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Malayil Family having its base at Alappuzha is a
Roman Syrian Catholic Business Class Family with a tradition in
spices trading over three centuries. The origin of Malayil Family
is from Kuravilangadu, a place of heritage, a centre of Syrian
Catholics (Nasranikal) in the erstwhile Vadakumkoor Kingdom. The
forefathers at Kuravilangadu were large agriculturists and traders
in hill produces and marketed at Vaikom market, the chief trading
centre of Vadakumkoor. 1700s AD, one of our forefathers named
Varkey from Kuravilangadu arrived at to have spices trading by
collecting the hill produces such as pepper, dried ginger and
turmeric... |
