Nedumpuram Palace

Nedumpuram Palace stands in Tiruvalla, Pathanamthitta district, on the site of an earlier palace of the Rajas of Tiruvalla. It belongs to a branch of the Kulasekhara line that ruled Udayamangalam in northern Kerala and traces its descent to the Valluvanad royal house, which presided over the Mamankam festival. During Tipu Sultan's southern campaign the family moved south under the protection of the King of Travancore, and branches later settled at Mariapalli and Tiruvalla.

The palace follows the traditional pathinarukettu plan in kovilakam style: sixteen halls in four blocks, each around an inner courtyard, linked to one another and carried on teak beams. The sunken courtyards were used for ritual bathing and for growing plants for worship, and a temple to the family deity divides the building in two. Later outbuildings include Puttan Kottaram, the new palace, which houses a temple. The main building is now in disrepair.