Built in traditional Kerala architectural on a plot of land measuring approximately 4 acres, the building is located at Manissery, a village in Ottapalam in Palakkad.

It is a popular shooting location for several commercially successful films such as Devasuram, Aaraam Thampuran, Rappakal and Aranmanai 4.

[3] An expansive padippura (gate house)[4] provides the entry to the three-storied building complex which comprises a nalukettu with 74 rooms, two pathayappuras (outhouses), a large pond and the adjoining bath house, a family temple complex consisting three temples of Shiva, Krishna and Ayyappan, and an oottupura (dining hall), which has since been demolished.

[3] It is reported that the principal photography of over 100 films have been done here[7] which include Bramayugam, Devasuram, Aaraam Thampuran, Rappakal, Anandabhadram, Drona, Simhasanam, Madampi, Sufi Paranja Katha, Jana (Tamil), Thooval Kottaram, Valliettan, Kaavalan, Manthrikan, Pretham 2 and Shylock.

[10] The Mana is located at Manissery, in Ottappalam, around 42 km from Palakkad, in the south Indian state of Kerala.