 The royal family has been trying to get a pension from the various governments over fifty years.The Kerala government decided to award a monthly pension to members of the royal family in 2013.At present the Samoothiri of Kozhikode is trustee to 46 Hindu temples (under Malabar Devaswom Board, as Madras H. R & C. E Act 1956) in northern Kerala, including five special grade temples, which generate a substantial revenue.