Cheraman Perumal and Islam on the Malabar Coast

2020 ◽  
pp. 256-262
Author(s):  
Luke Yarbrough
Keyword(s):  
Malabar Coast

scholarly journals Branchial cymothoids infesting the marine food fishes of Malabar coast

2015 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 1270-1277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aneesh Panakkool-Thamban ◽  
Helna Ameri Kottarathil ◽  
Sudha Kappalli
Keyword(s):  
Malabar Coast ◽  
Marine Food

scholarly journals The Architectural Tradition of Ponnani, Kerala: A Historic Malabar Port Town

2021 ◽  
pp. 385-396
Author(s):  
Swathy V Subramanian
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Knowledge ◽  
Arabian Sea ◽  
Knowledge Systems ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Historic Buildings ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Adaptive Use ◽  
Malabar Coast ◽  
Architectural Tradition ◽  
The Relationship

Ponnani, a historic port town located at the mouth of the Bharathappuzha River on the Arabian Sea, was a prominent trading center on the Malabar coast of Kerala, India, in the 15th and 16th centuries. It is one of Malabar’s few surviving historic towns, with its heritage sites intact along with its building types, historic streets and alleys, local culture, and traditions. But some of its historic buildings are on the verge of dereliction and need immediate attention. This study attempts to convey an understanding of Ponnani, with an analysis based on field visits and existing literature. The relationship between the region’s architecture and landscape and current threats to its heritage is explored. Its vanishing traditional knowledge systems and vernacular architectural types are also discussed, in what may serve as a reference for adaptive use by future generations.

Conidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) of Lakshadweep, India 

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4441 (3) ◽  
pp. 467
Author(s):  
RAVEENDHIRAN RAVINESH ◽  
APPUKUTTANNAIR BIJU KUMAR ◽  
ALAN J. KOHN
Keyword(s):  
Arabian Sea ◽  
Malabar Coast ◽  
Cone Snails

Lakshadweep, the northernmost region of the Chagos-Maldives-Lakshadweep group of islands located southwest of the Malabar coast of India in the Arabian Sea, is the only chain of coral atolls in India. This paper documents the diversity of the molluscan family Conidae from the seas around all ten inhabited islands of Lakshadweep. Of the 78 species of cone snails now reported from Lakshadweep, 49 were recorded in this study. Three of these had not previously been reported from India, and four are newly reported from Lakshadweep. The results increase the number of Conidae species known from Lakshadweep by 10%. 

African Spectral Pasts and Their Presences on the Malabar Coast

Matatu ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-69
Author(s):  
Neelima Jeychandran
Keyword(s):  
Local People ◽  
Coastal Regions ◽  
Coastal Landscape ◽  
Malabar Coast ◽  
Worship Practices ◽  
African Migration

Abstract In the coastal regions of Kochi in Kerala, memories of forced African migration to India are preserved through shrines dedicated to African or Kappiri spirits, belief in their mischievous acts, and their intercessory powers. Shrines for African spirits are eclectic and modest, and they operate as indexical reminders of the troubled African pasts during the colonial occupation of Kerala. For most local people, Kappiri is a spectral deity, figureless and seemingly abstract, and a pervasive spirit who inhabits the coastal landscape. By studying vernacular histories, tales of spirit sightings, and worship practices surrounding the spectral figure of Kappiri, I have analysed how African spirits manifest their phantom presences and channel their spectral powers to those who seek to believe in their histories, which otherwise are obliterated from institutional discourses. Focussing on different material and intangible manifestations of African spirits, I discuss how different recollective practices—ritualistic, creative, and secular—offer alternative discursive exegesis on Afro-Indian connections.

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