It is from the Legend The History of Eraviputhenthurai can be traced.In 16th centuary this region was ruled by King Kalinga.People says that this village took a new look after the legendary story happened in the Kingdom of Kalinga .King Kalinga had arranged wedding for his daughter .He invited the well wishers from every where .He also invited the Mother Sea.Mother Sea instructed him in his dream that if she come there, the kingdom will be no more.But the king compelled the sea to attend the Wedding. Hence it is said that the Mother Sea moved towards his dynasty and it is said that there was a Tsunami in the 16th centuary which destroyed the dynasty of King Kalinga.

             After some years King Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma was well pleasured to this atmosphere of the Sea Shore and decided to have his headquarters here. He made this village the capital calling Aadhithyanthurai (Aadhithya-name of King Aadhithya Varma ,King’s father and Thurai – Coastal Village ). Hence this Village became the capital it attracted more people to get settle down here.

            Later in the middle of 19th centuary Maharaja Marthanda Varma succeeded Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma. The reign of Maharaja Marthanda Varma being an important stage in the history of Travancore, great care has been taken to explain the magnitude of his work with its bearing on the course of events in other parts of South India. So many and so romantic are the prevalent stories of the hair breadth escapes of that king, and so exaggerated the accounts of the opposition said to have been made by influential people in all parts of the country, that the quest for truth was particularly difficult and laborious. Marthanda Varma’s policy towards the Dutch and English. , having had no support from his own people, was obliged to depend on foreign mercenaries, that the armies which led him to victory owed their efficiency and fighting skill to D’Lannoy’s discipline, and that the Travancore forts were built by that Flemish soldier after he was taken captive at the battle of Colachel. .

            When Marthanda Varma ascended the throne of his ancestors the Dutch were powerful in the east. They had settlements in the Pacific and the Indian oceans and a number of fortified places in Ceylon and the Coromandel and Malabar coasts. Most of the Malabar rulers were under their leading strings while some were their acknowledged vassals. It was under Marthanda Varma that inflicted upon them defeat after defeat, put them in complete humiliation, and reduced them to the position of merchants shown of all political ambition. This perspective has not been sufficiently explored by historians. It was therefore deemed necessary to narrate all the relevant facts and explain their import. The several stages in the conquests made by that king have also been explained in chronological sequence. The march of events for which Marthanda Varma was responsible has been shown to be the outcome of a steady policy of national political expansion. The part played by Travancore under Maharaja Rama Varma Karthika Thirunal in settling the political map of South India and helping to promote Pax Britanica. The suppression of the “irrepressible” Poligars of Tinnevelly and the buttressing of the authority of the Nawab of the Carnatic were achieved by the East India Company with the active help of the Maharaja who sent large armies to fight the enemy at Vasudevanallur, Nellithankavila and many another places. However, the Maharaja was obliged to recognise the formal precedence of the Nawab through the persuasion of the Company'’ officers.

            The King Uthram Thirunal Marthanda Varma had the lack of transportationin his Kingdom, so he planned to dig a canal from Poovar till Eraiyumenthurai connecting river Neyyar in Poovar and river Tamirabarani in Eraiyumenthurai.In 1860 he made the canal and named it as AVM canal (Ananhta Victoria Marthanda Varma) canal . Here Anantha stands for King Anantha Varman –Father of UTM Varman, Victoria refers Queen Victoria who ruled over India during this time and Marthanda Varman, the Kings name. Soon after this the King constructed the first Bridge above this canal for free traveling and named it as Aadhithyanthurai Bridge which still remains ruined at E.P.Thurai Edappadu justifying the History.

            Later few years a tragedy happened in the Village taking many lives due to the fast spreading disease. Out of fear many people moved towards east and settledown there and called that village as Puthenthurai (Puthen-New., Thurai- Coastal Village)

            Later on it is said that Puthenthurai was attacked by great tidal waves and many people lost their lives and lovelyhood. During this flood there was a soldier named Eravikuttipilla who courageously and generously helped the people to be rescued, so the people are very much greatful to this soldier. In order to remember him they named the village as Eraviputhenthurai (E.P.Thurai)

            It is also said that later on Portuguse missionaries invaded this village and built a Church under the Patroness of St.Catherine of Alexandria . Since the Church was built in this village people were verymuch happy to call this village honouring the Patroness as Santacatherinaputhenthurai (Stcatherineputhenthurai.).