| Maalhos | |
|---|---|
| Island Summary | |
| Belongs to | Baa Atoll |
| Population | 545 |
| Length | 7650m |
| Width | 500m |
| Distance from Malé | 114.67km |
Maalhos (Dhivehi: މާޅޮސް) is one of the inhabited islands of Southern Maalhosmadulhu Atoll, code letter Baa Atoll.
In this island there is the custom once every year to take a bath in seven different wells (haiy valhuń feń veruń). This is probably an ancestral Dravidian custom. The Pulaya or Cheruman, an agricultural caste of Kerala, used to take a bath in seven different tanks when they were considering themselves polluted. During the eid festival men cooks (firihenun kekkun) and give a dinner for ladys and then women cooks (anhenun kekkun) and give a dinner to all men in the island. jungle parade which the people of maalhos do is a modified edition of the parade which the armies do.
By historical researches the researchers have foud that Buddhism was the main religion of maalhos. Hassan Ibraahim (aaveli) found a damaged part of a budda head from the old grave yard.