Ayurveda is the oldest surviving complete medical system or natural healing system of India for over 5,000 years

Kerala, The God’s Own country, is a narrow strip of land in the South West corner of Indian peninsula. The traditional name of Kerala is “Kairali” legend has it that this strip of land was created by the sage Parasuram. Parasuram, the 6 th incarnation of Lord Vishnu, the preserver of the Hindu Trinity, stood on a high place in the mountains, threw an axe far into the sea to retreat .And the land that emerged from the waters became Kerala, the land of plenty and prosperity. The luxuriant paradise overflows with natural splendour mountains and valleys, lush paddy fields and lazy paddy fields and sluggish lagoons, hauntingly beautiful beaches and backwater and rich harvests of coconuts.

There is much more to add glory to Kerala- hundred percent literate states, world-class health care systems, India’s lowest infant mortality and highest life expectancy rates is a unique pride. To add to it all, Kerala is surely one of the greenest and cleanest states of India. Spread over 38,863 sq.km of land .Kerala is neatly designed too. For administrative purpose, the state of Kerala is divided into fourteen districts. Most of these districts offer all the tourism products typical of the state. Kerala as a land remains distinct yet easily accessible. It is well connected by air, sea, rail, and road. It is one of the most progressive states in terms of social welfare and physical quality of life. Kerala has India’s largest concentration of science and technology personnel. History has helped the keralites develop a cosmopolitan outlook too and language is not a barrier.

Geologists have pointed out that the elevation of Kerala from the sea was the result of some seismic activity, either suddenly or gradually. Another thoughts prevailing in scientific society is the rivers of Kerala emptying into the Arabian seas bring down enormous quantities of silt from the hills. The ocean currents transport quantities of sand towards the shore. The coastal portions could well be due to the accumulation of this silt over thousands of years.

These land owning class of Brahmins were well on their way to great wealth and power. To consolidate their power, they developed Caste System (segregation between classes of people). Lands were leased out to next higher castes for share-cropping, and these in turn would further be leased out to those lower on the caste hierarchy and to non-Hindus. The lowest castes of course were only laborers and were traded along with the land. In such a rigid hierarchy, the all-powerful Namboothiries were the unquestioned rulers.

The Christians who had arrived from the Middle East in the 3rd century AD and the Muslims who arrived in the 8th century were generally traders and were not involved in this social segregation and generally kept aloof from the ambit of caste politics. The Jews who arrived Kerala in the early years of the Christian era were given privileges to trade and became an influential part of the melting pot of Kerala's population.

Gradually Kerala entered a phase of feudal chieftains or warlords (naduvazhis). The Namboothiries anointed some. At the turn of the 11th century AD there was a power struggle in the caste system supported by the Landlords and ruled by the warlords. This in turn gave rise to instability in the absence of strong central leadership. Wars and conflicts were common.

Ultimately three warlords emerged with some semblance of authority in their regions - the Zamorin of Calicut (Samuthiri of Kozhikode) to the North, Moopins of Perimpadappu (near modern day Kochi) in the central regions and chieftain of Kollam.This is precisely what the Europeans who found a sea-lane to the fabled land of spices and gold did. There was nothing anyone could do to stop the next five centuries of colonial rule.