Prominent personalities

- **Arundhati Roy:** Booker Prize-winning author whose novel *The God of Small Things* immortalized the river and her childhood village of Aymanam. - **Saint Alphonsa:** India’s first native woman saint, who lived and was buried in Bharananganam on the river's banks. - **K. R. Narayanan:** The 10th President of India, born in the nearby village of Uzhavoor, whose early life was connected to the region's waterways. - **K. M. Mani:** A towering political figure in Kerala who represented the riverside constituency of Pala for over 50 years. - **Pala Narayanan Nair:** Renowned Malayalam poet who frequently drew inspiration from the natural beauty of the region.