The building in which Pranavam homestays is run is part of a very old Hindu Nair Tharavad dating back to a few centuries. The legend is that the chieftain the Pazhassi Raja of Wayanad, who had to flee to escape from the wrath of British Empire and later got killed in Malabar entrusted part of his land holdings in South Wayanad running to a couple of lakhs of acres including forest along with the Goddess “Porkali (Kaali in War Mood)”, whom he was worshipping , in the woods near to this famili’s house!. The woods(Kaavu) still is there, the temples, the old farm houses etc . Every year the family ,even now, have a very religious and ritualistic Pooja performed in which locals also join as the locals ,many are the Tribes like Paniyas,Kurichiars who believes along with others “Porkali Devi” is the giver and taker of this part of land. Nearly 100acres of land only are in the possession of this family now who does Coffee cultivation commercially and all other crops like Paddy, spices, coconuts etc., for personal use with organic traditional methods !!
