Kayankulam

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Kayankulam

Town on the backwater of the same name in the Kartikapalli taluk of Travancore State, Madras, situated in 9 degree 11' N- and 76° 30' E. Population (1901), 5,745. Formerly capital of an independent principality known as Onad, it held an equal position with Yenad, or Travancore. In the sixteenth century it was an important harbour where the Portuguese had a factory. The Onad Raja was the earliest Malabar ally of the Dutch. After a protracted war, he sub- mitted to Travancore in 1746. In a.d. 829 one of the earliest Syrian Churches was founded here. The place has a well-attended market and a magistrate's court.