On tharavad history - land
Kottapuram - name comes from cheraman perumaal-inte kotta.
his capital was thiruvanchikulam
there is a temple, with idol of cheraman
history is that he went to mecca after accepting islam
he built the first muslim palli in india (or kerala?)
the palli had a kidavilakku (nilavilakku)
Exists today as Cheraman Juma Masjid
old name of the area was Musri. It was a sea port. Biggest export of kurumulaku used to happen from here. Musri is another name for black pepper
Musri stopped being a port after sea withdrew from here to Azhikode
Kottapuram is in this area
Achan's achan's (achachan: sankaran) achan was Makotha. The area had predominantly Araya community (Dheevara, Vaalan, etc.) mostly river fishermen. Some Christians. Some Muslims. Ezhavas were less.
The tharavad was in Anapuzha desham, (thekku bhaagam) called Bunglaavin parambu. Chathuppu nilam nikathi edutha parambu. 8.5 acres
The tharavad house was earlier in pokkam. pokkam - the land we have now as partition is called pokkam. there was a flood in 1999. water rose till the roof of the then house. people survived in two boats tied together. house was made with cheli katta and chenkal. the construction was affected by the flood (ilakkam vannu). after the flood, the house was broken down. and house moved to the current tharavaad. the basement was not broken down, hence the land is called pokkam.
On tharavad history - people
Makotha had 5 kids - Kanappan, Raman, Govindan, Sankaran (youngest), Narayani. (? age of Narayani may not be in sequence)
Labourers were less in the time. Farming using labourers was not profitable. People would give away land if they could not farm by oneself.
Kannappan and Raman sold their property and moved to some other land they got towards east. Thekku bhaagam was sold.
Narayani - was fair and beautiful. Married Gopalan ammavan. He was a farmer - had punja krishi, and kondal krishi. kondal krishi is cucumber, snake gourd etc. grown between the punja krishi. he used to bring baskets of kondal krishi harvest for achachan and his brother.
Achachan used to visit pengal (Narayani). He used to come back home and tell the visheshams of the visit. kids used to sit around to listen. Achachan used to say "pengalu oru pothicha thengayolam ellu idichathu kondu vannu vechu - njaan oru punna kuruvolam eduthu thinnu".
Ellu idichathu - ellu was probably a harvest. ellu idichathu was ellu, thenga and chakkara idichathu.
chakkara is thengin chakkara. thengin chakkara comes from thengu - there are two types of chethu - thengu is given for chethu for these two types - one is for kallu, other is for chakkara kallu. after chethu if cheli is pasted we get kallu. if chunnambu is pasted we get chakkara kallu. This chakkara kallu is evaporated to get chakkara (sometimes fried rice is put during this process (may be for flavour)). sugar was not common. chakkara was used to sweeten stuff. Pathimukham ittu vellam thilappichu (becomes red in color), aattinpaalum cherthu pillerkku kudikkaan kodukkum. (PS; for chakkara kallu chethu, kooli was peculiar - one days chethu used to go to the chethukaaran, the next days used to be for the owner.)
Narayani - had 4 kids: kochu raman, kochu kumaran, narayanan, devaki. kumaran married velyachan Raman's daughter lakshmi kutty (maadavana). Narayani wanted to marry Devaki to Sivaraman velyachan. But Sivaraman velyachan, after getting engineering certificate, wanted to marry someone with a job. Thus, narayani's wish couldn't come true - she got Devaki married to a person with same name (sivaraman). This person passed away early.
Achachan (sankaran) and Govindan velyachan married daughters of kelengezhuthu ayappan on the same day! Karthyayini and Ambujakshi
Govindan velyachan had 8 daughters.
velyachan's (govindan) house was closeby. it is where gopalakrishnan kochachan stays now. sumathi chechi and sarojini chechi were daughters of velyachan. govindan velyachan's daughters: kalyani,meenakshi,nalini,sumathi,yamuna,shantha,narmada,sarojam. as velyachan had no sons, achan was treated as their son. they used to take achan along for marriages and all. now and then, they used to give food for achan, achan used to be called over for any visheshams.
if velyachan wanted to go somewhere, achan used to take him. even after getting his job, velyachan used to go to azhikode hospital with achan. he had asthma.
sarojam and all used to be carried in arms by achan in childhood. achan recounts: annathe bandhangalkku kooduthal izha aduppam undaayirunnu. innathekaalum. like izhaaduppam of karalkada vs other stores.
there was no house where sumathi chechi's house is now (this house was made by govindan chettan, sumathi chechi's husband - sumathi chechi got it on partition. the land from west to east, like ours, was velyachan's).
Kottapuram - name comes from cheraman perumaal-inte kotta.
his capital was thiruvanchikulam
there is a temple, with idol of cheraman
history is that he went to mecca after accepting islam
he built the first muslim palli in india (or kerala?)
the palli had a kidavilakku (nilavilakku)
Exists today as Cheraman Juma Masjid
old name of the area was Musri. It was a sea port. Biggest export of kurumulaku used to happen from here. Musri is another name for black pepper
Musri stopped being a port after sea withdrew from here to Azhikode
Kottapuram is in this area
Achan's achan's (achachan: sankaran) achan was Makotha. The area had predominantly Araya community (Dheevara, Vaalan, etc.) mostly river fishermen. Some Christians. Some Muslims. Ezhavas were less.
The tharavad was in Anapuzha desham, (thekku bhaagam) called Bunglaavin parambu. Chathuppu nilam nikathi edutha parambu. 8.5 acres
The tharavad house was earlier in pokkam. pokkam - the land we have now as partition is called pokkam. there was a flood in 1999. water rose till the roof of the then house. people survived in two boats tied together. house was made with cheli katta and chenkal. the construction was affected by the flood (ilakkam vannu). after the flood, the house was broken down. and house moved to the current tharavaad. the basement was not broken down, hence the land is called pokkam.
On tharavad history - people
Makotha had 5 kids - Kanappan, Raman, Govindan, Sankaran (youngest), Narayani. (? age of Narayani may not be in sequence)
Labourers were less in the time. Farming using labourers was not profitable. People would give away land if they could not farm by oneself.
Kannappan and Raman sold their property and moved to some other land they got towards east. Thekku bhaagam was sold.
Narayani - was fair and beautiful. Married Gopalan ammavan. He was a farmer - had punja krishi, and kondal krishi. kondal krishi is cucumber, snake gourd etc. grown between the punja krishi. he used to bring baskets of kondal krishi harvest for achachan and his brother.
Achachan used to visit pengal (Narayani). He used to come back home and tell the visheshams of the visit. kids used to sit around to listen. Achachan used to say "pengalu oru pothicha thengayolam ellu idichathu kondu vannu vechu - njaan oru punna kuruvolam eduthu thinnu".
Ellu idichathu - ellu was probably a harvest. ellu idichathu was ellu, thenga and chakkara idichathu.
chakkara is thengin chakkara. thengin chakkara comes from thengu - there are two types of chethu - thengu is given for chethu for these two types - one is for kallu, other is for chakkara kallu. after chethu if cheli is pasted we get kallu. if chunnambu is pasted we get chakkara kallu. This chakkara kallu is evaporated to get chakkara (sometimes fried rice is put during this process (may be for flavour)). sugar was not common. chakkara was used to sweeten stuff. Pathimukham ittu vellam thilappichu (becomes red in color), aattinpaalum cherthu pillerkku kudikkaan kodukkum. (PS; for chakkara kallu chethu, kooli was peculiar - one days chethu used to go to the chethukaaran, the next days used to be for the owner.)
Narayani - had 4 kids: kochu raman, kochu kumaran, narayanan, devaki. kumaran married velyachan Raman's daughter lakshmi kutty (maadavana). Narayani wanted to marry Devaki to Sivaraman velyachan. But Sivaraman velyachan, after getting engineering certificate, wanted to marry someone with a job. Thus, narayani's wish couldn't come true - she got Devaki married to a person with same name (sivaraman). This person passed away early.
Achachan (sankaran) and Govindan velyachan married daughters of kelengezhuthu ayappan on the same day! Karthyayini and Ambujakshi
Govindan velyachan had 8 daughters.
velyachan's (govindan) house was closeby. it is where gopalakrishnan kochachan stays now. sumathi chechi and sarojini chechi were daughters of velyachan. govindan velyachan's daughters: kalyani,meenakshi,nalini,sumathi,yamuna,shantha,narmada,sarojam. as velyachan had no sons, achan was treated as their son. they used to take achan along for marriages and all. now and then, they used to give food for achan, achan used to be called over for any visheshams.
if velyachan wanted to go somewhere, achan used to take him. even after getting his job, velyachan used to go to azhikode hospital with achan. he had asthma.
sarojam and all used to be carried in arms by achan in childhood. achan recounts: annathe bandhangalkku kooduthal izha aduppam undaayirunnu. innathekaalum. like izhaaduppam of karalkada vs other stores.
there was no house where sumathi chechi's house is now (this house was made by govindan chettan, sumathi chechi's husband - sumathi chechi got it on partition. the land from west to east, like ours, was velyachan's).
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