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THE HISTORIC TALI TEMPLE |
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The Kolattiris
of Chirakkal were the allies of Porlatiri and the enemies of the Zamorin. The story goes
that the Tali Nambudiris helped a Kolattiri prince to smuggle himself into the Zamorin's
palace in the guise of a Brahmin. A Thampuratti fell in love with him. And when the
romance could no longer be concealed, the lovers fled, with the connivance of the
Nambudiris.
The Zamorin naturally flow into a rage and seized the Tali temple by force inspite of the
resistance of the Nambudiris who in those days were also doughty warriors. The
Zamorin’s men killed many and their bodies were dragged and thrown on the mound now
called Surgam (Durgam) nearby. |
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