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KODLA Kōdla.— Kodla (fowl) has been recorded as an exogamous sept of Tsākala, and Kōdla bochchu (fowl's feathers) as an exogamous sept of Kāpu.  Kōdu.——A form of Kondh. Also a sub-division of Konda Rāzu.  Kohōro.——A form of Kahar.  Koi.— See Kōya.  Koibarto.— A sub-division of Kēvuto.  Koil Pandala (keeper of the royal treasury). — One of the divisions of Kshatriyas in Travancore.  '''Koil Tampurān. —''' The following note is extracted from the Travancore Census Report, 1901. The Koil Tampurāns form a small community, made up of the descendants of the immigrant Kshatriya families from certain parts of Malabar lying to the north of Travancore and Cochin. They are also known as Koil Pantalas. In early records, the term Koviladhikārikal appears to have been used. Immemorial tradition connects the Koil Tampurāns with Chēramān Perumāl, and goes to say that their original settlement was Beypore. About 300 M.E. a few male members were invited to settle in Travancore, and form marital alliances with the ladies of the Travancore Royal House, known then as the Vēnāt Svarūpam. Houses were built for them at Kilimānūr, six miles from Attingal, where all the female members of the Royal Family resided. In M.E. 963, eight persons — three males and five females — from the family of Āliakkōtu, oppressed by the invasion of Tīpū Sultan, sought shelter in Travancore. Maharāja Rāma Varma received them kindly, and gave them the palace of the Tekkumkūr Rāja, who had been subjugated by Rāma lyen Dalawah. This site in Changanachery is still recognised as Nirāzhikkottāram. In 975 M.E. one of the five ladies removed to Kirtipuram near Kantiyūr 