Neighboring place is Pattikkad which is one of the developed village Panchayath in Thrissur district.
He joined Kisan sabha and KSYF in 1977 and served as its vice-president Kodiyathur Panchayath.
He joined politics in 1965 and went on to become the President of Paladka Panchayath in Karkala Taluk, Chairman of Moodbidri Town Panchayath, President of Taluk Marketing Society, Karkala, Co-operative Service Bank and District Janata Party of Dakshina Kannada.
The Panchayath had two Cinema theatres named Priya & Jayasree, of which Priya had been converted to an Auditorium.
The current political party in charge of the Panchayath is the UDF, and its president is Pal Gopalan.
Karazhma Kottaram or Karazhma Palace (in English) is an ancient palace located at Mannar panchayath, Chengannur Taluk of Alapuzha District, Kerala State, India.
He was born on 28 October 1939 in Vadayar village, Bhoothapuyam Amsham of Thalayolaparambu Panchayath, Vaikom in Kottayam district, in an ordinary family to Padmanabhan Nair and Karthyayani Amma.