Kingdom of Cochin & The Royal Family

Today what I remember about CochinRoyal Family is that there was a palace, at Chittur(-previously Chittur-Cochin) located @Lankeswaram, where predominantly Brahmins lived ..The palce , As I knew was Kovilakam, mainly used as transit accommodation for the Royal family members..Though not a massive construction , the main buidind was surrounded by a large compound maintained as a beautiful garden where a variety of flowers were grown .I was small boy, then studting in the nearby " Govt. primary School, very close to ChitturSriBhagavathy Temple. What impressed me most was that , at that period itsely , the cosruction was done in true royal style and splendour... .AT A LATER STAGE. AnKaRATH Vesakutty Neithyar married to a senior Thampuran of Cochin Royalty and family lived there , for some period of time .My knowlrdge about the Kovilakam.was limited to what ever little I knrew through my classmate Appan, the youngest of Kovilakam family . .
Now , What is the status of that marvellous buildingConsidering its heritage value???I am clueless as to its present status,

Private User , Private User The Chochin Royal Family, and Hindu Raja of Cochin seems to have provided asylum to a community of Chochin Jews living in India since 379 CE, or after the destruction of King Solomon's Temple.

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. . . Central to the history of the Cochin Jews was their close relationship with Indian rulers. This was codified on a set of copper plates granting the community special privileges. The plates are physically inscribed with the date 379 CE.

Indian rulers granted the Jewish leader Joseph Rabban the rank of prince over the Jews of Cochin, giving him the rulership and tax revenue of a pocket principality in Anjuvannam near Cranganore, and rights to seventy-two "free houses".

. . .The oldest known gravestone of a Cochin Jew is written in Hebrew and dates to 1269 CE. It is near the Chendamangalam (also spelled Chennamangalam) Synagogue, built in 1614. It is now operated as a museum.

. . . In 1524, the Muslims, backed by the ruler of Calicut attacked the wealthy Jews of Cranganore because of their primacy in the lucrative pepper trade. The Jews fled south to the Kingdom of Cochin, seeking the protection of the Cochin Royal Family (Perumpadapu Swaroopam). The Hindu Raja of Cochin gave them asylum.

. . . The Cochini Anjuvannam Jews also migrated to Malaya. Records show that they were settled in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. The last descendant of Cochin Jews in Seremban is Benjamin Meyuhasheem.

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochin_Jews