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Most people have only a vague concept of the temple’s
history. I thought it would be a good idea to provide a brief overview based on
the perusal of historic records, primarily the many papers and books authored
by an early Malabar chronicler, KV Krishna Ayyar. Some years ago, I had written
about t…
Guruvayur – A peep into its history
Most people have only a vague concept of the temple’s
history. I thought it would be a good idea to provide a brief overview based on
the perusal of historic records, primarily the many papers and books authored
by an early Malabar chronicler, KV Krishna Ayyar. Some years ago, I had written
about t…
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The Sad Story of the Conceição – Published by the
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on Deigo Garcia and chanced upon a site related to the Chagos Archipelago,
wher…
Travails of the Kochiyan… It is difficult to quantify the waves of migrations between
Kerala and Ceylon – Sri Lanka over time, and the lines are quite blurred, but
then again, there was a time when the relations between Malayalees and the Sinhalese
in Ceylon, became intensely turbulent. Though there…
