History Congress sees papers on Thiruvananthapuram’s multifaceted history

The ongoing 10^th Kerala History Congress witnessed the presumption of papers that threw airy connected the multifaceted past of Thiruvananthapuram.

The opening insubstantial said section sources including oral traditions and written records were indispensable for municipality humanities studies. Another survey highlighted however the city’s humanities canals and ponds erstwhile formed the backbone of the city’s water-supply system.

The papers besides noted that colonial-era clubs reflected the powerfulness dynamics betwixt British officials and section elites, portion architectural landmarks specified arsenic Kizhakkekotta and Kowdiar Palace basal arsenic examples of Travancore’s royal architecture. One presumption examined however women’s nationalist speeches played a important relation successful socio-political engagements successful the aboriginal twentieth century, with the insubstantial “Through the Eyes of the Audience” drafting peculiar attention, according to a property release.

According to 1 paper, the past ‘pettas’ (market quarters) of Thiruvananthapuram functioned arsenic large commercialized hubs, and the city’s enlargement was importantly shaped by the improvement of its main thoroughfare. Studies connected coastal sportfishing communities pointed retired the profound transformations brought astir by the Vizhinjam larboard development, portion the Varkala cliff and the Sivagiri Mutt were assessed for their publication to the region’s spiritual landscape.

The treatment was chaired by Vellanad Ramachandran.