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VARTHAMANAPUSTHAKAM OR ROMAYAATRA

By: Contributor(s): Language: Malayalam Publication details: Bharanganam Indian Institute of Christian Studies 2012/01/01Edition: 1Description: 408ISBN:
  • 8186868186
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • M THO/VA
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Lending Lending Ernakulam Public Library General Stacks Non-fiction M THO/VA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available M163248

Varthamanappusthakam is a Malayalam travelogue written by Paremmakkal Thoma Kathanar which is regarded as the first travelogue in any Indian language. It was written in the 18th centurybbut then forgotten, being re-discovered in 1935 and first printed in Malayalam in 1936 by Luka Mathai Plathottam at Athirampuzha St Marys Press in the year 1936
It gives the history of a journey undertaken by the author along with Mar Joseph Kariattil from Malabar Coast (modern day Kerala) to Rome via Lisbon and back. The manuscript of the book is kept at the St Thomas Christian Museum in Kochi.

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