Thachudaya Kaimal

[6][page needed] Nominated by the Maharaja of Travancore, the Kaimal was raised to the status of Manikkam Keralar by an elaborate Brahminical ceremony called Jatakavarodham where all the ruling chiefs of Kerala had to be present.

[2][full citation needed] With the 26th amendment of the Indian constitution in 1971,[8] the princely order in India was abolished by presidential decree and thus the Thachudaya Kaimals lost their claim to the temple and its estates.

[9] Those properties are now run by a Trust managed by the District Collector although a vestige of former power lies in the current Thachudaya Kaimal being the chief trustee of the temple.

[citation needed] The Thachudaya Kaimals enjoyed legal rights such as being preceded by a personal escort of attendants with lamp and sword despite the loss of pension.

The last Thachudaya Kaimal was named Bhaskara at birth on 22 June 1895 in the Mundanad branch of the Kayamkulam royal family, by then residing at Valiyasala, Trivandrum.