Dayapuram Institutions accommodates more than 2000 students and 8 institutions is run by Al Islam Charitable Trust (AICT) (a registered Charitable non-profitable society) Calicut, established in 1983, based at Calicut.

According to Islamic theology "Mehdi" means 'the divinely guided one' or 'the directed one'. A person must recite the shahadah to convert to Islam.