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The nambudiris of Kerala are believed to have migrated from North India along the west coast during the ninth century. It is believed that the sage, Parasuraman, created the strip of land between Gokarnam and Kanyakumari and allowed Brahmins to settle in sixty four villages (Gramams). Thirty two of the villages were located in the Tulu speaking region along the west coast of India. The rest of the thirty two villages were located in the malayalam speaking region of Kerala. Today, each namboodiri household can trace its ancestral roots back to one of the sixty four villages.

A namboodiri village (gramam) is organized around an ancestral temple where the diety (kula daivam) is worshipped. Namboodiris controlled most of the land around the temple. The economy of the villages was mostly agrarian. The law making process was handled by committees known as ur (oor, urar and uralar). The law makers often came from aristocratic brahmin families in the village. Laws were made according to Dharmasastra texts.

The thirty-two original settlements that came in place in the malayalam speaking region of Kerala are:


 * 1) Payyannur
 * 2) Permuchellur
 * 3) Alathur
 * 4) Kaaranthola
 * 5) Sukapuram (Chokiram)
 * 6) Panniyur
 * 7) Karikkat
 * 8) Isanamangalam
 * 9) Thrissavaperur
 * 10) Peruvanam
 * 11) Chaamunda
 * 12) Irungatikkutal
 * 13) Avattiputhur
 * 14) Paravur
 * 15) Airanikkalam
 * 16) Muzhikulam
 * 17) Kulavur
 * 18) Atavur
 * 19) Chenganatu
 * 20) Ilibhyam
 * 21) Uliyannur
 * 22) Kalutanatu
 * 23) Ettumanur
 * 24) Kumaaranallur
 * 25) Katamarukku
 * 26) Aranmula
 * 27) Thiruvalla
 * 28) Kitangur
 * 29) Chengannur
 * 30) Kaviyur
 * 31) Venmani
 * 32) Neermanna