Andrott Coast

Andrott is a low coral island in the Arabian Sea, among the Lakshadweep islands west of the Indian coast. Known on some old maps as Divanduru, it was historically part of the Arakkal kingdom and is remembered as the first island of the group to embrace Islam. Tradition associates the preacher Ubaidullah with the spread of the faith here; his tomb is at the island's Jumah mosque. Buddhist remains also testify to older religious life.