Marco Polo visited the Pandyan country during his reign and wrote about the wealth and social customs of Pandyan people. His accounts refer to Kulasekaran as "Asciar" or "Ashcar". Marco Polo describes the Pandyan port city of Kulasekharapatnam even now we can see in the seashore of Kulasekharapatnam that Some Pillars which were used to give the right direction for ships as "it is at this city that all the ships touch that come from the west, as from Hormos and from Kis and from Aden, and all Arabia, laden with horses and with other things for sale". And this brings a great concourse of people from the country round about, and so there is great business done in this city,it depicts to the sea shore of port. Also in Kulasekharapatnam now even called Rawthar Paalyam that a part of it, Rawthar a section of muslim called like that their Cavalry and trade with horses. Now Kulasekarapatnam has Muslim Population as Marakkars they were doing trade with Ships, they had come from Kerala, it is said Kunhali Marakkar or Kunjali Marakkar's family members coming from kerala. In Kulsekarapatnam till 1965 the small ships "Dhoni" operated from there. if one town was port, it must have had a Light House. Kulasekharapatnam even now has a light house near to Manapad. So we can come to a conclusion that Marcopolo mentioned place is Kulasekharapatnam]".