kollam info

Kollam District Information

Kollam was earlier known as Quilon. Kollam is the capital of cashew trading and processing industry of kerala. Plains, mountains, lakes, lagoons and Backwaters, forests, farm land and rivers constitutes the topography of the district. The area had mercantile relationship with Phoenicians and the Romans. About thirty percent of this district is covered by the Ashtamudi Lake. Thevalakara and Thekkumbagam panchyaths together had made the very ancient Korekini (sea pointed inland) Kollam port of Tarsish even in 1500 BC.