Aruvippuram, the holy land of Sree Narayana Guru is an important pilgrim centre near Neyyattinkara.
Vasudevan born in a village near Neyyattinkara in southern Travancore, and did his formal music studies from the Swati Tirunal Music College, Thiruvananthapuram, chiefly under Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer.
Neyyattinkara Vasudevan, T. N. Seshagopalan, T. V. Sankaranarayanan, Rudrapattanam Brothers and many more seasoned performers which include musicians of three generations.