curensa.blogg.se - Malayalam calendar 2019 september

Chaera kingdom had two harvests, one was in the Makara and the other was in Kanni. Makaram month (middle of January) was the starting of the Kollam Aandu (year). Scholars from west and east were present in the convention, and the Thamizh Kanakku (Calendar) was formed.

The origin of Kollam Era has been dated to 825 CE, at the end of the three year long great convention in Kollam held at the behest of the Vaenaadu King Kulasekharan.

There are many theories regarding the origin of the era, but according to recent scholarship, it commemorated the foundation of Kollam after the liberation of the south Chaera kingdom (known as Venadu) from the Chozha dynasty rule by or with the assistance of the Chera emperor at Kodungallur. The origin of the calendar has been dated to 825 CE. Malayalam Calendar or Kollam Era is a solar and sidereal calendar used in Kerala. Mampalli copper plate (10th century AD) - earliest record to mention the Kollam Era.