Career
Kerala Varma ascended the throne on the death of Rama Varma XVII.He was a younger brother of Rama Varma XVI. He was famously known as Midukkan Thampuran and it was during his regin that food rationing system was introduced for first time in an Indian princely state. He was an Ayurvedic physician of great knowledge. The Maharaja died at Thripunithura on October 23, 1943.