[1] Portuguese, Danish, French and English, all came here and retained their holds in making their respective plotted histories.

It was such a condition of war in a medium of commerce and trade that Caluvanaickan Pattinam became a strategic site and attained the status of a port.

[citation needed] The Tulukkanvayal village where Muslims, given to sea trading, settled in good numbers.

[citation needed] Manora Fort was built by Tanjavur Maratha ruler Serfoji II (1777–1832 CE) in 1814–1815 to commemorate the victory of the British over Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo in 1815.

The monument looks like a pagoda, with arched windows, circular staircase and eaves separating one storey from the other.