Introduction
Koothattukulam Municipality is located in Muvattupuzha taluk of Ernakulam district. The area is 23.18 sq.m. The boundaries of Koothattukulam Municipality are Palakuzha and Thirumarady grama panchayats in the north, Ilanji and Veliyannur panchayats in the south, Palakuzha and Thirumarady grama panchayats in the east, and Ilanji and Thirumarady grama panchayats in the west. Since 2015, Koothattukulam Grama Panchayat has become a municipality. Currently, there are 25 wards
History
Koothattukulam Municipality is located in Muvattupuzha taluk of Ernakulam district. The area is 23.18 sq.m. Koothattukulam Municipality is bounded by Palakuzha and Thirumarady Grama Panchayats in the north, Ilanji and Veliyannur Grama Panchayats in the south
Panchayats Palakuzha in the east, Thirumarady and Ilanji Grama Panchayats in the west. Koothattukulam Grama Panchayat became a municipality in 2015. There are currently 25 wards
History
Once under the control of the Brahmin families of Athimannillam, Kottanad, Kattimuttam and Pariyaram and currently inhabited by about 17700 people, Koothattukulam is a confluence of four rivers namely Koothattukulam, Vadakara, Paitakulam, Idayar and Kizhakombu
. Legends have survived regarding the names of these rivers. According to legend, when a woman who was digging a hole in the hilltops was stirring the soil with a spade, she hit the head of the idol that was hidden there. The woman, frightened by the flow of blood that came out of there, lost her balance and walked on the spot, which was named Koothattukalam, and over time it became Koothattukulam. The place where the blood flowed is also known as Chorakuzhi.
Before the expansion of the Travancore kingdom by Marthanda Varmana, the Koothattukulam region was under the rule of the Vadakkumkur kings. The area where their military camp, which was based at Onakkur, was located, gradually came to be known as Payattakkalam, Payattukalam, and finally became Payattakulam. The place where some of the Keezhamombil family members, who were engaged in elephant hunting, migrated from Ilanji and later became Kizhamombi, is mentioned in the book Sthalapuranam by renowned researcher P.V.K. Valath, stating that Koothattukulam is a place that can claim cultural traditions of the Buddhist and Jain eras beyond modern political histories.