Historical Aspects of the Legend of Cheraman Perumal of Kodungallur in Kerala

Abstract

A sliver of a state in India's deep south, Kerala is shaped by its landscape – almost this swathe of soul-quenching green will slow your stride to a blissed-out amble. Kerala is a world away from the frenzy of elsewhere, as if India had passed through the Looking Glass and become an altogether more laid-back place.Kerala which proclaims that the mosque was established 600km of glorious Arabian Sea coast and beaches, a languid network of backwaters and the spice and tea-covered hills of the Western Ghats. As relaxing land, just setting foot on when Prophet Muhammad was alive. It also means that this particular mosque was established before the first mosques in Iraq (639 CE), Syria (715 CE), Egypt (642 CE), and Tunisia (670 CE) thus making it oldest mosque after the first mosques in Saudi Arabia and China. The interesting question is why would a mosque be established so far away from the deserts where Islam was spreading? Who was behind it and more importantly, is the mosque as old as it claims? Keywords: Kerala,Cheraman Perumal , Prophet Muhammad