▁Er al pp ad - ▁second ▁in ▁command ▁− ▁to ▁establish ▁their ▁control ▁over ▁the ▁region . ▁The ▁last ▁K OT T IC HE Z H UN N ALL ATH ▁was ▁believed ▁to ▁be ▁held ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 9 ▁). ▁It ▁points ▁to ▁the ▁era ▁way ▁back ▁to ▁ 1 3 th − 1 4 th ▁century ▁which ▁says ▁about ▁the ▁as yl um ▁of ▁a ▁minister ▁and ▁his ▁men ▁from ▁a ▁local ▁kingdom ▁in ▁the ▁bank ▁of ▁river ▁K aver i ▁of ▁then ▁Ch ol am andal am ▁– ▁to ▁the ▁king ▁of ▁Cal icut ▁( K oz h ikk ode ) ▁– ▁The ▁dispute ▁arose ▁from ▁the ▁decision ▁of ▁local ▁king ▁to ▁marry ▁the ▁clever ▁daughter ▁of ▁the ▁minister ▁who ▁had ▁found ▁out ▁a ▁solution ▁for ▁a ▁challeng ing ▁problem ▁which ▁was ▁ha un ting ▁the ▁king ▁for ▁days ▁together . ▁The ▁legend ▁– ▁The ▁challenge ▁was ▁to ▁make ▁a ▁neck lace ▁within ▁ 4 1 ▁days , ▁using ▁a ▁bow l ▁of ▁peculiar ▁p ear ls ▁which ▁was ▁gift ed ▁by ▁some ▁foreign ▁trad ers ▁to ▁the ▁king . ▁Being ▁cur ved ▁holes ▁inside , ▁many ▁famous ▁brilliant ▁p and its ▁had ▁tried ▁and ▁failed ▁to ▁make ▁a ▁p ear l ▁neck lace . ▁However ▁the ▁intellig ent ▁te en age ▁daughter ▁of ▁the ▁minister ▁could ▁succeed ▁in ▁finding ▁a ▁solution ▁for ▁the ▁challenge ▁and ▁making ▁the ▁neck lace ▁with ▁the ▁help ▁of ▁some ▁an ts ▁by ▁using ▁a ▁g he e ▁applied ▁thread ▁making ▁it ▁a ▁p