There were exclusive men for cooking and the women of the family never indulged in cooking or other works in Kitchen. Non-vegetarian was never cooked in the kitchen. Sweeping and cleaning were done by the women of the Kombarath family. They never had sanction to enter the kitchen. There were lots of assistants (in-charge) for the kitchen, for the paddy field, for the works of the Karanavar, etc. There were a lot of clerks and accountants to manage financial matters.

Palanquin (Manjal) was the mode of transport used by the Karanavar and other men in the family in earlier times. The women of the family also used the palanquin to go to see the Karanavar (who was staying in Kadavallur from the time of Kochukrishnan Mootha Panicker) when the Karanavar fell ill or for other reasons. The palanquin bearers were mostly Muslims or others belonging to lower castes. When the palanquin was carried the bearers used to make a strange sound of “ow, ow” as a warning for lower caste people to keep aside. If any lower caste men or women were seen from a distance, then the palanquin bearers would make a sound of “ooyi, ooyi” and then those people would run off or climb somewhere and hide themselves until the palanquin passed. The dead body was also carried in a Manjal only, but the only difference was that the bearers would not make any sound while carrying.

Women of the Ullanat Tharavad in earlier days married only Namboothiri Brahmins, Kshatriyas and Naduvazhi Nair-s mostly from Puravur, Vellanga Matam and Veluthedathuparambu families. Men married mostly from Pattathil, Kongattil, Vadakke Mudavakkattil, P and other families.

The size of the family had grown very large by the middle of the 20^th century. From a household of large family members, the Tharavad had already changed to a community living type. For everything, including things of absolute necessity, members had to apply to the Karanavar and wait for a long time to get the sanction. The motivation for the education of girl children was not very strong because of the dependent living. All the evils of large Marumakkatthayam families had already set in Ullanat Tharavad also, which gradually led to the partition of the Tharavad.