Kuyyali Puzha

The waters off Kuyyali Puzha face the northern Malabar coast, where the Kavvayi backwaters spread near Payyanur. Islands lie within the sheltered waterways, the largest being Valiyaparamba. To the north the coast continues into Konkan, with river valleys leading inland towards the Western Ghats. Arab merchants visited ports along this western shore from at least the tenth century, linking the coastal country to the Arabian Sea.