 The temple site was once the location of the Namboothiri's household.Ūrakam was then a part of the Peruvanam village (one of the 64 villages of ancient Kerala).Legend has it that during then, due to the atrocities and calamities happening within the Desham, elders suggested three prominent members from the community, viz, Valaya Bhattathiri, Kadalayil Namboothiri and then Komarathu Menon to travel to Kancheepuram and pray to goddess Kanchi Kamakshi and then please her and bring favourable solutions to ward off the evil effects happening that time.