Introduction
Traditionally identified as the founder of the medieval (second) Chera kingdom centered at Mahodayapuram (Kodungallur), and separately venerated as one of the twelve Vaishnava Alvar saint-poets
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Historical Notes
Note: The identification of the Alvar poet-saint Kulasekhara with the historical founder of the Mahodayapuram Chera dynasty is a traditional one, not universally agreed upon by historians; some scholars treat them as the same figure and others as distinct people who share a title/name. Both possibilities are noted here rather than one being asserted as settled.
This article records a figure from the medieval Kulasekhara (second Chera) dynasty of Mahodayapuram, Kerala, and its successor swaroopams. The dynasty's genealogy is reconstructed chiefly from temple and copper-plate inscriptions rather than a continuous chronicle, and its later kings and the founders of the post-fragmentation successor states are less firmly attested than its earlier phase, as noted in the individual entries.