It is a part of Madayi Gramapanchayath The word vengara comes from ven kara meaning "white land" created by moving sea.

The history reveals that Tipu Sultan, the Ruler of Mysore has passed through this place during his battle forward to Kerala.

Now, this canal has an important role to do with the proposed ‘Malabar Tourism Promotion Program.’ Historians say that once this place was a part of Arabian Sea hundreds of years ago.

Vengara, a village near Pazhayangadi enters into the tourism map of Kerala as a result of the proposed Perumkaliyattam at Sree Muchilot Kavu in January 2009. describes how the Perumkaliyattams becomes a festival of the people irrespective of caste, class, creed or religion.

The perumkaliyattam consistes of several customs and rituals like Varachuvekkal, kalnattu karmam, kalavara niraykkal, upadevadha theyyattams, vellattam and then the thirumudi nivaral of Muchilot Bagavathi.