It was with the fall of Tipu Sultan that Ponnani succumbed to the British during the last decade of the 18th century. Ponnani, known as the small Mecca of Kerala, has many ancient mosques. The Islamic influence here began in ancient times when Ponnani started to trade with the Arabs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It was with the fall of Tipu Sultan that Ponnani succumbed to the British during the last decade of the 18th century. Ponnani, known as the small Mecca of Kerala, has many ancient mosques. The Islamic influence here began in ancient times when Ponnani started to trade with the Arabs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[302],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-and-culture"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n