Kottakkal
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History
Mediæval swords
R. Madhavan Nair, May 15, 2022: The Hindu
Two swords, medieval European in style and finish, were found in a well in Mannazhi Desam, near Kottakkal, in Malappuram district, S. Rajendu, a researcher in history who has reported the discovery of the sword, told The Hindu.
“The swords look like an iron blade without a central fuller… arched hilt with arms bent toward the grip…with one cup-shaped lobbed iron pommel. The place where the swords were found was once part of Valluvanad,” he said.
There are local people who believe the swords were weapons used in ‘Mamankam,’ a ritualistic festival that was being celebrated in Tirunavaya since reign of Chera dynasty. The Zamorin of Calicut invaded Valluavanad in 14th century A.D. He seized the Kottakkal fort, Thiruvenkitta Kotta, from Karuvayoor Moosad, the Minister of Valluvakkonathiri.
The Zamorin captured the chieftainship of Mamamkam during this period. Karuvayoor Moosad changed his seat from Kottakkal to Puzhakkattiri, near Perinthalmanna, soon after this incident.
The four Panicker chieftains of Valluvanad – Chenthrathil, Puthumana, Vayankara and Verkkott – retreated from Thirunavaya refusing to present at ‘Imakkoti,’ a ritualistic sign that acknowledges the dominance of the Zamorin.
