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Kerala (English: / ˈ k ɛr ə l ə / ⓘ / KERR-ə-lə; Malayalam: [keːɾɐɭɐm] ⓘ), is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. [16] It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South Canara, and Travancore.
“God’s Own Country’ is the tagline of Kerala Tourism which was coined by Walter Mendez, the creative director of an Indian advertising agency in 1989 at the request of the Tourism Department, Government of Kerala. [19] [20] This was used by agencies to showcase Kerala’s natural beauty and not-so-explored places across the state.
The Cultural capital of Kerala [48] Land of Poorams [49] The land of Vadakkumnathan [50] Gold capital of India [51] Kozhikode (Calicut) City of Spices. [52] Kannur (Cannanore) City of Looms and Lores. [53] Kollam (Quilon) The Prince of Arabian Sea; Cashew Capital of the World [54] Alappuzha (Alleppey) Venice of the East [i] Kasaragod: Land of ...
The state of Kerala was created in 1956 from the former state of Travancore-Cochin, the Malabar district and the Kasaragod taluk of South Canara District of Madras state. [7] The state is called Keralam in Malayalam, due to its grammatical addition of Anusvara.
The official logo of Kerala Tourism. Kerala, a state situated on the tropical Malabar Coast of southwestern India, is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the country. Named as one of the ten paradises of the world by National Geographic Traveler, [1] Kerala is famous especially for its ecotourism initiatives and beautiful backwaters ...
Kerala was usually known as Malabar in the foreign trade circles in the medieval era. [28] Earlier, the term Malabar had also been used to denote Tulu Nadu and Kanyakumari which lie contiguous to Kerala in the southwestern coast of India, in addition to the modern state of Kerala. [29] [30] The people of Malabar were known as Malabars.
Jam belongs to a Muslim minority group called the Waghers, whose history on the coastline dates back 200 years, according to their fishing association. Every summer, about 1,000 Wagher families — as many as 10,000 men, women and children — load their possessions onto rented trucks and migrate from their inland villages to the sandy fishing ...
The Cheras regained control over Kerala in the 9th century CE until the kingdom was dissolved in the 12th century, after which smaller kingdoms, most notably the Kingdom of Calicut, arose. In 1498 CE, Portuguese traveler Vasco Da Gama established a sea route to Kozhikode by sailing around the Cape of Good Hope , located in the southernmost ...