The history of Ettumanoor is primarily drawn from folklore & mythology rather than solid historical facts. Similarly, the history of a Family draws mainly from memories of its elders and stories modified through generations. This is a humble attempt at similarly recording the known history of our Kalechuveedu Family.
The origin of our family is said to be traceable to the historically significant “Aazhvanchery Thamprakkal” lineage. It is thought that some members of Aazhvanchery came to Ettumanoor (being part of British protected state Travancore) during the Mysorean invasion of Malabar, started by Hyder Ali and continued by Tippu (1766 –1792). This escape from atrocities finds a mention on page 508 of the official report made by Col. Fullarton of the British forces stationed in Mangalore at that time.
When we retrace our history through memories of our eldest living members, we reach our great great grandmother Kunchiyamma & great great grandfather Nanupillai. These ancestors of ours had five children namely, Gowrikutty (Akkamma), Neelakanthapillai, Parvathi (Parukkutty), Shankarapillai and Lakshmikutty (Kochu Kutty Amma).
A history of Kalechuveedu Family cannot be complete without remembering Thankappan Nair (Thankappan chettan) and Parameswaran Nair (Para Chettan). Both came to Kalechuveedu at a very young age to help run the household and became a part of the family. Most of us have very fond memories of them.
This brief description of our ancestors is an attempt at clarifying the seemingly complicated inter-relations of members of Kalechuveedu Family. Many of us may not be aware of these relationships, though we may have seen them at family occasions.
Kalechuveedu had the first Radio (a GEC) in Ettumanoor. Kalechuveedu, with Electricity Consumer No.2, had the first Domestic Electricity connection in Ettumanoor. (Consumer no.1 belonged to the Christian Church).