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Today's State of Kerala was originally composed of three segments - western districts of Palghat, Calicut and Cannanore of the erstwhile Madras Province, and the Princely States of Cochin and Travancore.
The earliest available reference of any lodge in this part of the country was that of a Local Warrant issued by the District Grand Lodge in 1806 to LodgeTravancore Union in Quilon, Travancore. This lodge ceased
to work shortly after its inauguration. In 1822 Lodge Hibernia and Union was formed in Quilon under a Local Warrant. This was confirmed by the Grand Lodge by the issue of a regular warrant in 1836. The Lodge ceased to exist in or earlier than 1868
Three lodges were warranted in Cannanore : Lodge of Fortitude & Perseverence (1813 - 1839); Corinthian Lodge (1823 - 1862) and Lodge Western Star (1863 - 1904). Lodge of Fortitude and Perseverance was formed
under a Local Warrant in 1813, but the Grand Lodge warrant was issued only in 1820. Corinthian Lodge was consecrated in 1823, but had to wait until 1836 to receive the Grand Lodge Warrant. Lodge Western Star, formed under a Local Warrant in 1863, was
more fortunate to receive the Grand Lodge Warrant in 1865. These Lodges survived for 26, 39 and 41 years respectively, but there is little information as to whether and how long they were active.
Four Lodges were constituted following the above mentioned ones; they are surviving today. They are : Lodge Kerala, No. 2188, formed in 1886 at Calicut; Lodge
Minchin, No. 2710, formed in 1897 at Trivandrum; Lodge Cochin No. 4359, warranted in 1921, at Cochin and Lodge Quilon No. 5839, consecrated at Bangalore in 1941 under a Provisional Warrant, confirmed in 1944, working at Quilon. In addition to
this the Scottish Lodge Heather No. 928, constituted in 1902, in Munnar, is also among the survivors. Until 1994 there was no Irish Lodge in Kerala. Lodge Saxena, No. 815, which was consecrated in June 1960 at Kolkata, opted to stay with the Irish
Constitution and became dysfunctional by 1994, was transferred to Calicut.
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