page_title: List of Marthandavarma characters
section_title: Ramayyan
hierarchical_section_title: List of Marthandavarma characters / Allusions to personalities in legends, history and real life / Ramayyan
caption_attribution_description: English: Illustration of Rama Iyen Dalawa used in A History of Travancore from the Earliest Times. File is a scan copy of the source page and edited with Adobe Photoshop 7.0
context_page_description: The following is a list of characters from Marthandavarma, the 1891 historical novel by C. V. Raman Pillai; as well as its allusions to personalities from legends, history, and real life.
context_section_description: Ramayyan or Rama Iyen, better known as Ramayyan Dalawa was the prime minister of Travancore during Kollavarsham 912-931, the period in which the most successful conquests under Marthanda Varma were accomplished. He joined the Travancore ministerial service as a Kuṭṭi Paṭṭar (minor Brahmin assistant), later got promoted as under secretary (Rayasom) and then state secretary following the accession of Marthanda Varma, who made him Dalawa after the demise of Thanu Pillai. In the novel, he is presented as a supporter and adviser to Marthanda Varma, whom he accompanies during the final coup by Thambi brothers. It is also mentioned in the novel that Ramayyan was promoted for Rayasom work by king Rama Varma.
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