About 2000 years ago some diamond merchants from Tamil Nadu came to Malabar for their business. At that time Malabar was ruled by Palghat Raja and Zamorin Raja. These merchants established a good business deed with those rulers. They also had good relation with wealthy people of that place. All these relations brought a great progress and prosperity in their business.
As they found good response of people towards their business. They decided to settle down in Malabar. So they left their birth place Kumbakonam and Tanjavoor and settled in Malabar for their business improvement. The place where they settled down and the boundaries of that place were specified in the copper leaf (�Kolezhuth�). That places were still known in the same name.
Among the merchants groups there was a great devotee of Madurai Meenakshi who used to go regularly to the temple. Years passed he grew older so he was unable to visit the temple regularly that made him so sad and also feared that he might not able to visit the temple again and he prayed to he Goddess to pardon him for his inability and he returned back.
At that time it was customary to have a bath before entering to home. So the old man had a bath on a nearby pond, leaving his palm leaf umbrella and his valuable goods on the bank of the pond. After his bath he took his goods but he was unable to lift the umbrella. He surprised, and he asked two boys who were playing near by him to watch the umbrella till he come back. And he went to home and he came back to the pond with his family members.
They were also surprised by seeing that miracle. So they called an astrologer to find a reason and solution to the problem. The astrologer informed them that there was presence of goddess Meenakshi at the place where umbrella was placed. He informed them that a temple should be build there. Accordingly the merchant group build a temple as per the temple ritual and started �Pooja� and worshiping. Then place is known as 'KUDAMANNU'.
After some years the Head of Society and poojari had a dream in which Goddess came and informed them to build a new temple in the middle of community living area and do the �Puna Prathishta�. Accordingly they built a new temple and did the �Puna Prathishta�. The entire ownership and all the rights of the temple vested in the below mentioned families. In addition to the existing Trustees a managing committee has been formed to help the temple administration. The members of the managing committee are strictly selected from these families. To control the managing committee we have got a secretary also.
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