What is "thankamany"

Thankamany is a village at Idukki district, in Kerala state, India. There is a small town associated with this village. In regional language thankamany is a name of a lady. It is a belief that an older jungle king gave dowry as land for his three daughters Thankamany, Kamashi, and Neeli. The place got for Thankamany is now known as Thankamany (place name), other nearby places are also known as Kamashi and Neelivayal (means land of Neeli). Thankamany town is located in a valley of three small hills.(thamprankunnu,kattadikavala,kurishupara)One of the interesting thing is that, even though Kamashi is a different place, the panchayath of thankamany is called Kamashy panchayath and the office is situated in the middle of thankamany town.Sometimes in official documents thankamany is also written as thankamani.