Royal Consorts of Travancore | Ep 6: SAGA with Manu S Pillai Ft. Sharat Sunder Rajeev
The maharajahs of Travancore are well placed in popular imagination, with their links to the Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple. However, the system of succession followed in their family was unusual. For no ruler could be succeeded by his son, and the queen was not the ruler's wife but his sister. As a result, history has focussed more on the royal sisters (Ranis), while the wives (Ammachis) and children (Tampis) of the maharajahs have faded from the record.
In Episode 6 of Saga, Manu S Pillai sits down with Sharat Sunder Rajeev to discuss the royal consorts of Travancore--the Ammachis and their lost world and stories.
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