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Polachirackal Tharakan family
Polachirackal family of Mavelikkara also known as the Polachirackal Tharakan family (Malayalam: പോളച്ചിറക്കല് തരകന്''Pōḷacciṛakkal Tharakkan'') or the House of Polachirackal with family members titled as Mavelikkara Tharakan (Malayalam: മാവേലിക്കര തരകന് ''Māvēlikkara Tharakan'') is an ancient Saint Thomas Christian noble Indian family〔Chandra Mallampalli, Christians and Public Life in Colonial South India, 1863–1937: Contending with Marginality, RoutledgeCurzon, 2004, p. 79〕 strongly identified with the township of Mavelikkara, in the state of Kerala, India which has had deeply entrenched ties with the erst-while Kingdom of Travancore, the Travancore royal family, the Mar Thoma Syrian Church and the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church.〔Article on the Polachirackal Family of Mavelikkara and their contributions, in Malayalam, published in Malayalam by the Malayalam Manorama Broadsheet Newspaper, 1914〕 The heritage of the family as well as its fame comes from a number of notable involvement of the family members which include, being financiers to the sovereign Maharaja of Travancore Marthanda Varma, financing and re-constructing the famed Sabrimala Temple, under-taking the contractual responsibilities and having constructed three palaces in Travancore as well as financing the Travancore-Dutch War which also included the decisive Battle of Colachel.〔Warrants issued by H.R.H. Mar Thanda Varma in honour of the House of Polachirackal after the Treaty of Mavelikkara, memorial re-issued copy with the Municipality of Mavelikkara〕
The House's lineage is traditionally believed to have been founded in the 1st century from the evangelical activity undertaken by Thomas the Apostle, one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ. Records indicate several notable descendants having held political, commercial and merchant trading as well as ecclesiastical influence and positions starting from the 16th century in continuation till the present times. Their tharavad was bestowed with the hereditary noble title 'Tharakan of Mavelikkara' (Malayalam: മാവേലിക്കര തരകന് ''Māvēlikkara Tharakan'')〔Warrant issued by H.R.H. Mar Thanda Varma, memorial copy re-issued is recorded with the Municipality of Mavelikkara〕 by the then sovereign Maharaja of Travancore Marthanda Varma.〔Chandra Mallampalli, Christians and Public Life in Colonial South India, 1863–1937: Contending with Marginality, RoutledgeCurzon, 2004, p. 80〕
The House's then excessive fortunes were made from having a local oligopoly in the merchant trading of pepper which was part of the international spice trade route developed and controlled by the Portuguese Casa da Índia and later by the Dutch East India Company in the age of discovery starting with Vasco da Gama reaching Calicut by the sea route in 1498. Using their surplus as risk capital, the House established itself as financiers to the maharajas〔 of the Kingdom of Travancore, the second wealthiest Indian princely state after the Nizam of Hyderabad. As a reference point to compare the wealth in Travancore, the Nizam of Hyderabad was ranked as the richest man in the world in 1937 by ''Time'' magazine Travancore was an erst-while 19-gun (outside)/21-gun (within) salute princely Indian state which is part of Kerala, India.〔 Politically, the members of the House were notable for holding political leadership of the principality of Mavelikkara.
==Origins of the House and its role in the erstwhile Kingdom of Travancore==
The House's origin lies in the traditionally held belief according to which princes from the Chera dynasty were baptised by Saint Thomas the Apostle in 53 AD and this tradition through the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church has been acknowledged by the Papacy of the Holy See and the city of Vatican in Rome.〔 This line was considered to be descendants of the Chola Empire as well, due to consistent intermarriages between the Chera and Chola. The Polachirackal House was granted the highest-ranking hereditary title of nobility for a Christian family in the Kingdom of Travancore titled as Tharakan〔("Census of India, 1961, Volume 7" ) P. 21〕 and were the highest ranking Christian peer to the Maharaja of Travancore.〔 The House were financiers to the Kingdom of Travancore from the 18th to 20th centuries. having financed and re-constructed the famed Sabrimala Temple,〔〔cite web|title=Vavar|url=http://synchronizationpoint.com/26f5a6ee175f51e0.html〕 the abode of the Hindu Lord Ayyappan which is considered as the largest annual pilgrimage in the world with an estimated 50 million devotees visiting ever year.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Why millions throng Sabarimala shrine )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Indo-Americans shocked at Sabarimala tragedy )〕 The House also financed several battles fought by Venad〔 including the Travancore-Dutch War, the Battle of Colachel〔 and were minor signatories to the Treaty of Mavelikkara.〔Warrants issued by H.R.H. Mar Thanda Varma in honour of the House of Polachirackal after the Treaty of Mavelikkara, memorial re-issued copy with the Municipality of Mavelikkara〕 Many of the family members are today scattered all over the world continuing the family traditions and serving organisations ranging from governments to private institutions and corporates.
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