Kerala

Kerala

Kerala is a name used for more than one person and place in the Purāṇas and Itihāsas. Each is listed below with where it is told; choose the one you are looking for.

People

• Kerala (Son of Āhlīda): one of the four sons of Āhlīda, with Pāṇḍya, Kāla and the Coḷa king, in the line of Turvasu. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapter 13

Places

• Kerala: a country of Bhārata-varsha; its people, the Keraḷas, were among those whose dharma King Sagara rejected at the word of Vasishṭha. Brahma Purāṇa, Chapters 8, 27