Kollavarsham
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Kollavarsham is the name of the Malayalam solar calendar. The word "kollavarsham" is derived from the words "kollam" and "varsham".
It was in 825 AD that the Malayalam Era, called "Kollavarsham" was started. One legend tells us that this new calendar was started to honour the great Sree Sankaraachaarya Swaamikal, and refers to the popular Kali Dina Samkhya "Aachaarya Vaagabhedyaa", which translates to the number 1434160 according to "Paralper" or "Katapayaadi" [Click here]. The number of years corresponding to these number of days elapsed since the beginning of the present Kaliyugam, would be 3927, from which when one subtracts 3102, the beginning of the Christian Era, one gets 825 AD. It is believed that this represents the year of demise (Samaadhi) of this venerable person, and the beginning of the new Era. There is yet another version that the Era started from the year the Aachaaryar implemented the 64 Anaachaarams [Click here] in Kerala.
The 12 months are:
