Shrinking of the river over several millennia of human settlements has moved the village more distant from its banks.

The well-known Palakkal Pooram is usually held in the month of February welcoming tourists from different parts of the country.

Many youngsters had relocated to cities looking for a white collar job in the past and agriculture has since taken a backseat, like elsewhere in the state.

When the habitat of animals like snakes, peacocks, foxes, monkeys, deer and boars were disturbed, they took on to the remaining paddy fields and rubber plantations.

[1] Outskirts of Varavoor were found to be the epicenter of tremors[3] and relatively strong quakes reported in the district.

In the light of this, MCET is established in 2009 by an order of the Government of Kerala, approved by AICTE New Delhi and affiliated to Calicut University.

Jyothi Engineering College, Cheruthuruthy, Thrissur (JECC), run under the aegis of the Trichur Educational Trust, which in turn is a part of the Archdiocese of Trichur, is a centre for higher education in the field of engineering, in the state of Kerala, India.

The institution, now a deemed university, was founded in 1930 by poet Vallathol Narayana Menon and Manakkulam Mukunda Raja.

Kalamandalam imparts training in classical dance and theatre forms like Kathakali, Mohiniyattam, Kudiyattam, Thullal, Kuchipudi, Bharatanatyam, and Nangiar Koothu, besides the traditional orchestra called Panchavadyam.