Mal: ഏഴിക്കര ēḻikkara
‘Riverside’ Village, Kerala
From Mal: aḻi, ‘river (mouth)’, ‘harbour’; and kara, ‘shore’, ‘bank’.
Ezhikkara is a small village surounded by coconut trees, rivers and lagoons with an economy based on rice, fishing and prawn farms.
Its riverine location might also suggests a ‘Seven Bank’ village’ [Mal: ēḻi, ‘seven; and kara, ‘shore’, ‘bank’].
Ezhikkara Village TrekEarth