The basic unit of society is family. In many well established and ancient societies, family kinship up to seven generations was considered sacred. Some of the tribes were always prepared to keep up their tradition, social values, cultural heritage and economic status even at the cost of bloodshed. The inherent herd-instinct in man to find out the roots of his family is telling in the reports of certain such occurrences now and then appearing in the newspapers.The Marattukalam family settled in Changanacherry and made varied contributions working hand in hand with people of different religions has now reached the eighth generations. During this period the number of people increased by God’s grace and a good many had to move to other parts of the country and world to earn their living.

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