In India, the spelling Xavier is almost always used, and the name is quite common among Christians, especially in the southern states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and more common in Goa.

In places like Kerala, where coconuts are in abundance, the half shell of coconut is used as the collection container for the latex but glazed pottery or aluminium or plastic cups are more common elsewhere.

Tapioca is regarded as a staple food of the common man in Kerala.

Forest gardens are still common in the tropics and known by various names such as: home gardens in Kerala in South India, Nepal, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Tanzania ; Kandyan forest gardens in Sri Lanka ; huertos familiares, the " family orchards " of Mexico ; and pekarangan, the gardens of " complete design ", in Java.

In Kerala in south India as well as in northeastern India, the home garden is the most common form of land use and is also found in Indonesia.

* T. m. simillimus is a common resident of the hills in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, south west India.

* T. m. bourdilloni, named for Thomas Fulton Bourdillon, Conservator of Forests in the then princely state of Travancore, is a common resident of the hills above 900 metres ( 3000 ft ) in southern Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

Many Indian dishes are cooked in vegetable oil ; but peanut oil is popular in northern and western India ; mustard oil is more commonly used in eastern India ; coconut oil is used widely along the western coast, especially in Kerala ; while gingelly ( sesame ) oil is common in the south as it imparts a fragrant nutty aroma to food.

Use of rice bran as a food item is common among the people of the South Indian state of Kerala.

His another movie released in 1980, Kolangal smithereens the common romantic concept about an interior village of Kerala filled with virtues and happiness.

In fact these are entirely different communities in a common class of Kerala Brahmins and there were no inter caste marriages among these communities anciently.

In India, houseboats are common on the backwaters of Kerala, see below, and on the Dal Lake near Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir.

There is no doubt about Thunchaththu Ramanujan Ezhuthachan's vital contribution to the literary level of the common man of medieval Kerala.

Machingal is a common family name in Kerala which is a southern state of India.

Interesting architectural and planning exceptions to this common Sephardic formula are the Cochin synagogues in Kerala of far southwestern India.

Directional divisions within communities are common in Kerala.

They share the common language called Malayalam with the other inhabitants of Kerala.

In Kerala, chitty ( chit fund ) is a common phenomenon practiced by all sections of the society.

The most common ingredients in all the dishes are coconut and coconut oil as they are abundant in Kerala.

Mallya or Mahale, is a common surname among Konkani speaking Gaud Saraswat Brahmins across the Konkan coast from Maharashtra to Kerala.

* Fish head curry, a dish created by Singapore's Malayalee ( an Indian ethnic group from Kerala ) community with some Chinese and Malay influences that includes the head of a red snapper ( ikan merah, literally " red fish ") stewed in curry consisting of varying amounts of coconut milk and tamarind juice with vegetables ( lady's fingers and brinjal are common ) and it usually is served with either rice or bread

The species was once common along the lowland coastal tracts of Kerala and Karnataka in South India.

It is a common name-given and as first name or last name among the Christians of Kerala, especially Saint Thomas Christians aka Nasranis.

A form of impalement existed in medieval Kerala as a method of execution.

He got first prize in Mappilappattu in the Kerala State Youth Festival 1998, where he outshone his ability for quick wit.

In the Indian state of Kerala, a food preparation called ada is made in plantain leaves.

In Kerala, it is commonly used to make the parippu preparation in the Travancore region ( unlike Cochin and Malabar, where toor dal, tuvara parippu, is used ).

This preparation is popular across the coast of Kerala — the Malabar region particularly.

After completing his spiritual formation ( novitiate ) in Goa, Hanxleden was sent to the Jesuit seminary at Ampazhakkad in Kerala, where he did Theological studies in immediate preparation to his becoming a priest.

Likewise a popular Hindu ritual form of worship of North Malabar in Kerala, India is the Tabuh Rah blood offering to Theyyam gods, despite being forbidden in the Vedic philosophy of sattvic Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism, Theyyam deities are propitiated through the cock sacrifice where the religious cockfight is a religious exercise of offering blood to the Theyyam gods.

In the state of Kerala, it is called ' Cheera ' and is consumed by stir-frying the leaves with spices and red chillies to make ' Cheera Thoran '.

there is also a sizable community of Marathi Hindus and Malayali Muslims in Karachi ( the Mappila ), originally from Kerala in South India.

* Malayali New Year ( Vishu ) is celebrated in the South Indian state of Kerala.

Likewise a popular Hindu ritual form of worship of North Malabar in Kerala, India is the Tabuh Rah blood offering to the Theyyam gods.

* Tipu Sultan invades Kerala in India, but is repulsed.

* The great flood in the river Periyar in what is now Kerala India which lead to the river changing its course, closing of the Pattanam ( Muziris ) harbour, opening up of Cochin ( Kochi ) harbour submersion of some islands and birth of some new islands.

However it is consumed by people in the states of Kerala and Goa regardless of the religion.

Malayalam ( pronounced ;, ), is a language spoken in India predominantly in the state of Kerala.

Thoran is made in Kerala with the end of the bunch ( called " koompu " in Malayalam ) and is considered to be highly nutritious.

In Kerala and Andhra Pradesh, a thoran is made from the shoot for auspicious occasions like marriages.

Puttu: Puttu is a traditional breakfast of Kerala, usually made with Rice powder together with coconut grating and steamed in a cylindrical steamer.

* Rama Varma Kulashekhara is crowned in Kerala.

* The Paradesi Synagogue is the oldest synagogue in the Commonwealth of Nations, located in Kochi, Kerala, in India.

In the South Indian state of Kerala and coastal Karnataka, especially on the sides of Mangalore, where it is widely grown and cooked, it is known as kada chakka or seema chakka and deegujje, respectively.

Cassava is widely cultivated and eaten as a staple food in Andhra Pradesh and in Kerala.

In India, Rambutan is imported from Thailand as well as grown in Pathanamthitta district of the southern state of Kerala.