As per the census, the population of Travancore was 128, 068.ĭespite the progress achieved in varied fields under Swathi Thirunal's reign, the Kingdom of Travancore, like the rest of British India, was in the grip of extreme caste discrimination against Hindudalits. He also conducted the first census of the state in 1836. Another of his achievements was to settle many land disputes by carrying out a resurvey of the land, in which also Menon helped him. He identified one Kandan Menon from Malabar and appointed him as Huzoor Diwan Peshkar to bring about legal reforms. He also implemented reforms in the legal sector, starting Munsif, District and Appellate Courts and modernizing laws. Later, similar schools were started at many other places. He started an English school in Thiruvananthapuram in 1834, which came to be called the Maharajah's Government Free School and later became Maharajah's High School and then Maharajah's College. He took steps to curb corruption in the government and told even the Diwan to resign when he heard that the Diwan had acted to favour a particular party in a land dispute. This enabled him to give personal attention to government affairs. One of his first moves was to shift the government secretariat from Kollam (about seventy-five kilometers away) to Thiruvananthapuram. He appointed his tutor, Sri Subba Rao, as the Prime Minister (Diwan). Svāti Tirunāḷ‍ took over the reins of Travancore from his aunt, Gowri Parvati Bayi (she was the Regent for Svāti Tirunāḷ‍ in his boyhood) at the age of sixteen. Maharajah of Travancore, Heriditary Head of Padmanabhaswamy Temple

Sree Padmanabhadasa Vanchipala Sree Ramavarma Kulasekhara Kiritapati Manney Sultan Maharajah Raja Ramaraja Bahadur, Shamsher Jang, Maharajah of TravancoreĬhanganassery Lakshmipuram Palace's Raja Raja Varma Valiya Koyi Thampuran Sree Padmanabhadasa Sree Svāti Tirunāḷ‍ Rāma Varma Kulashekhara Perumal Thiruvattar Chithira Nal Ananthapadmanabhan Chempakaraman Thampi

Thiruvattar Ammachi Panapillai Amma Narayani Pillai, Neelamma Pillai, Vadasseri Ammachi Panapillai Amma Sundara Lakshmi Pillai

Swathi thirunal krithi notation