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'''The 1341 Kerala Floods''' (also referred to as '''the 1341 Periyar River Floods''') refer to a possible extreme weather event — most likely a deluge — that occurred in the year 1341 CE in present-day [[Kerala]], on the [[Malabar Coast]] of southern India, along the [[Periyar River]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Paul |first=Jiji |date=10 December 2020 |title=How Periyar's Dance of Death Changed Kerala's Landscape |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/travel/travel-news/2018/07/22/periyar-floods-muziris-port.html |access-date= |website=OnManorama}}</ref> No direct historical accounts of this flood survive today. Present-day knowledge about the event is based primarily on references to a calendar known as the "Puthuvype Era" or "Era of the New Deposit", which begins in 1341 CE.<ref name=":24">{{Cite book |last=Veluthat |first=Kesavan |url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-early-medieval-in-south-india-9780198069140 |title=The Early Medieval in South India |date=2009 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Delhi |pages=244 and 248 |chapter=A Capital City as a Sacred Centre}}</ref> Understanding of the flood is further supported by findings from the [[Pattanam]] [[archaeological excavation]] in the [[Kodungallur]]-[[North Paravur]] region near [[Cochin]], as well as geological studies of [[Vypin|Vypin Island]] and the [[Fort Kochi]] area.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Anandan |first=S. |last2=Rajagopal |first2=Shyama |date=2018-09-29 |title=Kerala Floods Replay the Catastrophe that Hit the Ancient Sea Port Muziris in 1341 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/remembrance-of-floods-past/article25074532.ece |access-date= |work=The Hindu |language= |publication-place= |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
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It is widely believed that excessive [[siltation]], caused by runoff from the [[Western Ghats]] through the [[Periyar River]] during the floods, led to a change in the Periyar's course and the destruction of the early historic natural port of [[Muziris|Muziris (Muchiri)]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tom |first=Disney |date=27 August 2018 |title=After Centuries, Water almost Wiped off Muziris Remains |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/after-centuries-water-almost-wiped-off-muziris-remains/articleshow/65555814.cms |work=The Times of India}}</ref> The accretion following the deluge perhaps brought about significant changes to the coastline between [[Alappuzha]] and [[Kodungallur]], resulting in the formation of new land masses such as [[Vypin (State Assembly constituency)|Vypin Island]] and extensive soil deposits in the [[Panangad, Kochi|Panangad]]-[[Kumbalam, Ernakulam|Kumbalam]] region. Historians also believe the floods played a major role in the formation of [[Cochin Port]] and the estuary on the [[Vembanad]].<ref name=":1" /><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Kerala floods (disambiguation)]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Floods in India]]<br />
[[Category:Medieval Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Periyar (river)]]<br />
[[Category:Disasters in Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Floods in Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:1341]]<br />
[[Category:1340s in Asia]]<br />
[[Category:14th century in India]]<br />
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