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This article is written in Indian English, which has its own spelling conventions (colour, travelled, centre, analysed, defence, realise) and some terms may be different or absent from other varieties of English. According to the relevant style guide, this should not be changed without broad consensus.

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This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on March 9, 2006.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
January 21, 2006	Peer review	Reviewed
January 27, 2006	Featured article candidate	Promoted
July 16, 2009	Featured article review	Demoted
January 30, 2013	Good article nominee	Not listed
May 14, 2015	Good article nominee	Not listed
February 6, 2016	Good article nominee	Listed
December 9, 2025	Good topic candidate	Not promoted
A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on February 25, 2016. The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the Indian state of Kerala* celebrates over 10,000 festivals annually?*
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Section sizes

Section size for Kerala (50 sections)
Section name	Byte count		Prose size (words)
Section name	Header	Total	Header	Total
(Top)	11,764	11,764	501	501
Name	11	6,633	0	353
Etymology	2,860	2,860	155	155
Renaming to Keralam	3,762	3,762	198	198
History	42	38,501	0	2,093
Legend	4,290	4,290	304	304
Pre-history	3,423	3,423	147	147
Ancient history	12,450	12,450	598	598
Medieval period	4,769	4,769	356	356
Colonial rule	10,276	10,276	535	535
State of India	3,251	3,251	153	153
Geography	16,898	30,718	594	1,231
Climate	5,627	5,627	265	265
Flora and fauna	8,193	8,193	372	372
Regions, districts and cities	9,734	9,734	378	378
Government and administration	9,351	19,938	623	983
Local government	5,775	5,775	210	210
Politics	4,812	4,812	150	150
Economy	18,552	31,447	763	1,303
Industries	2,912	2,912	126	126
Agriculture	6,166	6,166	241	241
Fisheries	3,817	3,817	173	173
Transportation	21	22,572	0	1,166
Roads	9,546	9,546	477	477
Railways	2,537	2,537	76	76
Airports	4,895	4,895	232	232
Water transport	5,573	5,573	381	381
Demographics	4,093	58,095	182	2,357
Gender	4,159	8,650	255	393
LGBT rights	4,491	4,491	138	138
Human Development Index	17,292	17,292	707	707
Healthcare	9,735	9,735	515	515
Language	1,944	1,944	72	72
Religion	16,381	16,381	488	488
Education	10,204	10,204	398	398
Culture	4,863	36,949	161	1,590
Festivals	7,109	7,109	285	285
Music and dance	5,130	5,130	281	281
Cinema	4,249	4,249	282	282
Literature	11,638	11,638	399	399
Cuisine	3,960	3,960	182	182
Media	5,540	5,540	268	268
Sports	11,361	11,361	559	559
Tourism	13,255	13,255	676	676
See also	355	355	0	0
References	30	30	0	0
Notes	24	318	0	0
Sources	294	294	0	0
Further reading	2,073	2,073	0	0
External links	814	814	0	0
Total	310,301	310,301	13,856	13,856

This article has previously been nominated to be moved. Please review prior discussions if you are considering renomination.

Discussions

Not moved, 12 August 2023, to Keralam, see discussion.
Not moved, 7 September 2024, to Kerala (Keralam), see discussion.
Not moved, 24 February 2026, to Keralam, see discussion.

Kerala special days

Latest comment: 1 month ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Kerala special days such as music day and all the other festivals

~2026-37278-72 (talk) 14:39, 28 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 9 July 2026

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The article's first paragraph incorrectly states that the neighbor state of Tamil Nadu is "to the south-west". To the south-west of Kerala is the ocean, not Tamil Nadu. Whoever wrote this reversed west and east. Please change "to the south-west" to "to the east".

Likewise, the same first paragraph incorrectly states that the Lakshadweep islands are in the "eastern vicinity". Same problem. Please change "eastern vicinity" to "western vicinity". Shubshubshubby (talk) 14:14, 9 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

Done Day Creature (talk) 17:29, 9 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 12 July 2026

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The name Kerala to be changed to Keralam Vivavinu (talk) 12:48, 12 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

Not done: See the responses to the multiple previous edit requests concerning this. Day Creature (talk) 16:07, 12 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 14 July 2026

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"Change the sentence in the demographics section where it is written as there is a significant Tamil population throughout Kerala mainly in Idukki and Palakkad districts to there is a significant Tamil population mainly in Idukki and Palakkad districts which accounts for 17.48% and 4.8% respectively". The mistake in the previous sentence was Tamil is not a significant spoken language throughout Kerala as their population is 1.4% of Kerala population which can be verified in the chart and datas. Fab Feb (talk) 06:05, 14 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

Done with minor changes. Day Creature (talk) 17:27, 14 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 7 August 2026

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Kerala is now officially Keralam Theintrospect29 (talk) 04:18, 7 August 2026 (UTC)Reply

Not done: as the many times it's been asked before. DMacks (talk) 04:21, 7 August 2026 (UTC)Reply

Requested move 11 August 2026

Latest comment: 5 hours ago3 comments2 people in discussion

It has been proposed in this section that Kerala be renamed and moved to KeralamKeralam.

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Kerala → Keralam – I am requesting to change the title of this page to Keralam because the Kerala (Alteration of Name) Act, 2026 is now enacted which has formally changed the official name of the state from Kerala to Keralam. The legal name of the state has changed into Keralam, so officially it became Keralam. Iamcarbonmatter (talk) 09:21, 11 August 2026 (UTC)Reply

It is passed https://www.deccanchronicle.com/southern-states/kerala/lok-sabha-passes-kerala-alteration-of-name-bill-2026-seeking-to-change-the-states-name-to-keralam-1978321 Iamcarbonmatter (talk) 09:35, 11 August 2026 (UTC)Reply

Oppose - We use the Common names in English for our articles, not the "Official names". We will only change the name when it can be shown to be the Common name in English, which will usually take some time. As an example: Bangalore was renamed Bengaluru on 1 November 2014, and after 16 move discussions we eventually renamed our page on 27 November 2024. - Arjayay (talk) 10:17, 11 August 2026 (UTC)Reply