Odieiry Jayanthan Sankaran Nampoothiri was an 18th century Dalawa of the Travancore kingdom. Originally from the Zamorin kingdom, he earned the respect of Balarama Varma who became king at the age of 16. Sankaran Nampoothiri was able to become Dalawa of Travancore for a brief period, and ordered the Tahsildars of the districts to collect taxes from the rich landlords. He ordered Velu Thampi to pay him an amount of Rs. 3000 to which Velu Thampi responded asking for three days time. At the end of the third day Velu Thampi arrived at the capital of Trivandrum and forced the Maharajah to banish the Namboodiri and his associates from the country. This was complied to by the Maharajah.