 Balasubhodini" of vayillyamkunnu under Churamath Unnikrishnan Guptan (also known as Kutty Ezhuthachan ) was the nodal center for Sanskrit education in that region ( later grown as Oriental college of Sanskrit under Madras university and closed down in 1947 due to shortage of students.Guptans were mingled well with other communities in the region and they are not organized well as a community, earlier as well as today.Some initiative took place in the direction of caste cohesion during the 1980s when 'Arya Vaisya Samajam' was launched and later it became 'Guptan Sevana Samajam' and it works for the welfare of the members by promoting academic excellence etc.