THE MIGRATION OF A GROUP OF PEOPLE FROM MID THIRUVITHAMKUR TO THE MALABAR REGION IS RECORDED AS AN HISTORIC EVENT IN THE ANNALS OF KERALA HISTORY.THESE MIGRANTS REACHED THE LAND LYING TO THE EASTERN SIDE OF KUTTIYADY IN THE YEAR FROM 1920 TO 1930 . AT MARUTHOMKARA THERE WAS 9000ACERS OF FOREST LAND IN THE OWNERSHIP OF KOTTIYOUR DEVASWAM THE MIGRANTS TURNED THIS IN TO CULTIVABLE LAND AND REAPED RICH HARVEST FROM THERE BY THEIR DETERMINATION AND HARD WORK . THE EARLY MIGRANTS HAD TO FACE SEVERE HARDSHIP AT THE NEW SETTLEMENT. THEY WERE HARASSED BY DISEARE, WILD ANIMALS AND UNKIND CLIMATE. MANY OF THEM HAD EVEN TO SUCCUMB TO THESE HARDSHIP .THESE PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE GOOD FACILITIES OF LIFE AND NECESSARY MEDICAL EARE.