Kurumbranad (Kurumbuzhai Nadu or Kurumbiathiri Swaroopam) was a former Nair Hindu feudal kingdom in present day Kerala state, South India, on the Malabar Coast. Once a powerful kingdom capitalized at Mapayil, Puthuppanam, Vadakara. The area borded from sea at West side and Karnataka at the East. At North Kolathu Nadu and Polanad (former name of Calicut) at South.
Malabar Manual by William Logan