Researchers believe cacao beans were used to make the chocolate drinks during feasts and rituals.

In India, cocoa is grown primarily as an intercrop in Andhra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala, as the tree requires about 40-50 per cent s...

Cacao confections are supposed to be good for heart and skin, reduce chances of strokes and diarrhoea, protect from the ill-effects of the ...

Temple authorities and devotees in other parts of India should also consider offering chocolates to child deities, given the Kerala temple’...

A majestic cacao tree towers in the garden outside our bedroom. It arrived as a sapling from Kerala, God's Own Country, many years ago. The...