The Kerala Legislative Assembly has passed a resolution requesting the Central government to change the name of the state from ‘Kerala’ to ‘Keralam’.
In Malayalam, the state was denoted as ‘Keralam’, but in alternative languages, it is called as ‘Kerala’.
The term ‘Keralam’ traces its roots to the fusion of two Malayalam words – “Kera,” symbolizing coconut, and “Alam” denoting land.
Thus, ‘Keralam’ intricately encase the essence of the “Land of Coconut Trees”.
It is a pivotal contributor amounting to about 45% of India’s overall coconut harvest.
It is sought to be instituted through the provisions of Article 3 of the Constitution to change it in the first schedule.
This alteration would encompass the adoption of ‘Keralam’ as the state’s official name across all languages listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.