Ammaveedus were the residences of the consorts of the Maharajahs of Travancore in Trivandrum. All Travancore Maharajahs including Sree Moolam Thirunal conducted "Hiranyagarbham" ceremony. He was entertained sumptuously in Hyderabad by the Nizam, and elsewhere by many other maharajahs. Until 1947, the city was in the domains of the Jeypore Maharajahs. Food writers and food enthusiasts also share anecdotes on the food habits of the maharajahs. These maharajahs are memorialized on the walls of the tiger enclosure. The Maharajahs married these ladies through the Sambandham form of wedlock known as "Pattum Parivattavum".