Interior of old heritage hotel in Kerala

From the archive record

The name Kerala is pronounced Keralam in the local language, Malayalam. Two thousand years ago, one of three states in the region was called ''Cheralam'' in Classical Tamil. The leading native Malayali linguist and historian of the language, K. M. George, concurred with previously published beliefs that 'Chera' and 'Kera' are variants of the same word. A 3rd-century BCE rock inscription by north Indian emperor Asoka the Great references Kerala as Keralaputra. The Graeco-Roman trade map Periplus Maris Erythraei references Kerala's Chera territory as Cerobothra. Source - Wikipedia This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of