Chakkala Nair
Regions with significant populations
Kerala
Languages
Malayalam
Religion
Hinduism
Related ethnic groups
Nairs

Chakkala Nair, also known as Vattakkat Nair,[1] and Vaniya Nair[2] is one of the intermediate subcastes[3][4][5] of the Nair community. They are distributed throughout Kerala. In Travancore, they are known as Chakkala, while in Cochin and Malabar they are Vattakattu[6] and In the extreme north of Malabar they are called Vaniya[7][8]

Vattakattu Nairs[9] are now indistinguishable from other Nair subcastes through alliances with other Nair communities and is treated as part of the mainstream Nair community by the government of Kerala[10][11]

It was the duty of Peru Vaniyan Nambiars; a section among Vaniya nairs in Kurumbranad to present the Kurumbranad Raja with oil on the occasion of his formal installation[12]

According to eminent scholars Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan was born in a Chakkala Nair family of Thrikkandiyoor Amsam in Vettathunadu[13]

Chakkala Kaali Nair also known as Kunchirakottu kaaliyan[14][15] a close associate of Iravikkutti Pillai and a warrior who was made famous by ballads of Venad belonged to Chakkala Nair caste.[16][17]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Menon, Krishnat P. Padmanabha (1984). History of Kerala: A History of Kerala Written in the Form of Notes on Visscher's Letters from Malabar. Asian Educational Services. p. 194. ISBN 978-81-206-0167-3.
  2. ↑ Singh, Kumar Suresh (2002). People of India: Kerala (3 pts.). Anthropological Survey of India. p. 299. ISBN 978-81-85938-99-8.
  3. ↑ Pallichan and Vattakad were treated as an intermediate class of Shudras because there was neither inter-dining nor inter-marriage between the members of these subdivisions and the high caste Shudras-Census of India, 1961 - Volume 7. p. 19.
  4. ↑ Coomar, Palash Chandra (1987). Polyandry in India: Demographic, Economic, Social, Religious, and Psychological Concomitants of Plural Marriages in Women. Gian Publishing House. ISBN 978-81-212-0105-6.
  5. ↑ Institutions, Kerala (India) Commission for Reservation of Seats in Educational (1966). Report of the Commission for Reservation of Seats in Educational Institutions, Kerala, 1965. p. 141.
  6. ↑ Fuller, Christopher J. (1975). "The Internal Structure of the Nayar Caste". Journal of Anthropological Research. 31 (4): 283–312. doi:10.1086/jar.31.4.3629883. JSTOR 3629883. S2CID 163592798.
  7. ↑ "ANTHROPOLOGY NAYARS OF MALABAR (WITH ELEVEN PLATES)" (PDF). MADRAS GOVERNMENT MUSEUM Bulletin. 11 (3): 203.
  8. ↑ Singh, Kumar Suresh (2002). People of India: Kerala (3 pts.). Anthropological Survey of India. p. 299. ISBN 978-81-85938-99-8.
  9. ↑ Institutions, Kerala (India) Commission for Reservation of Seats in Educational (1966). Report of the Commission for Reservation of Seats in Educational Institutions, Kerala, 1965. p. 141.
  10. ↑ Kerala government gazette official forward caste list www.collegeguru.in/doc/fc-list-kerala.pdf
  11. ↑ Institutions, Kerala (India) Commission for Reservation of Seats in Educational (1966). Report of the Commission for Reservation of Seats in Educational Institutions, Kerala, 1965. p. 141.
  12. ↑ Thurston, Edgar; Rangachari, K. (1909). Castes and tribes of southern India. University of California Libraries. Madras : Government Press. p. 306.
  13. ↑ Tarakan, Ke Eṃ (1990). A Brief Survey of Malayalam Literature: History of Literature. K.M. Tharakan. p. 26.
  14. ↑ "Prithviraj's next is titled Kaaliyan - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  15. ↑ Paramēśvarayyar, Uḷḷūr Es (1979). ഉള്ളൂരിന്റെ പ്രബന്ധങ്ങൾ [Chakkala kali nair got rewarded by maharaja for his heroic act.] (in Malayalam). Kēraḷa Sarvakalāśāla. p. 90.
  16. ↑ മലയാള സാഹിത്യചരിത്രം [Kunchirakotu chakkala kali nair a dear friend , who comes to take the mutilated head of Iravikutty Pillai, who was betrayed and killed by Senanayaka of Thirumala Nayakkan ramayya] (in Malayalam). Gurunāthan Pr̲int̲ing & Pabḷikkēṣans. 1971. p. 95.
  17. ↑ "Kannatiyanporu Purushadeviyamappattu: Thekkan Pattukal (Malayalam) | Exotic India Art". www.exoticindiaart.com (The ballad of Kaniyamkulam poru is about Chakkala kali nair a close associate of iravi kutti pillai .). Retrieved 8 May 2022.
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