Kerala Varma Valiya Koil Thampuran; also spelt Kerala Varma Valiya Koilthampuran and known as Kerala Varma, was a Malayalam - language poet and translator who had an equal facility in writing in Engli
Kerala Varma Valiya Koil Thampuran Changanassery Lakshmipuram Palace
Raja Ravi Varma
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Raja Ravi Varma was an Indian painter. His works are one of the best examples of the fusion of European academic art with a purely Indian sensibility and iconography. He greatly enhanced his reach and
Kerala Varma Valiya Koil Thampuran
…the adoption of Lakshmi Bayi's grand-nieces. Kerala Varma is also known as the Kalidasa of Kerala, and was both brother-in-law and cousin to painter Raja Ravi Varma, also a prince of Parappanad, though from the Kilimanoor branch, whom he presented with his first oil paints. A third Parappanad prince, his grammarian…
Varma in the 1890s
There comes Papa (1893), depicting Varma's daughter Mahaprabha with one of her sons
Varma's sister-in-law, Bharani Thirunal Lakshmi Bayi, Senior Rani of Attingal (or Travancore), who adopted Varma's granddaughters in 1900
The studio used by Varma during his stay at the Laxmi Vilas Palace