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'''Kurumbranad''' ('''Kurumbuzhai Nadu''' or '''Kurumbiathiri Swaroopam''') was a kingdom, located in present-day [[Kerala state]], [[South India]], on the [[Malabar Coast]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Logan |first1=William |title=Malabar Manual |date=1879 |publisher=Asian Educational Services |location=New Delhi |isbn=978-8120604469 |edition=3rd AES reprint, 2000}}</ref> Once a powerful kingdom, it had important commercial centres such as Mapayil, Puthuppanam and [[Vatakara]]. The area was bordered by the sea on the west side and Karnataka in the east. On the north side was Kolathu Nadu and in the south lay Polanad (former name of [[Kozhikode|Calicut]]). <ref>{{cite book |last1=Tuebingen University |first1=Malayalam Manuscript series |title=Talaśśēri rēkhakaḷ: Collection of Malabari manuscripts from 1796-1800 |date= January 1, 1996 |publisher=Tuebingen University Library}}</ref> Their central power was concentrated in present-day [[Balussery]] where they built their capital around their largest fort, the '''Balussery-Kota''' flanked by a unique temple dedicated to their family deity, [[Vettakkorumakan]]. <ref>{{cite journal |last1=T.K. |first1=Geetha |title=CHAPTER I1 A GENERAL INTRODUCTION ON THE TRIBALS OF WAYANAD |journal=History of Malabar |pages=58–99 |url=https://sg.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/6441/8/08_chapter%202.pdf |access-date=19 September 2020}}</ref> The famed Malabari warrior and legendary local hero, [[Thacholi Othenan]] had ancestors in the Kurumbranad Royal Family. <br />
==See also==<br />
*[[Balussery]]<br />
*[[Thacholi Othenan]]<br />
*[[Vettakkorumakan]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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