Karulai
Grama panchayat

In ancient times, this entire area was owned by the Nilambur and Amarambalam temples and the Chemmanthitta Devaswom. The Naduvazhi family, whose headquarters were in Peruvayal near Mavoor, was the seat of Alli. The ancestors of this place were called Angunnamar. It is believed that they established the Chemmanthitta Bhagavathi temple. The name of this place where Bhagavathi was supposedly enshrined was Chemmanthattakam. Thattakam means place. Decades ago, a group of farmers who had been farming on lease from Manjeri, Kondotty and Areekode migrated here. They and their workers, the Paniyars, Cherumakkals, Kanakakanmars and Aranadanmars, were the first residents of this area. However, in the dense forest area of ​​the Western Ghats, located in the eastern part of this panchayat, there are still primitive people who lived even before that. Looking at it this way, it can be said that the real ancestors of this place were the Naikkans, Cholanaikans, Malamutans and Paniyars. Most of these cavemen continue to lead their primitive lives even today. This forest area is still a study center for anthropologists from all over India. There is ample evidence that a cultured population existed in this forest in ancient times. Ancient ponds known as Pandankulam, Pothakulam and Kallemkulam, as well as many temples, wells and their steps, are still present here and there, attracting everyone. Archaeologists who visited here have recorded that the stone inscription known as Ezhuthukallu is in the Pali language. The lotus ponds seen here and the above-mentioned facts indicate that there was a population here in ancient times. The evergreen forest here plays a major role in the conservation of wildlife. Except for a few species, almost all wild animals can be seen in this forest. World-renowned ornithologist Dr. Salim Ali has visited this forest many times and conducted bird watching. The elephant farms of Nedumkayam, where elephants were tamed and trained, continue to attract tourists even today. Nedumkayam is a very beautiful area. The iron bridges built by British engineers in 1931 and 1933 to cross this area, where Cherupuzha flows on one side and Karimpuzha on the other, are still intact. This village also played its part in the historic Mappila Uprising, known as the Malabar Uprising. In the said uprising that took place in 1921, the Pallikunnu area of ​​this panchayat was the center of the struggle. It was here that the army shot and killed Modavangaluvan Unnithari, one of the leaders of the rebels, for refusing to surrender. The rebellion also took place here as part of the freedom struggle. In 1948, Father Plavungal, who came from Travancore, bought some land from Ettan Raja, who was a member of the then Nilambur Kovilakam family, to bring and settle some Christian families from Travancore, and under the leadership of Father, provided 47 families with houses and facilities to live in 280 acres of land. Being a great-minded and imaginative Father, he made a strenuous effort to develop the said 280 acres of land into a model village. It was a modern welfare village with a church, school, library, playground, road and market. Father was able to realize that dream to a large extent. The priest named this village “Bethel Colony”. This colony is the present Pullancherry Christian Colony. It was the first settlement in the Nilambur region. The people of this panchayat first learned the lesson of development from Bethel Colony. The first Christian church in the region is also in this colony.