The property of The Beach House was owned by Mr. Joseph Lopez a trader who hailed from a fisherman family in Puthenthope. He and his wife Mrs. Johny Lopez gave this property as wedding gift to their daughter Ms. Pauly Lopez and son-in-law Mr. Thobias Fernandes in 1969. In 2009 Mrs. Pauly Thobias sold a part of the property to Mr. Kuruvila and his wife Mrs, Mariamma, both NRI’s from Texas, United States of America. The property was later acquired by Mr. Varun Kishore in 2015 and extensively renovated.
The current caretaker of the house is Mr. Johnson who is a native fisherman living in the adjacent house
Puthenthope
Puthenthope is a picturesque, palm-fringed coastal hamlet in Thiruvananthapuram. It has one of the most attractive of virgin beaches in India. The village is mostly covered with coconut palms and cashew trees. Its western side edges the Arabian sea, while the east is separated by Parvathi Puthanar, a manmade canal completed during the time of Regent Sethu Lakshmi Bhai of Travancore Kingdom. Access to National Highway (NH 47) and a railway station is as short as 2 km and the VSSC of the Indian Space Research Organisation is close by. There are two man made hills — one on the south (Thekkekkunnu) and the other on the north (Vadakkekkunnu), which are believed to have been made during the time of Portuguese
In the 15th century, the Portuguese were looking for a strategic point to place their cannons, aiming at the Dutch ship movements in the Arabian Sea. They found a suitable place with tall coconut palms on the coastal area and dense forest throughout the inland. If they could build hills in between and place the cannons there, the ships could not see it but the people in the land could easily monitor. So to build the hills, Portuguese brought a group of Kusavans (potters) from Ambalappuzha, a place in the present Alappuzha district. They made the hills for the cannons to be placed. The Kusavans who came from Ambalapuzha stayed back and continued with their occupation of pot making. The occupation of pot making was not suitable for many reasons they turned to another profitable occupation–fishing. There is a common belief that, some ladies from the family of the famous Ettuveettil Pillai, the Kazhakuttam Pillai, was given to the Mukkuvas (fishermen) of the area, after the chieftain was executed by Marthanda Varma the legendary Maharajah of Travancore.
There is a strong belief that St. Francis Xavier, who came to India in the 18th century placed a cross near Njaramukham (Old name of Puthenthope) and prayed (at the present Pallimukku area). People also believe that St. Francis came to know about the death of his teacher St. Ignatius Loyola, while he was near Njanramukham and so he placed the cross in his namef
The Christians in Puthenthope follow matriarchal system in which female children inherit the wealth.
