Assembly Approves Resolution to Rename State as ‘Keralam’
- Aimed at embracing its cultural and linguistic heritage, the Kerala Legislative Assembly has passed a resolution requesting the Central government to change the name of the state from ‘Kerala’ to ‘Keralam’.
- In Malayalam, the state was denoted as ‘Keralam’, but in alternative languages, it is called as ‘Kerala’.
- The term ‘Keralam’ traces its roots to the fusion of two Malayalam words – “Kera,” symbolizing coconut, and “Alam” denoting land.
- Thus, ‘Keralam’ intricately encases the essence of the “Land of Coconut Trees” paying homage to the state’s prolific coconut cultivation, a pivotal contributor amounting to about 45% of India’s overall ....
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