page_title: Emblem of Kerala
section_title: Kingdom of Travancore
hierarchical_section_title: Emblem of Kerala / History / Colonial Kerala / Kingdom of Travancore
caption_attribution_description: Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Travancore from 1939 to 1948. It shows two elephants flanking a shanku surrounded by a w:laurel wreath, and a banner underneath with the Sanskrit text Dharmo Smat Kuladewatam, meaning w:Dharma is Our Family Deity.
context_page_description: The Emblem of Kerala used by Government of Kerala, to represent the state in all its official correspondences. The emblem portrays two elephants guarding the state and national insignias.
context_section_description: Travancore was formed in 1729, under leadership of H.H Marthanda Varma. Since the days of Venad, the family emblem of Thrippapur Swaroopam namely a right swelled Conch was used to represent the state. As the family deity was Lord Sri Padmanabha, the emblem of conch was widely used. Marthanda Varma added two laurel wreaths to it, to decorate the image which was used extensively in banners, flags, personal standards and coins until 1948.
  In 1939, the Government of Travancore unveiled its new emblem with 2 elephants guarding the imperial crest of Shanku with a banner below to its crest carrying the words "Sri Padmanabha" in devanagiri script. The new coat of arms was the fourth revision of the emblem of the Kingdom of Travancore.
  In addition, the Travancore had a western styled coat of arms, awarded by British Government during Delhi Durbar as well as individual Royal Cypher during reigns of each monarch, which will abbreviation of name of the reigning monarch in English with emblem of Shanku on top of it.
caption: The 4th Royal Coat of Arms of Kingdom of Travancore until 1948.
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