Kurumbranad

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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.{{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}} 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 Calicut). {{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}} 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. {{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}} The famed Malabari warrior and legendary local hero, Thacholi Othenan had ancestors in the Kurumbranad Royal Family.