The second leg of the Calicut Heritage Walk, an initiative of the National Institute for Research and Development in Defence Shipbuilding (Nirdesh) and the Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode (IIM-K), covering Valiyangadi ( Big Bazaar) will be held on Thursday.
“A team of 30 history buffs will participate in the walk at Valiyangadi and surrounding areas where Arabs and Indians traded much before the appearance of latter-day Europeans,” Captain Ramesh Babu, Nirdesh Project Director, said.
The walk will start from the Produces Market near the District Court, which used to be the destination of bullock carts laden with pepper and other produce to be unloaded into huge godowns called Pandyalas or Pandikasalas.
