 It is also included in the Musris Heritage Project as it was a major inland port which had routes to Kochi and other financial ports.One of the oldest Carmelite monasteries, St. Theresa's, is located near this town, in a village called Kottackal.This monastery was built by Blessed Chavara Kuriakose, founder of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate, in 1867 AD.