Village: Thrissur
Taluk: Thrissur
GPS Coordinates: 10° 31’ 49.7” N 76° 12’ 59.6”E
Notification Year: 1937
Rama Varma Sakthan Thampuran, of the Perumpadappu dynasty, assumed power as the King of Kochi in 1790. When he became the heir apparent in 1769, Kochi was under the threat of the rulers of Calicut, Travancore and Mysore. With great diplomacy, he was able to arrive at a truce with the king of Travancore and Zamorin, even with Mysore. After becoming the king of Kochi, he ruthlessly put down the feudal lords and the temple-based power system and firmed up the finances through expert manipulation of trade relations. Thus, he came to be known as Sakthan Thampuran. The body of Sakthan Thampuran, who died in 1805, was cremated in the palace compound.
