Kollam (Quilon) is a shaded town stands on the side of the Ashtamudi lake. It is known as the land of Cashew nuts and a typical small Kerala market town. It is also the southern gate way to the backwaters of Kerala. The Malayalam era is calculated from the founding of Kollam in the 9th century. The towns later history is interwoven with the Portuguese, Dutch and English rivalry for control of the Indian ocean trade routes and the commodities grown in this part of the subcontinent.

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