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[[File:Kayamkulam Sword.JPG|right|thumb|Kayamkulam vaal]]<br />
'''Kayamkulam vaal''' (meaning Kayamkulam sword) is a double-edged [[sword]] that was used by the rulers and soldiers of [[Nair]] aristocracy (mostly in [[Travancore]]), in the [[Onattukara|Kayamkulam]] princely state of India. An example is on display at the [[Krishnapuram Palace]] Museum in [[Kayamkulam]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=A window to the past|url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/04/05/stories/2005040507530500.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050406112006/http://www.hindu.com/2005/04/05/stories/2005040507530500.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 April 2005 |date=5 April 2005 |first= A |last=Harikumar |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=8 January 2022}} The museum has a large number of antiques, which were used by the kings who ruled the erstwhile Kayamkulam State. The most important among them is the Kayamkulam sword. Unlike the common sword, this one has both its edges sharp.</ref><br />
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It is said to have been used by the Kayamkulam Rajas in the 18th century.<ref name=Archaeology>{{Cite web|url=http://archaeology.kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23&Itemid=18|title=Krishnapuram Palace|access-date=20 March 2011|publisher=Archaeology Department of Government of Kerala|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110122174506/http://archaeology.kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23&Itemid=18|archive-date=22 January 2022}}</ref><br />
Some Nair families such as Evoor Kannampallil (Kayamkulam), Velathandethu house (Pallarimangalam), Padanilathu house (olakettyambalam), Edathitta house Changankulangara (The vaal presented to Valiyakulangara devi temple, Oachira), Thottathil Ellam Valiyakulangara, Oachira menatheril family Kayamkulam are keeping kayamkulam vaal as their historical evidence of family.{{cn|date=October 2022}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Khanda (sword)|Khanda]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.alappuzhaonline.com/kayamkulamsword.htm Krishnapuram Palace and Archeological Museum, Kayamkulam]<br />
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