Mamankam festivalMāmānkam or Māmāngam was a duodecennial medieval fair held on the bank, and on the dry river-bed, of Pērār (River Nil̥a, River Ponnani, or Bhārathappuzha) at Tirunāvāya, southern India. The temple associated with the festival was Nava Mukunda Temple in Tirunavaya. It seems to have begun as a temple festival, analogous to the Kumbha Melas at Ujjaini, Prayaga, Haridwar and Kumbakonam. Tirunāvāya, is known for its ancient Hindu temples.
Côte de MalabarLa côte de Malabar est une portion du littoral de l'Inde. Elle est située dans le sud-ouest de la péninsule indienne, entre le territoire de Goa au nord et le cap Comorin au sud, et forme essentiellement le rivage des États du Kerala et du Karnataka. La côte est baignée par la mer des Laquedives. L'intérieur des terres est formé d'une plaine côtière allongée entre la mer et les Ghâts occidentaux. Dans le Sud du Kerala, un ensemble de lagunes, les Backwaters, s'étendent en arrière de la côte de Malabar.
XVIe siècleLe (ou ) commence le (du calendrier julien) et finit le (du calendrier grégorien). Il s'étend entre les jours juliens et . Historiquement, on considère souvent qu'il commence le avec la découverte de l'Amérique par Christophe Colomb. Pour la France, on considère qu'il commence Créer un compteavec l'avènement du roi François en 1515 et qu'il se termine avec l'assassinat du roi Henri IV en 1610. Certains historiens comme Bernard Quilliet, reprenant Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, nomment la période s'étendant de 1490 à 1560 « le beau ».
MarakkarThe Marakkars are a South Asian Muslim community found in parts of the Indian states of Kerala (The Malabar Coast), Tamil Nadu (the Palk Strait and Coromandel Coast), and Sri Lanka. The Marakkars speak Malayalam in Kerala and Tamil in Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka. The community trace their ancestry to marriages between early Arab Muslim traders of the high seas and indigenous Paravar coastal women on the Gulf of Mannar coast and with Mukkuvar coastal women on the Travancore coast.
TirunelveliTirunelveli (en திருநெல்வேலி, en तिरुनेल्वेली) ou Nellai (நெல்லை), autrefois Tinnevelly, est une grande ville du sud de l'Inde situé dans le district de Tirunelveli de l'État du Tamil Nadu. Sise sur les rives de la Tamraparni, la ville est historiquement divisée entre une ville-centre (Tirunelveli proprement-dite) articulée autour du temple de Nellaiappar, sur la rive gauche du fleuve, et une ville-jumelle autrefois fortifiée et militarisée appelée Palayamkottai, sur la rive droite.
PonnaniPonnani (ponːaːni) is a municipality in Ponnani Taluk, Malappuram District, in the state of Kerala, India. It serves as the administrative center of the Taluk and Block Panchayat of the same name. It is situated at the estuary of Bharatappuzha (River Ponnani), on its southern bank, and is bounded by the Arabian Sea on the west and a series of brackish lagoons in the south. It is the seventh-most populated municipality in the state, the second-most populated municipality in the district, and the most densely populated municipality in Malappuram district, having about 3,646 residents per square kilometre as of the year 2011.
KadathanaduKadathanadu (Vatakara) was a former feudatory (of Kolathunad) city-state in present-day Kerala, on the Malabar Coast. The region is most known for being the area where the events of the Vadakkan Pattukal, a set of warrior ballads from Kerala, took place, and for being one of the heartlands of Kerala's native martial art, Kalarippayattu. Geographically, Kadathanadu is situated to the south of Thalassery and north of Koyilandy on the Malabar coast, beside the historical Kottakkal river.
NileshwaramNileshwaram or Nileshwar or Neeleswaram is a municipality and a major town in Kasaragod District, state of Kerala, India. It is one of the three municipalities in Kasaragod district; the others are Kasaragod and Kanhangad. Nileshwaram is located on the estuary of Kavvayi Backwaters and Neeleshwaram River (also known as Thejaswini River). Nileshwaram is referred to as the cultural capital of Kasaragod, the northernmost district of Kerala. "The first Chief Minister of Kerala and communist leader E. M. S.
KoyilandyKoyilandy (kojilɐːɳɖi; formerly known in English as Quilandy, Malayalam as Pandalayani Kollam, Arabic as Fundriya, and Portuguese as Pandarani) is a municipality and a taluk in Kozhikode district, Kerala on the Malabar Coast. The historical town is located right in the middle of the coast of Kozhikode district, between Kozhikode (Calicut) and Kannur, on National Highway 66. The freedom fighter K. Kelappan, popularly known as Kerala Gandhi, was born in a nearby village, Muchukunnu.
ParavarParavar (also known as Bharathar or Bharathakula and sometimes colloquially as 'Fernando') is a Tamil and Malayali maritime community, mainly living in the state of Tamil Nadu ,Kerala, and in Sri Lanka.Early Pandyas were believed to be Parathavars, due to several similarities of profile. Historically, they were inhabitants of the Neithal (coastal) lands of Tamil Nadu, and find mention in various ancient Tamil literary works. In modern India, Paravars are concentrated along the coastal belt extending along the Gulf of Mannar, from Kilakarai to Kanyakumari (Cape Comorin).