Sethu Parvathi Bayi
| Moolam Thirunal Sethu Parvathi Bayi | |||||||||
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| Junior Maharani (Elaya Thampuran) of Attingal & Oueen Mother(Amma Maharani) Of Travancore | |||||||||
Amma Maharani of Travancore
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7 November 1896 Travancore |
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| Died | 4 April 1983 (aged 86) Thiruvananthapuram |
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| Spouse | Sri Pooram Nal Ravi Varma Kochu Koyi Thampuran (Valiya Thampuran of Kilimaanoor Palace) | ||||||||
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| House | Venad Swaroopam | ||||||||
| Dynasty | Kulasekhara | ||||||||
| Father | Sri Thiruvonam Nal Kerala Varma Thampuran of Paliyakkara Eastern Palace | ||||||||
| Mother | Srimathi Tiruvadira Nal Bhagirathi Bayi Uma Kochukunji Amma Thampurati of Mavelikara Royal House | ||||||||
| Religion | Hinduism | ||||||||
| Occupation | Junior Maharani as well as Queen Mother of Travancore, President of All-India Women's Social Conference Calcutta (1929) and Trivandrum (1937), President and Patron of National Council of Women in India (1940), Vice-Patron Sri Mulam Club (Trivandrum) (1940-1983), Pro-Chancellor University of Travancore (1937-1949), Life Member of Senate of Andhra University | ||||||||
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| Sree Padmanabhasevini Maharani Moolam Thirunal Sethu Parvathi Bayi | |
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| Sree Padmanabhasevini Vanchipala Dyumani Raja Rajeshwari Maharani Moolam Thirunal Sethu Parvathi Bayi Attingal Elaya Thampuran Junior Maharani Of Travancore |
Moolam Thirunal Sethu Parvathi Bayi (1896-1983), better known as Amma Maharni, was the Junior Maharani (Queen) of Travancore as well as a promoter of Indian Classical music. She was the mother of Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma, the last King of Travancore.
Sethu Parvathi Bayi was distantly related by birth to the royal house of Travancore in the direct female line. In 1900, following the absence of heirs in the Travancore Royal Family she, along with her elder maternal cousin Sethu Lakshmi Bayi, was adopted by her maternal great-aunt, Senior Maharani Lakshmi Bayi. At the age of five, she became the Junior Maharani of Travancore. Sethu Parvathi Bayi chose Sri Pooram Nal Ravi Varma Thampuran of the Kilimanoor Palace as her consort owing to his high educational achievements. Their wedding took place in 1907. In 1912, after giving birth to the Heir-Apparent Sree Chithira Thirunal at the age of fifteen, she became the Amma (mother) Maharani (queen), or the Queen Mother of Travancore.
Sethu Parvathi Bayi was an accomplished veena (stringed instrument) player, and a famous promoter of Carnatic Music and other arts. She played a major role in bringing to light the compositions of her ancestor Maharajah Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma of Travancore. She and cousin Sethu Lakshmi Bayi, were the grand daughters of renowned Indian artist, Raja Ravi Varma.
Sethu Parvathi Bayi was born on 7 November 1896 the daughter of Thiruvathira Nal Bhageerathi Bayi Uma Kochukunji Amma Thampuratty of the Utsavamadom branch of the Mavelikkara Royal House and Sri Thiruvonam Nal Kerala Varma Thampuran of Paliyakkara Eastern Palace. She had four brothers and three sisters. Two of her sisters, Srimathi Avittam Nal Bhawani Amma Thampuratty (artist and illustrator) and Srimathi Makayiram Nal Rajamma Amma Thampuratty (landscape artist under the name Amma Thampuran) were artists. Sethu Parvathi Bayi's grandmother belonged to the Kolathunad royal house in Travancore. Srimathi Makayiram Nal Rajamma Amma Thampuratty's grand daughter, Lekha Varma, was also adopted into the Travancore Royal house in 1996.
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