Puthenpeedika was an ancient marketplace, destroyed many years ago.
The Chera rulers Irumborai family and this place had some connection.
After the Great Flood in 1343, the river was diverted from the Vappuzha and lost its trade importance to the Irumbrayur.
No evidence links the Chera kingdom and Irumrayur without that name.
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