Rajakumari may not be a ‘princess’ in Idukki and Senapathi not the ‘leader of a force’. The names of these places in the high range, however, have got a connection to the period prior to the arrival of the present settlers. So is Rajakkad, Rajapara, Khajanapara and Chathurangapara.
According to T. Rajesh, who documented the history of early settlements in the district in Idukki Charithrarekhakal, the Thondamankotta near Rajakkad has a man-made ‘earthen fort,’ which points to a ruler and his subjects who had lived there.
Thondaimans are chieftains who ruled the region around Puthukkottai in Tamil Nadu from the 17th to the 20th century. The Puthukottai State was under the Thondaman dynasty for one year even after the Independence.
