Padoor lies in the
immediate vicinity of some of the earliest known historical points in the
state.
The ancient sea port
of Kodungallur (see note 1 below) is not far.
The important port
of the yesteryears, Chettuwai, which played a crucial role in trade and had
been of strategically vital for the Zamorin’s Kingdom is barely few kilometers
away down through the Chettuwai River.
As we all know, there
is very limited information available about the ancient period of Kerala
history. This is because there is hardly any written record left behind our
ancestors. Many of the facts passed as history are words of mouth, myths or
speculations; not enough evidence ever found to prove them.
There are geologists
who believed that Kerala was formed by some seismic activity, gradually or
suddenly. Some researchers say that the Arabian Sea once extended as far inland
as the Kalladikkodan mountain ranges. Geological changes resulted in recession
of the sea, leaving dry large tracts of land.
About the
underlying areas of Padoor, the seismic or environment changes appear to bear
particular relevance. There is an argument that a part of Chavakkad Taluk had
been under the sea prior to the flood of 1341 and these parts of land were
formed as a result a geographical drift following the 1341 nature’s event.
