,000 negatives. He drove a lot,<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Telegraph\|first1=The\|title=Sree Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma – obituary\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10528924/Sree-Uthradom-Thirunal-Marthanda-Varma-obituary.html\|access-date=28 November 2014\|date=19 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|last1=INDIAN EXPRESS\|first1=THE NEW\|title=An Avid Shutterbug, Driving Enthusiast, Sanskrit Scholar\|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/An-Avid-Shutterbug-Driving-Enthusiast-Sanskrit-Scholar/2013/12/17/article1949554.ece\|access-date=28 November 2014\|agency=Express News Service\|issue=THIRUVANANTHAPURAM}}</ref> and won several medals from the Benz company at Stuttgart.

	==Death==		==Death==

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{{Infobox monarch
| name = Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma
| title = Titular [[Maharajah of Travancore]] (monarchy abolished)
| image = Sree uthradom thirunal marthanda varma.jpg
| caption = Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma
| reign = 1991–2013
| coronation = 1991
| full name = Sree Padmanabhadasa Sree Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma Maharajah of Travancore (Titular)
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1922|03|22}}
| birth_place = Travancore
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2013|12|16|1922|3|22}}
| death_place = [[Thiruvananthapuram]], India
| burial_date =
| burial_place = 
| predecessor = [[Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma]]
| successor = [[Moolam Thirunal Rama Varma]] (titular)
| spouse = Ammachi Panapillai Amma Srimathi Radhadevi Pandalai of Kayamkulam <ref name="ReferenceA">The consort of the ruler was known as the Ammachi with the title of Panapillai Amma.</ref>
| issue = Ananthapadmanabhan Thampi and Parvati Devi Thankachi<ref name="ReferenceB">The male and female children born to the Maharajah were dignified with the honorific of Thampi and Thankachi respectively.</ref>
| royal house = [[Travancore royal family|Venad Swaroopam]]
| dynasty = [[Kulasekhara dynasty (Second Cheras)|Kulasekhara]]
| father = Ravi Varma Kochu Koil Thampuran
| mother = ''Queen Mother'' Moolam Thirunal [[Sethu Parvathi Bayi]]
| religion = [[Hinduism]]
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'''Sree Padmanabhadasa Sree Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma''' (22 March 1922 – 16 December 2013) was the titular<ref>"Though by the 26th amendment to the Constitution, Article 363 was repealed whereby the rights and privileges of the rulers of Indian states were taken away, still the name and title of the rulers remained as such and unaffected in so far as names and titles were not contemplated as rights or privileges under the repealed Articles 291 and 362 of the Constitution."</ref> [[Travancore royal family|Maharaja of Travancore]]. He was the younger brother of the last ruling monarch of the [[Kingdom of Travancore]], [[Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma|Maharajah Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma]].

Named [[Heir Apparent]] from birth, as per the [[Travancore]] matrilineal law of succession, he joined the firm of Plymouth and Company at [[Bangalore]] in 1952, working there as a clerk and truck driver briefly to study the functioning of industries at a basic level. He was the Chief Scout of the regional Boy Scout troop, and is also a patron of local hospitals and charities.<ref name="Times Of India">{{cite web|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-12-17/thiruvananthapuram/45294183_1_sree-padmanabha-swamy-maharaja-sree-padmanabhaswamy-temple |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219035652/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-12-17/thiruvananthapuram/45294183_1_sree-padmanabha-swamy-maharaja-sree-padmanabhaswamy-temple |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 December 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |title=Travancore bids adieu to its maharaja |access-date=18 December 2013}}</ref>

He married the daughter of Lt. Col. Krishnan Gopinathan Pandalai, the sometime Supt. of the Government General Hospital, [[Madras]], namely [[Ammachi Panapillai Amma]] Shrimati Radhadevi Pandalai and has a son, Ananthapadmanabhan Thampi and a daughter, Parvathidevi Kochamma. He resided at Pattom Palace, [[Trivandrum]] till his death in 2013.<ref name="Times Of India"/>

==Early life==

Sree Uthradom Thirunal was the youngest son of H.H [[Queen Mother]] [[Sethu Parvathi Bayi]] of [[Travancore]] by her consort, Ravi Varma Kochu Koyi Thampuran of [[Kilimanoor]] Royal House, a [[Sanskrit]] scholar and the [[great-nephew]] of the celebrated painter, [[Raja Ravi Varma]]. He was born on 22 March 1922 in Travancore. His siblings were [[Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma]] and [[Karthika Thirunal Lakshmi Bayi]]. His mother, [[Sethu Parvathi Bayi]], was distantly related, by birth, to the [[Travancore Royal Family]] in the direct female line. In 1900, following the absence of heirs in the Travancore Royal Family, she had been adopted by her maternal great-aunt, [[Maharani]] Lakshmi Bayi. According to the matrilineal traditions of the Travancore Royal Family, Sree Uthradom Thirunal, at the time of his birth, was proclaimed the Heir Apparent of Travancore with the title of : Sree Padmanabhadasa Maharajkumar Sree Marthanda Varma, Elaya Rajah ([[Crown Prince]]) of Travancore.

Sree Uthradom Thirunal was educated privately by a group of 14 tutors in various subjects. He later graduated from the then [[Travancore University]] with Economics, Politics and History as specialisations in 1943. He was the recipient of the Moncombu Aandi Iyer Gold Medal for the best student in Sanskrit from the varsity. He was respected for his erudition.<ref name="Sheshagiri">{{cite news|last=Sheshagiri|first=Sangeetha|title=Marthanda Varma, Titular Head of Travancore Royal Family, Passes Away|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/530446/20131216/marthanda-varma-passes-away-travancore-royalfamily-sreepadmanabhaswamytemple.htm|access-date=3 March 2014|newspaper=International Business Times India|date=16 December 2013}}</ref>

==Titular Maharajah of Travancore==

Sree Uthradom Thirunal became head of the Travancore royal family after his elder brother and the last monarch of Travancore [[Sree Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma]] died in 1991. As a titular Maharaja, Uthradom Thirunal had no real administrative power<ref>{{cite news|last=Haneef|first=Mahir|title='His Highness' isn't unconstitutional: Kerala high court|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/His-Highness-isnt-unconstitutional-Kerala-high-court/articleshow/27492597.cms?intenttarget=no|access-date=22 January 2014|newspaper=The Times of India|date=17 December 2013}}</ref><ref>"Though by the 26th amendment of the Constitution, Article 363 was repealed whereby the rights and privileges of the rulers of Indian States were taken away, still the name and title of the rulers remained as such and unaffected in so far as names and titles were not contemplated as rights or privileges under the repealed Articles 291 and 362 of the Constitution."</ref> but was a popular figure in Travancore, and had daily ceremonial engagements. He also maintained his ritual position at the [[Padmanabhaswamy Temple]] as the custodian of the temple, and was involved in events relating to this. On the discovery of the immense wealth in the vaults of Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram, the family shrine of Travancore royals, Uthradom Tirunal stated: "It has been in the temple vaults for centuries and the royal family has been well aware of that. It is the wealth of Lord Padmanabha and we have never ever felt any interest in it. It should be preserved as God's wealth in future also." Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma successor is Sree Padmanabhadasa Sree [[Moolam Thirunal Rama Varma]]<ref>The Royal family of Travancore followed the Marumakkathayam system of matrilineal succession like the Nairs of Kerala,when a king died his sister's son would become the next ruler.</ref> his nephew and second son of Sree Padmanabhasevini Maharani [[Karthika Thirunal Lakshmi Bayi]] of Travancore and her husband Lt. Col. [[G. V. Raja]].<ref name="Sheshagiri"/>

==Community involvement==

*Trustee and "Dasa" of [[Padmanabhaswamy Temple|Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple]]<ref name=hindu>{{cite web | title = Uthradom Tirunal passes away – The Hindu | url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/marthanda-varma-head-of-travancore-royal-family-dies/article5465077.ece |date= 17 December 2013| access-date = 23 December 2013 }}</ref>
*Patron-in-Chief Thiruvananthapuram Kendra Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
*Chief Scout Travancore Boy Scouts Assoc, Travancore-Cochin Boy Scouts Assoc and Kerala Boy Scouts Assoc.
*Chief Patron Sneham Super Speciality Hospital Project
*Patron Sri Swati Thirunal Sangita Sabha since 1991
*Patron Shree Uthradom Tirunal Hospital (SUT)
*Patron Muthalamada Sneham Charitable Trust
*Patron Trivandrum Tennis Club (TTC) since 1938
*Patron Trivandrum Club
*Patron Trivandrum Friend-in-Need Soc
*Patron Ananthapuram Non-Resident's Association (ANORA)

==Personal life==

[[File:Radha Devi.png|thumbnail|left|The consort of Sree Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma]]
Sree Uthradom Thirunal joined the firm of Plymouth and Company at [[Bangalore]] in 1952, working there and also studying the functioning of industries at a basic level. He was the Chief Scout of the regional [[Boy Scout]] troop, and was also a patron of local hospitals and charities. He married [[Ammachi Panapillai Amma]] Srimathi Radhadevi Pandalai of Kayamkulam,<ref name="ReferenceA"/> daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Krishnan Gopinathan Pandalai. He has a son, Ananthapadmanabhan Thampi and a daughter, Parvathi Devi Thankachi. Uthradom Thirunal resided at Pattom Palace, Trivandrum. A vegetarian and teetotaller, he did not drink coffee or tea or smoke. He won several trophies as an amateur horse rider. He played tennis, hockey, golf, football and polo. He learned photography in 1934 when his brother Sree Chithira Thirunal Bala Rama Varma Maharaja gave him a Rolleiflex camera, and built up a collection of about 5,000 negatives. He drove a lot,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Telegraph|first1=The|title=Sree Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma – obituary|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10528924/Sree-Uthradom-Thirunal-Marthanda-Varma-obituary.html|access-date=28 November 2014|date=19 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=INDIAN EXPRESS|first1=THE NEW|title=An Avid Shutterbug, Driving Enthusiast, Sanskrit Scholar|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/An-Avid-Shutterbug-Driving-Enthusiast-Sanskrit-Scholar/2013/12/17/article1949554.ece|access-date=28 November 2014|agency=Express News Service|issue=THIRUVANANTHAPURAM}}</ref> and won several medals from the Benz company at Stuttgart.

==Death==

Sree Uthradom Thirunal was hospitalised in early December 2013 following gastrointestinal bleeding. He died of [[cardiac arrest]] at a private hospital in [[Thiruvananthapuram]] on 16 December 2013. He died during the Murajapam Ceremony in the [[Padmanabhaswamy Temple]] which he had organised . The state government declared a public holiday on 16 December as a mark of respect to him.<ref>Thousands pay their last tribute to Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma – ''The Times of India'', By Laxmi Ajai Prasanna, TNN | 16 December 2013 – "The state government declared a public holiday as a mark of respect to the late Maharajah. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy who was in Delhi for official work has planned to cut short his trip to attend his funeral here at the palace in the afternoon, though delayed he is expected to take part in the cremation. "</ref> Though Sree Uthradom Thirunal was the Titular Maharajah, the people called him 'Thampuran' and 'Thirumanassu' (lord or His Highness) with high esteem. Sree Uthradom Thirunal attended all cultural programmes in the Capital City of [[Thiruvananthapuram]] and escorted Sree Padmanabha his family deity twice a year for Arattu procession. His wife, [[Ammachi Panapillai Amma]] Srimathi Radhadevi Pandalai predeceased him in 1993. He is survived by his two children, Ananthapadmanabhan Thampi and Parvathi Devi Kochamma.<ref name="Times Of India" />

==Successor==
With the demise of Uthradom Thirunal, [[Moolam Thirunal Rama Varma]] became the titular Maharajah of Travancore and [[Revathi Thirunal Balagopal Varma]], the titular Elayarajah.

==Titles==

*'''1922–1991''': ''His Highness'' [[Maharajkumar]] Sree Marthanda Varma, Elaya Raja of [[Travancore]]
*'''1991–2013''': ''His Highness'' [[Lt. Col]] Sree Padmanabhadasa Sree Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma [[Maharaja of Travancore]] [[Titular ruler|Titular]]

==Honours==

*[[King George V Silver Jubilee Medal]], 1935
*[[King George VI Coronation Medal]], 1937
*[[Indian Independence Medal]], 1947

==Military Appointments==

* [[Colonel]] [[Travancore University]] Labour Corps
* [[Lt. Col]] in The [[Nair Brigade]] (Bodyguards of [[Maharajah of Travancore]]) and ([[Travancore-Cochin]] State Forces)
* [[Title of honor|Honor]]ary [[Lt. Colonel]] in the [[Indian Army]]

==Biography==

[[Mathrubhumi|Mathrubhumi Books]] released a book named ''Thrippadi Daanam'' written by Uma Maheshwari featuring the biography of Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma. The book starts from the year 925 ME (1750 AD) when the Travancore King Anizham Thirunal Veerabaala [[Marthanda Varma]] surrendered his country to Sree Padmanabha through an act referred to as ''Thrippadi Daanam''. The book also covers art- cultural lifestyle of Travancore rulers and gives a personal account about his elder brother & sovereign, [[Sree Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma]].

==See also==

* [[G. V. Raja]]
* [[Travancore Royal Family]]
* [[Maharajah]]
* [[Thampi]]
* [[Panapillai Amma]]

==References==
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==External links==

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*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igbm5qG6JDo In Conversation With His Highness Uthradam Thirunal Marthanda Youtube.com]
*[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/Thousands-pay-their-last-tribute-to-Uthradom-Thirunal-Marthanda-Varma/articleshow/27480164.cms "Thousands pay their last tribute to Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma" THE TIMES OF INDIA, Laxmi Ajai Prasanna, TNN | 16 December 2013]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20131221091242/http://www.outlookindia.com/printarticle.aspx?288940 Outlookindia.com]
*[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/Thrippadi-danam-popular-at-the-book-fest/articleshow/12169515.cms , ‘Thrippadi danam’ popular at the book fest by THE TIMES OF INDIA]
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