Jatayu Earth’s Center in Chadayamangalam, Kollam, Keralam, has evoked renewed attention following the cinematic depiction of battle between Ravana and Jatayu in Ramayana: Part 1. Historian Rajeev Pallikkonam says origins of the place name have more to do with Pandya ruler Maran Chadayan than Valmiki Ramayana, while its association with Jatayu is believed to have emerged only in the 1970s.