 One can still see 'kari' or coal if we dig deep into the soil of Kuttanad, pointing to the fact that the place was once a forest, destroyed by wild fire.Ramankary is one of the places latter renamed to end with 'kari' which refers the Malayalam word for charcoal .During the reign of Chera dynasty that ruled over ancient Kerala, Kuttanad attained an important place in history.