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Moolam Thirunal Sethu Parvathi Bayi (1896-1983), better known as Amma Maharni was the Junior Maharani (Queen) of Travancore as well as a promoter of Indian Classical music. She was the mother of Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma, the last King of Travancore. Sethu Parvathi Bayi was distantly related, by birth, to the royal house of Travancore in the direct female line. In 1900, following the absence of heirs in the Travancore Royal Family, she along with her elder maternal cousin Sethu Lakshmi Bayi, had been adopted by her maternal great-aunt, Senior Maharani Lakshmi Bayi in 1900. At the age of 5, she became the Junior Maharani of Travancore. Sethu Parvathi Bayi chose Sri Pooram Nal Ravi Varma Thampuran of the Kilimanoor Palace as her consort owing to his high educational qualities. Their wedding happened in the year of 1907. In 1912, after giving birth to the Heir-Apparent Sree Chithira Thirunal, at the age of 15, she became the Amma (mother) Maharani (queen), the Queen Mother of Travancore. Sethu Parvathi Bayi was an accomplished Veena player, a famous promoter of Carnatic Music and other arts. She played a major role in bringing to light, the compositions of her ancestor Maharajah Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma of Travancore. She and cousin Sethu Lakshmi Bayi, were the grand daughters of renowned Indian artist, Raja Ravi Varma. ==Birth and adoption== Sethu Parvathi Bayi was born on November 7, 1896 as the daughter of Thiruvathira Nal Bhageerathi Bayi Uma Kochukunji Amma Thampuratty of the Utsavamadom branch of the Mavelikkara Royal House and Sri Thiruvonam Nal Kerala Varma Thampuran of Paliyakkara Eastern Palace. She had four brothers and three sisters. Two of her sisters, Srimathi Avittam Nal Bhawani Amma Thampuratty (artist and illustrator) and Srimathi Makayiram Nal Rajamma Amma Thampuratty (landscape artist under the name Amma Thampuran) were artists. Sethu Parvathi Bayi's grandmother belonged to the Kolathunad royal house in Travancore. Srimathi Makayiram Nal Rajamma Amma Thampuratty's grand daughter, Lekha Varma, too was adopted into the Travancore Royal house in 1996. Sethu Parvathy Bayi was also the younger grand daughter of the world-renowned artist Sri Raja Ravi Varma of the Kilimanoor Palace. The Mavelikkara royal house was closely associated with the Travancore Royal Family as her great-aunts, the then Senior and Junior Queens of Travancore, had been adopted and installed into the Royal Family of Travancore in 1858. This adoption, which was the 6th in the Travancore Royal House, was without results as the Senior Queen Lakshmi Bayi, who was married to Kerala Varma Valiya Koil Thampuran, was childless while the Junior Queen Parvathi Bayi had only sons. As the Travancore Royal Family follows Matrilineal inheritance, the presence of females to continue the line and dynasty is crucial. With the death of the Junior Queen & her sons from 1893–95, the royal family came to consist solely of Maharajah Moolam Thirunal, Senior Queen Lakshmi Bayi and her two nephews. The Senior Queen decided to adopt the daughters of her nieces, Mahaprabha and Kochukunji of Mavelikara ''Utsavamadhom Palace'', into the Travancore Royal Family. In 1900 Maharani Lakshmi Bayi petitioned Maharajah Moolam Thirunal for the adoption of her grand nieces, to perpetuate the ruling line. Thus, she became "Princess Moolam Thirunal Sethu Parvathi Bayi", the ''First Princess'' of Travancore. The adoption itself was met with some opposition from other branches of the Kolathunad family who nominated females from their families as also objections from the First Prince Chathayam Thirunal Rama Varma, but these were overcome due to the insistence of the Senior Queen of Travancore. But after a year, in 1901, the Senior Queen Lakshmi Bayi died and the 5-year-old Sethu Parvathi Bayi was elevated to the position of ''H. H. Sree Padmanbhasevini Maharani Moolam Thirunal Sethu Parvathi Bayi, Junior Maharani of Attingal.'' Kerala Varma Valiya Koil Thampuran, consort of the late Senior Maharani (Queen) Lakshmi Bayi, was appointed the guardian of the 2 minor Queens and tutors were appointed to teach them. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sethu Parvathi Bayi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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