Kottayam
Grama Panchayat

Kottayam is a historically significant area in Kerala. The Kottayam dynasty history points out that Harichandraraja, who built a fort at Puralimala, was the founder of the Kottayam royal family. It is believed that the territories under this dynasty's authority stretched from Thalassery to Kudak and were located in the southern and eastern parts of Kolathunadu. Later, in the early 18th century, areas like Wayanad, Erivanad, Kurumbranad, and Thamarassery came under its control. At one time, Kottayam was known by the names Purannad and Purakizhanad. In medieval literary works like Unnichchi Sahitya Charithram, the Kottayam king is described in Kokila Sandesam as Puraykeezharthangal, Puralikshumapath, and so on in sequence. By establishing their capital in Muzhakkunnu, the Kottayam dynasty initially moved its...