 Fearing reprisal in Travancore against her religious conversion, she chose to be a migrated-resident of this village.Some of Devasahayam Pillai's immediate family members also received baptism later, after being converted to Christianity.Church chroniclers say that the Brahmin chief priest of the kingdom, the feudal lords, members of the royal household and the Nair community brought false charges on Devasahayam to the Dewan, Ramayyan Dalawa.