Kulasekhara

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Kulasekhara

The Kulasekhara dynasty is one of the three surviving royal lineages that ruled the current Indian

India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
state of Kerala

Kerala

Kerala is a Indian Union States and territories of India located in the southwestern part of India. With an Arabian Sea coastline on the west, it is bordered on the north by Karnataka and by Tamil Nadu on the south and east....
.

Even though the term Kulasekhara dates back to the earlier reign of the Chera dynasty

Chera dynasty

The Chera Dynasty was a Tamil people dynasty that ruled in Southern India from before the Sangam era until the twelfth century CE. The early Cheras ruled Kerala, Kongu Nadu and Salem District....
that ruled with Muziris

Muziris

Muziris is the Greeks-Roman name of a port-city of the ancient period, that was located on the Malabar Coast of present-day South India, and was famous across several civilizations as a major port for trade and commerce from before the beginning of the Common Era....
as the capital, the Travancore Royal Family

Travancore Royal Family

The Travancore Royal Family belongs to the Kulasekhara Dynasty of the Cheras and ruled over the Indian state of Travancore until 1949. The Royal family, alternatively known as the Kupaka Royal Family, Thripappur Swaroopam, Venad Swaroopam, Vanchi Swaroopam etc, has its seat today at Trivandrum in Kerala, India....
traces its lineage from Kolathunadu. The other surviving lineages are the Cochin royal family and the Zamorins of Kozhikode

Kozhikode

Kozhikode in , also known as Calicut, is a city in the southern Indian States and territories of India of Kerala. It is the third largest city in Kerala and the headquarters of Kozhikode District....
and the ones of Mavelikkara, Pandalam and so on.

The major distinguishing aspect of succession for the Travencore Kulasekharas is the matrilineal succession.

Kula Sekhara Alwar is a King /Kshatriya who belonged to Vannia Kula Kshatriya(Vanniyar)Agnivanshi of Tamilnadu,Kerala,Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. Vannia Kula Kshatriya descended from Fire Homam conducted by Shri Jambhuva Maharishi to protect the Earth from Vatapi and Mahi who were garrisoning the Earth (Archeological evidence inscribed on the walls of Sri Vaitheeswaran tample -Vannia Purana -story of Vanniyars)

Pallava,Chera,Chola,Pandya kings were Vanniya kula Kshatriya.

Refer to the tradition of honoring this Kula Sekhara Alwar by Vanniyars/Vanniya Kula Kshatriya community even today at the Shri Parthasarthy Temple- a famous Vaishanava temple in Chennai/Madras.

In Wikipedia -Search under heading Vanniars-Vannia Kula Kshatriya for the authentic article based on archeology.

Ref: Vanniyar Puranam inscriptions at Sri Vaitheeswaran temple,Tamil Nadu Tamil Samudaya Varalaru- Chozhar Kaalam Thoguthi 4-World Tamil Institute-Chennai.(History of Tamil Society-Chola Period Part 4-World Tamil Institute,Madras,Chennai)

A.R.No 137 of 1900 and A.R.232 of 1916- Archeology Reports Ariyalur varalaaru-Anrum Inrum -By Pulavar Kumaraswamy(History of Ariyalur-Yesterday and Today by Poet Kumaraswamy)

Sambuvarayar Varalaru -by Mr.Ko.