Complex sentence: Alternate legend suggests the town was settled by mercenaries hired by the king of Travancore from Kamanayakkanpatti, during the political upheaval in the Samasthanam, hence the name "maravan" (Soldier) and "Kudieruppu" (colony) came for this village.
Split into simpler sentences: Alternate legend suggests the ancestors to be the merceneries hired by the king of Travancore from Kamanayakkanpatti, during the political upheaval in the samasthanam. Hence the name "maravan" (Soldier) and "Kudieruppu" (colony) came for this village.