It is one of the oldest Malayalam literary review magazines.

[2] The founding editor was Kandathil Varghese Mappillai.

After a long break, in 1977 June, the magazine was revived by the Malayala Manorama[1] group of publications.

It is one of the significant Malayalam periodical that is published monthly.

[1] Contributions include Kerala Varma Valiyakoyi Thampuran, Ulloor, Muloor S.Padmanabha Panicker, Kattakkayathil Cheriyan Mappilai and Moorkoth Kumaran.