Rajeswari Nachiyaris the titular ruler of the estate of Ramnad

Ramnad estate

The Ramnad Estate is a permanently settled Zamindari estate in the Ramnad subdivision of the Madura district of the erstwhile Madras Presidency in British India. It comprises the southern and eastern parts of Madura district.The estate was ruled by a Zamindar who bore the title "Raja"...

. She is the only daughter of Ramanatha Sethupathi

Ramanatha Sethupathi

Ramanatha Sethupathy was the Raja of Ramnad from 1967 to 1979....

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Succession

Rajeswari Nachiyar assumed the hereditary title of the ruler of Ramnad on the death of her father Ramanatha Sethupathi in 1979. Though she scarcely wields any real authority, she is the managing trustee of a number of temples and the palaces owned by the family.