"If you read the poem called “Duravastha” composed by the great poet Kumarasan who was a contemporary and who personally witnessed these sad incidents you will get a true picture of the Muslim revolt called “Moplah rebellion”. In the introduction to the poem, Kumarasan states like this: “Moplah rebellion which originated in the southern Malayalam district, in 1097 Chingam, (Malayalam month of Aug-Sept) has written a blood stained chapter in the history of Kerala. That typhoon, which shook not only Kerala but the whole of India in one way or other due to the ferocious and satanic cruelties inflicted (on a section of people) defeating all faculties of contemplation is now luckily almost extinct. It is true that the Hindu society which has escaped and come out of the mouth of this rebellion, tasting the coarseness of its tongue and sharpness of its canine teeth and jaws, and imbibed with poisonous fangs, are representatives of an ancient culture………”"