URU is the Heritage technology in wooden ship industry from Malabar coast.

This blog discussed about The Uru (Dhows)-Traditional Heritage Ship building at Malabar coast like Beypore in Calicut-Kerala

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About Dhows

The name Uru (Dhows) is a traditional way of making small sized ship in Kerala. And this art and architechture of making these types of ships came from the Arab world, centuries ago. In Arabic This URU is called as Dhows and they eventually became the traditional Arabian trading vessels in their area. Centuries ago, Arab traders traced their way to the spice-scented shores of India especially from Kerala. And after coming to know about the availability of good timber in the forests of Kerala and also the presence of skilled crafts persons in ship building, the Arab merchants began to place orders for constructing dhows to the crafts persons of Malabar in north Kerala.