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Payyanur Poduval are a sect of people mainly associated with Payyanur Subramanayaswami Temple located in Payyanur, Kannur District in Kerala. The male members of this group of people were called Achans[fathers] and were not allowed to travel beyond Thejaswini river (Nileshwaram) and Perumba River (Payyanur). The female members [Pothuvattys] were not allowed to wear melmundu by a decree from Chirakkal raja. Payyanur Pothuvals were not considerd as ambalavasis and are different from the Poduval caste in elsewhere Kerala. Their ancestral lineage starts mainly from patthuveettil pothulvalmar[ 10 houses of pothuvals].

These Pothuvals as other poduvals are not considered as a sub-caste of Nair Community. They have an association called Skandadas Samajam headquartered in Payyanur.