Padinjattedathu

Padinjattedathu was the principality of Kodungallur on Kerala's Periyar river. After the Chera kingdom broke up, the Kodungallur Kovilakam family ruled the port between the powers of Kozhikode and Cochin.

A flood in 1341 silted up the harbour and trade passed to Kochi. A Portuguese and Cochin fleet sacked the town in 1504; the Portuguese built Fort Cranganore in 1523. The Dutch seized it in 1663 and sold their establishments there to Travancore in 1789.