# Chempakaraman > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Chempakaraman > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Chempakaraman.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chempakaraman > Source revision: 1222587952 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{one source|date=July 2021}} {{Short description|Keralite title of nobility}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} '''Chempakaraman''' or '''Chembakaramen''' was a [title of honour](/source/Title_of_honor) bestowed by the [Kingdom of Travancore](/source/Travancore) to individuals for faithful service to the kingdom in public service. == History == [[File:Anizham_Thirunal_Marthanda_Varma.jpg|thumb|369x369px|[Marthanda Varma](/source/Marthanda_Varma) was the creator of the title ''Chempakaraman'']] It was during the reign of [Marthanda Varma](/source/Marthanda_Varma) that an order akin to that of [knighthood](/source/Knight), was established as a kind of stimulus to those in the public service. Distinguished services were rewarded by this honor. It was denominated Chempakaraman. == Conferring the title == The recipient of this distinguished honor when selected, is presented before the [Maha Raja](/source/Maharaja) on a propitious day fixed for the ceremonial. The Maharaja then, delivering a short speech in the presence of all the officers of State, expressive of the satisfaction afforded by the [knight](/source/knight), elect to justify king's bestowing such an exalted title on him, gives him some special presents and names him by the title Chempakaraman after his name. The knight then proceeds to the gate of the palace followed by the prime minister and other officials. At the gate, in a hall attached to it, takes place the subsequent ceremony which consists in the presentation of a new piece of a peculiar kind of silk, eight yards long, called Veeravaly Pattu and the wearing of a suit of new clothes. The knight being dressed properly, after the Travancore fashion, one end of the silk is tied round his head, leaving the other end to the extent of two and a half or three yards loose, like the train of a long robe. He is then placed on an elephant and behind him three nobles or other persons invested with similar titles, seats themselves bearing the train of the knight's turban. The knight then carried in procession, accompanied by a native band, a small detachment of military, together with all the State peons, ''kariakkar'', and other servants. The procession moves round the four streets inside the fort, and returns to the gate, where the knight dismounts from the elephant and proceeds with the prime minister who is waiting for him to the latter's seat where the knight then enjoys the privilege of being seated with the minister. The new knight is then presented with a quantity of [betel](/source/betel) leaves and [areca nut](/source/areca_nut)s, together with a few ripe limes in a silver plate, called ''thattom'' or ''thampalam'', and thus ends the ceremony. From this day the title Chempakaraman Pillai is always added to his name.{{cite book|last=Menon|first=P. Shungoonny |title=A History of Travancore from the Earliest Times|year=1878|publisher=Higginbotham|pages=180–181}}{{PD-notice}} == Notable Chembakaramans == * [Velu Thampi Dalawa](/source/Velu_Thampi_Dalawa){{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P-O1AAAAIAAJ&q=Valli+Amma+Pilla|title=Dewan Velu Tampi and the British|first=B.|last=Sobhanan|date=27 April 1978|publisher=Kerala Historical Society|via=Google Books}} == References == {{morecat|date=May 2024}} Category:Knights --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Chempakaraman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chempakaraman) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chempakaraman?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.