Summary:
Personnel associated with Kazhakkoottam Mahadeva temple/Thrippadapuram temple near the Kerala University campus may have created settlements near the temple. Kazhakkoottam temple is ancient and lends credibility to the above arguments. Ward and Conner (1818) refer to Kazhakkoottam temple along with the major temples in Thiruvananthapuram. Karyavattom and Kazhakkoottam were once the outskirts of Thiruvananthapuram city. There is also a place Kariyam, near Sreekaryam, but the ‘Kari’ in it may also refer to farmlands as in Raamankari in Kuttanad..