In an era when narratives of the past are too often appropriated for divisive ends, the distinction between history and ...

Inside the Cheraman Juma Masjid, the first mosque in India and probably one of the oldest shrines in the world, burns an oil lamp which is believed to be more than a 1,000 years old. KOCHI: Inside ...

It used to be maintained by the Cheraman Perumal dynasty of nearby Mahodayapuram, said Benny Kuriakose, an architect and the brain behind the Muziris project. “But the last among the Cheraman Perumal ...

Cheraman Perumal Rama Varma Kulashekhara was the king of Kerala at that time also saw the miracle in a dream. The king who was stunned by what he had dreamt and sought answers from the court’s ...

If everything goes well, megastar Mammootty will be next seen in the role of Cheraman Perumal, the legendary ruler from South India. The actor himself posted on his official page in a social ...

The mosque is believed to have been established in 629 AD by Malik Bin Dinar, a disciple of Prophet Mohammed and a contemporary of Cheraman Perumal. The belief goes that Perumal visited Mecca ...

Cheraman Perumal. The story goes that this king of all Kerala saw from his palace (or in another version, in a dream) the moon splitting into two. Later, when Arab traders arrived at his court and ...

According to the lore associated with the mosque, Cheraman Perumal, a Chera king, on seeing the moon split into two (lunar eclipse), wanted to glean its meaning and possible ramifications.

As one goes: It was built under the patronage of the last Chera king, Cheraman Perumal, who is also believed to have abdicated his throne and embraced Islam upon meeting the Prophet at Mecca.