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Hindu Calendar-Eras 4

  Eras in India Kollam Era or Era of Parshuram Kollam Era (also known as  Malayalam Era ,  Kollavarsham  or  Malayalam Calendar  or  Malabar Era  or  Nasrani Era ) is a solar and sidereal calendar used in Kerala, India. The origin of the calendar has been dated as 825 CE (Pothu Varsham) at Kollam (Quilon). It replaced the traditional Hindu calendar used widely elsewhere in India and is now prominently used in Kerala. All temple events, festivals and agricultural events in the state are still decided according to the dates in the Malayalam calendar.  See  Parshuram Era   for cycles of 1000 Years There are two versions of calendars.  The Malabar calendar is generally in the Northern part of Kerala - Kozhikode (or Calicut); and the Travancore or Kollam(or Quilon) calendar (Kollavarsham) is used in the Southern part of Kerala.  Incidentally, there are two versions of th...