ear l ▁neck lace . ▁Im pressed ▁up ▁on ▁the ▁extraordinary ▁intelligence ▁of ▁the ▁girl ▁who ▁made ▁the ▁p ear l ▁neck lace ▁the ▁r uling ▁king ▁wanted ▁to ▁marry ▁her . ▁But ▁as ▁the ▁king ▁was ▁inferior ▁in ▁cas te , ▁the ▁minister ▁and ▁his ▁related ▁families ▁disag re ed . ▁The ▁angry ▁king ▁gave ▁ult imat um ▁for ▁accepting ▁the ▁marriage ▁or ▁all ▁va ish y as ▁to ▁leave ▁the ▁kingdom . ▁Due ▁to ▁this ▁the ▁entire ▁va ish ya ▁population ▁in ▁the ▁des om ▁consisting ▁of ▁many ▁sections , ▁around ▁ 7 2 0 0 ▁families , ▁had ▁to ▁travel ▁away ▁from ▁ch ola - des am ▁and ▁were ▁seg reg ated ▁in ▁groups . ▁Some ▁of ▁the ▁groups ▁tra ve led ▁towards ▁west ▁to ▁Cher ana adu ▁( present ly ▁Ker al am ). ▁ ▁As ▁they ▁had ▁a ▁bitter ▁experience ▁of ▁living ▁in ▁a ▁kingdom ▁where ▁they ▁could ▁not ▁get ▁the ▁justice ▁from ▁their ▁king , ▁they ▁decided ▁to ▁sett le ▁in ▁a ▁Des am ( place ) ▁where ▁the ▁r uling ▁king ▁has ▁vision ▁and ▁justice . ▁To ▁find ▁that , ▁they ▁used ▁to ▁present ▁a ▁pot ▁filled ▁with ▁gold ▁but ▁covered ▁with ▁a ▁layer ▁of ▁sugar ▁on ▁top . ▁They ▁had ▁the ▁habit ▁of ▁sitting ▁before ▁the ▁king ▁( which ▁was ▁meant ▁dis res pect ful , ▁and ▁after ▁giving ▁the ▁pot , ▁they ▁requested ▁the ▁king ▁to ▁give ▁them ▁land ▁for ▁living . ▁Norm ally ▁the ▁k ings ▁to ▁whom ▁they ▁approached ▁rejected ▁their ▁request