सरासनस्रायै बेखौ फोथायनाय जायोदि, केरेलानि जोबथा राजा, सेरामन पेरुमालआ बारहुंखागोनां आरब लैथोमायाव जाहाजबायख्रेबनाय फिथाइ महरै बे दिपआव गिबि थानायखौ खालामदोंमोन।
Generally it is believed that Cheraman Perumal, the last king of Kerala, as a result of shipwreck on the stormy Arabian seas, made the first settlement on these islands.