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| location = [[Nedumangad]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]<br />
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The '''Koyikkal Palace''' is a palace situated in [[Nedumangadu]], [[Thiruvananthapuram District]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].<ref name="Koyikkal Palace ">{{cite web | url=http://www.kerala-tourism.org/kerala-monuments/koyikkal-palace.html | title=Koyikkal Palace at Nedumangadu | access-date=3 February 2015}}</ref> The palace was built in 16th century for [[Umayamma Rani]] of the Venad Royal Family.<ref name="Koyikkal Palace in Kerala tourim website">{{cite web | url=https://www.keralatourism.org/destination/koyikkal-palaceenedumangad/238 | title=Koyikkal Palace in Kerala tourim website | access-date=3 February 2015}}</ref> Umayamma Rani was the queen of Venad between 1677 and 1684.<ref name=ATT1>{{cite book | last=Raghunandan| first=Lakshmi| title=At the Turn of the Tide: The Life and Times of Maharani Setu Lakshmi Bayi The Last Queen of Travancore| date=1995| publisher=Maharani Setu Lakshmi Bayi Memorial Charitable Trust| location=Bangalore| page=462| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E6ryshLSwm0C&dq=false&pg=PA462}}</ref><ref>[http://www.keralatourism.org/malayalam/medieval-history.php ''Medieval History'']; keralatourism.org</ref> The palace is a double storied building and built in the traditional architectural style of Kerala.<br />
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The palace is maintained by the [[Kerala State Department of Archaeology]], and also hosts folklore and a numismatic museums.{{fact|date=September 2018}} The exhibits in the museum contains such rare instruments as the "Chandravalam", a small percussion instrument used in [[Ramakathappattu]];{{What?|date=January 2021}} and the "Nanthuni", a small musical instrument made of wood and string used in [[Onappattu]].{{What?|date=January 2021}}{{fact|date=September 2018}}<br />
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20141009223113/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/travel/article/tourist_spots/historical/koyikkal_palace/80/ Mathrubhumi Website]<br />
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