The fabled ports of the Malabar coast played host to multitudes of Romans, Phoenicians, Jews, Chinese and Arabs. Embraced by the mystique of Malabar, travellers left its coast with a yearning to come back.
The splendours of the land and the hospitality of its people held sway to all visitors alike. When Vasco da Gama succeeded in finding a new sea route to India and landed at Calicut, it was a turning point in history, leading to the influx of the Portuguese, Dutch, French and English mariners. The advent of steam ships and new political polarizations gradually nullified the pre-eminence of Malabar and its glorious port, Calicut. Basking in the glory of the past and steeped in history and tradition, the land is still there waiting to be rediscovered.
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