Puvar
| Puvar പൂവാർ Poovar |
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| State : | Kerala | ||
| District : | Thiruvananthapuram | ||
| Location : | 8 ° 19 ′ N , 77 ° 4 ′ E | ||
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Puvar ( Malayalam പൂവാർ ; English Poovar ) is a fishing village and tourist resort, which is located in the south of the administrative unit Neyyattinkara in the district of Thiruvananthapuram in the southwest Indian state of Kerala . One of the tourist attractions is the village beach with its extensive sandbanks in front of it.
geography
The village of Puvar is very close to the port of Vizhinjam to the southeast . The 56 km long Neyyar River flows into the Arabian Sea in a flood estuary near Puvar . Due to the natural surroundings, the place developed into a popular tourist destination.
history
Puvar was a trading center for lumber , sandalwood , ivory and spices . According to the Old Testament ( 1 Kings 9,26-28 EU and 1 Kings 10,10-11 EU ), in the second half of the 10th century BC King Solomon's ships docked in Ophir , an ancient Muslim settlement on the west Indian coast, which according to some sources was also called Puvar . The central mosque in Puvar was built by Mālik bin Dīnār , a Muslim preacher of the 8th century AD. During the Chola dynasty , Puvar was one of the most important ports. The Greek historian Megasthenes , the Roman scholar Pliny the Elder and the Venetian merchant Marco Polo reported in their writings of connections between Puvar and Greece and Rome .
In the 18th century, the merchant Pokku Moosa Maraikar lived in Puvar in a house called Kallaraickal Tharavad. The king of Travancore , Marthanda Varma (1705–1758), often found refuge there from his enemies. At this time trade relations with international markets were established. Shipping was expanded and a strong army was formed to support the kingdom's troops in the battles of Colachel and Kayamkulam against the Dutch East India Company during the Travancore-Dutch War .
etymology
The origin of the place name Puvar is historically related to the king of Travancore, Marthanda Varma. The place was originally called Pokkumusapuram . During civil unrest in Travancore, the king, fleeing from the Ettuveetil Pillamar , lords of the eight houses, reached the village. It was spring and the trees on either side of the Neyyar River were full of flowers. The petals fell into the river, making it look so much more attractive. When Marthanda Varma noticed this pleasant landscape composition, he exclaimed that it was pu-var . This word is a combination of the Malayalam words for blossom and flow .
traffic
Puvar cannot be reached directly other than by road. Rail, air and shipping traffic are only possible from neighboring locations:
- Train station: Neyyattinkara Railway Station approximately 12 km north
- Airport: Trivandrum International Airport approximately 27 km northwest
- Harbor: Vizhinjam Port about 11 km northwest
literature
- Jose Murickan: Religion and Power Structure in Rural India. A Study of Two Fishing Villages in Kerala. Poovar - Sakthikulangara . Rawat, Jaipur 1991, ISBN 81-7033-117-7 ( formally incorrect ) (172 pp.).
- Gopalan Shrinithyaa: Poovar Wonder . Amazon, 2018 (27 pages).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Neyyar River. India9, October 14, 2005, accessed January 1, 2019 .
- ^ G. Krishnan Nadar: Historiography and history of Kerala . Learners, Kottayam 2001, pp. 41 .
- ↑ a b Rekha Menon: Cultural profiles . New Delhi 1961, p. 1 .
- ↑ Jose Murickan: Religion and Power Structure in Rural India. A Study of Two Fishing Villages in Kerala. Poovar - Sakthikulangara . Rawat, Jaipur 1991, ISBN 81-7033-117-7 ( formally incorrect ) , p. 43 .