[2][3] The town is located on the bank of the Valapattanam river which flows into Arabian sea.

Since the middle of 20th century, people from Northern Travancore migrated here at places like Chempanthotty, Madambam, Chundaparamba, Alex Nagar, Kotturvayal, Karayathumchal etc.

[5] The travels of Abraham Ben Yiju, a Jewish merchant who lived in Mangalore in the 1130s and 1140s, included a visit to Sreekandapuram, which he knew as Jurbattan.

Due to a land slide from Coorg hills, Kottur river overflowed and submerged Sreekandapuram town and the areas adjacent to it like Podikkalam, Kottur, Therlayi, Thumbeni, Madambam and Chengalayi.

The devastation affected severe loss to merchants and their business activities in the town.

The facilities include art galleries, studios, auditorium and guest houses in the first phase.

The temple was looted and destroyed by Tipu Sultan, and nothing remained of it but earth and stones covered by bushes up until the 1970s.

The land on which it stood was owned by the local Muslim community leader, and when people living around the temple claimed to have witnessed the Devi's presence, it was handed over to local Hindu community leaders and a new temple was built.

It is one among the rare Lord Vishnu temples which face the west direction with 'vatta sreekovil'.

Vana Sasthav is the idol of the 'kavu' and people pay their offerings there in high devotion.

Kerala state highway (SH 36) passes through Sreekandapuram town which connects Taliparamba and Iritty.