MAPPILA BAY

Fishing harbour and the old Arakkal Kingdom in the far

'Mappila Bay' (also spelt 'Moppila Bay') is a natural harbour situated in Ayikkara Kannur town , Kerala state of South India. On one side of the bay is Fort St Angelo, built by the Portuguese in the 15th century and the other side is the Arakkal Palace.
The bay was famous during the Kolathiri's regime as a commercial harbour that linked Kolathunadu with Lakshadweep and foreign countries, in imports.

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Ayikkara

St. Angelo Fort - (Kannur Fort)

Arakkal Kingdom

Kannur

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