According to mythology, Parashurama threw his ransom into the sea, due to which a land of that size came out of the sea and Kerala came into existence. Evidence of human settlement has been found here from the 10th century BC. There is no consensus among scholars regarding the etymology of the word Kerala. Cherlam is said to have formed from the sum of the words "Cher - place", "mud" and "alam-pradesh", which later became Kerala. Another meaning of the word Kerala is: - Terrain that originated from the sea. The confluence of the sea and the mountain is also called Kerala. Ancient foreign travelers have also referred to the site as 'Malabar'. For a long time this territory was under the Chera kings and due to this also the name Cheralam (the kingdom of Chera) and then Keralam would have been named.
The culture of Kerala is thousands of years old. The first period of its history was 1000 AD. The former is believed to date from 300 AD. Most of the Mahaprastar age-old souvenirs were derived from mountainous regions. Therefore, it is proved that in Kerala, humans lived since ancient times. The second phase of development of housing centers in Kerala is considered to be the Sangam period. This is the period of creation of ancient Tamil literature. The confluence period was from 300 AD to 800 AD. Historians considered ancient Kerala as part of the Tamil territory. In terms of convenience, the history of Kerala can be divided into three parts - ancient, medieval and modern. Kerala is called 'Own Country of God' in advertisements, this is not an exaggeration. The reasons why Kerala has become the center of tourist attraction around the world are: temperate weather, rich rainfall, beautiful nature, abundance of water, dense forests, long beaches and more than forty rivers. Geographically Kerala is situated between north latitude 8 ° 17 ′ 30 ″ and 12 ° 47 ′ 40 ″ and east longitude 74 ° 7 ′ 47 ″ and 77 ° 37 ′ 12 ″.
Kerala is divided into several regions based on geographical nature. The most widely divided regions are mountain region, central region, sea area etc. In order to have more clarity, the division has been done in this way - Eastern Highland, Tarai - Foot Hill Zone, Hilly Uplands, Palakkad Pass, Thrissur-Kanjagad Plain, Ernakulam - Thiruvananthapuram Rolling Plain and Western Coastal Plain. The geographical nature here includes both mountains and plains.
The 41 rivers that make Kerala water-rich merge into the sea or lakes situated in the western direction. Apart from these, there are three rivers, many lakes and canals flowing towards the eastern direction. The language of Kerala is Malayalam which is one of the languages of the Dravidian family. Several theories have been presented about the origin of Malayalam language. One view is that Malayalam developed as an independent language from any Adi Dravidian language due to geographical reasons. The second view to the contrary is that Malayalam is a language derived from Tamil. These two are strong opinions. All scholars believe that Malayalam originated due to linguistic change. Malayalam has a deep connection with both Tamil and Sanskrit languages. The literature of Malayalam is centuries old in oral form. But it developed as a literary language from the 13th century. 'Ramcharitam' written in this period is considered to be the beginning poetry of Malayalam.
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