Where do you find the splashy meadows that speak eloquently of the noble Indian civilization? Kerala is the most luxuriant state to National Geographic and one of the world’s 50 ‘must see destinations’. This is a land of perfect tranquility, a hub of rich resources and a granary of India's plantations.
There is an anecdote that the land that was made by the God having a green thumb is Kerala and it is chanted by any who ever gets chance of seeing the green lush valleys of this mighty land.
Or else how can anyone express himself seeing this abode of the confluence of Arya and Dravidian civilization!
The political formation of the State was formed in 1956 from the former princely states of Travancore, Kochi, and Malabar.
The word ‘Keralam’ is found in the Ashoka inscriptions of the third century B.C. formed from Chera (the Kera/Chera people) and alam (land) meaning "the land of Cheras." The second rock-edict of Ashoka refers to "Keralaputra" along with the Cholas, Pandyas, and Satyaputra as the border kingdoms of the Maurya Empire.
The significance of Kerala was heightened with the emergence of and the glorious deeds of Adi Shankaracharya and his exposition of Brahmanical Hinduism. The land gradually also happened to be the abode of Christianity and Islam, a perfect embodiment of ‘Vasudhaiba Kutumbakam’.
With the advent of the British Raj & liberal education the social gamut changed a bit and the growing emphasis on social reforms & developing social consciousness has incessantly rendered the State into one of the most progressed and educated states in India.
Thus with contradictory thoughts and notions Kerala is a unique experiment to the history hitherto.
