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Aswathy ThirunalGowri Lakshmi Bayi

Aswathy Thirunalwas born on 4 July 1945 as the third child of Maharani Karthika Thirunal Lakshmi Bayi of the Travancore Royal Family and Lt. Col G. V. Raja. Her siblings are Avittom Thirunal Rama Varma (1938-1944), Pooyam Thirunal Gowri Parvati Bayi (1942) and Moolam Thirunal Rama Varma (1949), the present scion of Travancore. She was educated at home by Anglo-Indian tutors along with her siblings. After finishing school, she attended the Government College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram, graduating with a degree in economics in 1966.
At the age of 18 in 1963, Aswathy Thirunal married 26-year-old Vishakham Nal Sukumaran Raja Raja Varma, a member of the Paliyakkara West Palace of Thiruvalla. The couple had two sons and an adopted daughter. Raja Raja Varma died on 30 December 2005 from injuries received in a car accident
Aswathy Thirunal Gowri Lakshmi Bayi writer, and Economist, and dedicated social worker. A member of the Travancore Royal Family.
Her Notable are the following.
Kerala Temple Architecture: Some Notable Features (1997)
Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple (1998)
Thulsi Garland (1998)
The Mighty Indian Experience (2002)
Budhadarśanaṃ: lēkhanaṅṅaḷ (2007)
Glimpses of Kerala Culture (2011)
Rudrakshamala (2014)
Aswathy Thirunal was born on 4 July 1945 as the third child of Maharani Karthika Thirunal Lakshmi Bayi of the Travancore Royal Family and Lt. Col G. V. Raja. Her siblings are Avittom Thirunal Rama Varma (1938-1944), Pooyam Thirunal Gowri Parvati Bayi (1942) and Moolam Thirunal Rama Varma (1949), the present scion of Travancore. She was educated at home by Anglo-Indian tutors along with her siblings. After finishing school, she attended the Government College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram, graduating with a degree in economics in 1966.
At the age of 18 in 1963, Aswathy Thirunal married 26-year-old Vishakham Nal Sukumaran Raja Raja Varma, a member of the Paliyakkara West Palace of Thiruvalla. The couple had two sons and an adopted daughter. Raja Raja Varma died on 30 December 2005 from injuries received in a car accident
Aswathy Thirunal Gowri Lakshmi Bayi writer, and Economist, and dedicated social worker. A member of the Travancore Royal Family.

Kerala Paallliative Care Initiatives members to meet Her Excellency Ashwathi Thirunal Gauri Lakshmi Bhai Thampuratti at Kowdiar Palace on 16th
december,2023 . Prof. John Kurakar, President Palliative care initiatives presided over the function. She belongs to the great Travancore Kings family- descendent of , Sri Padmanabaha Dasa Anizham Thirunal Marthanda Varma Maharaja, Sethu Parvathi Bhai Maha Rani and Sri Chithira Thirunal Ramavarma Maharaja. For us it was a dream come true—we were able to touch the feet of a strong link in the chain of our ancient rulers. They were not just rulers. They are still the be-all and end-all of the very life of every Keralite.
Why do we revere them like anything? What ever they gave us, still remain as the backbone of our existential entity:
1. Mullapperiyar Dam-1895
2. Punalur Paper Mills – 1931
3. Trivandrum Airport-1932
4. Travancore Sugar Mills, Thakkala-1931
5. The Public Service recruitment Committee was formed in 1931 ( Later became Kerala Public Service Commission ).
6. Bicameral Legislative Assembly formed in 1933
7. South Indian Rubber Works-1937
8. Travancore Ceramics, Kundara-1937
9. The first University of Kerala- The Travancore University- was founded in 1937
10. Road Transport Corporation-1938
11. Engineering College, Thiruvananthapuram-1939
12. Sri Swathi Thirunal Music Academy-1939
13. Pallivasal Hydro Electric Project – First stage completed in 1940
14. Indian Aluminium Company, Aluva- 1943
15. Radio Station, Trivandrum-1943
16. Glass factory, Aluva-1944
17. Travancore Steam Navigation Company-1944
18. Travancore Rayons, Perumbavoor-1945
19. Travancore Bank (SBT)-1945
20. Travancore Cement Factory, 1946 – First in India
21. Travancore Titanium-1946
22. Alind , Kundara-1946
These are only a few initiatives of the Travancore rulers and there are so many more pioneering attempts. I still wonder at the intelligence of our rulers, displayed in hiding the incalculable store of diamonds and jewels worth billions, from the eagle eyes of the European Colonial Powers. Modern rulers think foreign Banks safe to keep their treasures, but our Kings never allowed a single jewel to be s