Aymanam
Grama Panchayat

Aymanam is a region with a history in which legends and realities are intertwined. The main legend is that the name 'Aivar Vanam', meaning the 'forest of the five Pandavas', where the Pandavas stayed during their exile, gradually became 'Aymanam' through linguistic evolution. The present-day Aymanam Grama Panchayat was formed by combining Kudamaloor and Aymanam, which were under the rule of the native kings of Thekkumkoor and Chempakassery. It is said that the Antharjanam, her son and grandmother from the Chempakassery Mana, who had lost their hereditary rights, along with their dependent Aymanam, obtained the Kudamaloor region from the King of Thekkumkoor. Another legend says that the dependent named Aymanam, using the sword given by the king, cleared and claimed the land in a single day, which later became...