# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vel-kelu-kuttuvan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:55:31.802Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vel-kelu-kuttuvan"
name: "Vel Kelu Kuttuvan"
slug: "vel-kelu-kuttuvan"
description: "Chenkuttuvan, title Kadal Pirakottiya, identified with Kadalottiya Vel Kezhu Kuttuvan, was the most celebrated Chera ruler of early historic southern India. He is also mentioned in Chilappathikaram, the Tamil epic poem purportedly composed by the Chera prince Ilanko Adikal."
tagline: "2nd century Chera dynasty ruler in south India"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Chera_Coin.jpg/330px-Chera_Coin.jpg"
gender: "male"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           42.09
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.090462666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ചേരൻ ചെങ്കുട്ടുവൻ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "চেনকুট্টুবন"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chenkuttuvan"
    title: "Chenkuttuvan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BB_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%83_%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%82%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Вел Келу Куттуван"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%87%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%B1%E0%A8%9F%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%A8"
    title: "ਸੇਨਕੱਟੁਵਨ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "சேரன் செங்குட்டுவன்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3532891"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump