▁Kur uv ay ur ▁are ▁made . ▁As ▁early ▁as ▁the ▁ 1 6 th ▁century ▁( fif ty ▁years ▁after ▁Nar ay ani y am ▁was ▁composed ) ▁many ▁references ▁to ▁Kur uv ay ur ▁are ▁seen . ▁In ▁ancient ▁D rav id ian ▁languages , ▁" k uru va i " ▁means ▁" se a ", ▁hence ▁the ▁village ▁on ▁the ▁Mal ab ar ▁Coast ▁may ▁be ▁called ▁Kur uv ay ur . ▁The ▁earliest ▁temple ▁records ▁date ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁ 1 7 th ▁century . ▁The ▁earliest ▁mention ▁of ▁the ▁many ▁important ▁V ish nu ▁tem ples ▁of ▁Ker ala ▁are ▁found ▁in ▁the ▁songs ▁of ▁Al w ars , ▁T amil ▁sain ts , ▁whose ▁time - line ▁is ▁not ▁exactly ▁fixed . ▁Mam ank am ▁was ▁a ▁very ▁famous ▁local ▁event ▁at ▁Tir un av aya , ▁on ▁the ▁bank ▁of ▁B har ata pp uz ha . ▁The ▁batt les ▁between ▁the ▁K oz h ik ode ▁under ▁Sam ooth ir is ▁and ▁Vall u van ad ▁popular ised ▁G ur uv ay ur ▁Temple . ▁Due ▁to ▁the ▁prolong ed ▁batt les , ▁people ▁across ▁the ▁river bank ▁started ▁prefer ring ▁G ur uv ay ur . ▁Even ▁the ▁Sam ooth iri ▁of ▁K oz h ik ode ▁become ▁a ▁dev ote e ▁and ▁thus ▁his ▁subjects ▁followed ▁him . ▁The ▁central ▁shr ine ▁that ▁is ▁seen ▁today ▁is ▁said ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁re built ▁in ▁ 1 6 3 8 ▁AD . ▁" Vis