Ezhuthachan (caste)
They mainly belong to the districts of Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad and Thrissur of Kerala, has also presence outside and other parts of India. There are more people in the teaching sector in the community. Ezhuthachan is a caste who have teaching as a traditional profession. There is an organization representing the community as "Ezhuthachan Samajam".
Oorpazhachi Kavu
The thondachan shrine is also where devotees can offer silver icons of body parts requesting for cure or protection of that respective anatomical part. This is usually mediated by "vellattom" and the "ooralar". The devotee places the icon with the "ooralan" who then transfers the same to the "vellattom" who then requests for the protection. It is also a symbol of complete surrender unto the divinity offering each parts of the human body.
The total surrender of the body ego unto the deity with the head bowed with folded hands, in front of the vellattom ritual symbolizes the self-realization, the blossoming of the divine lotus in oneself in a rare ritual performed at this temple daily at 1200noon .