RAGHAVAN MASTER

K. Raghavan Master 
 (2 December 1913 – 19 October 2013)





 Along with G. Devarajan, Dakshinamoorthy and Baburaj, Raghavan Master was often credited for the renaissance of Malayalam film music.
 He was the pioneer in contributing Malyalam film songs with its own tunes ans tyles. Till then, Malyalam film songs were in the tunes of popular Hindi and Tamil film songs and old classical kritis.
 K. Raghavan Master gave a new direction and identity to Malayalam film music
. As he searched for the right tune for the lyrics, little did K. Raghavan realise that he was about to compose history. 

He had composed around 400 songs in Malayalam Cinema and was active in Malayalam film industry for nearly four decades

Kannur Arakkal Palace

ARAKKAL PALACE Kerala historically has been ruled by princely states and it was quite natural to have palaces associated with these rulers in different parts of Kerala. Be it north, central or south Kerala, palaces can still be seen as testimony to one ruler or the other. But these rulers had one thing in common. They were all followers of the Hindu religious faith, except for one ruling family - the Arakkal royal family from north Kerala; the only Muslim royal family of Kerala. And the palace by that name was the residence of the Arakkal Ali Rajas.      Travellers visiting the northern regions of Kerala should not miss a visit to this magnificent palace, which is located at Ayikkara close to the town of Kannur in Kannur district. Nearby the Arakkal palace is another famous landmark - the St.Angelo Fort; a laterite fort built by the Portuguese Viceroy, Don Francisco De Almeida in 1505. The Arakkal Palace currently managed by the Arakkal Family Trust is nearly 200 years old. It was later renovated and converted into a museum in 2005 at the initiative of the department of Archaeology and Kerala Tourism