tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982207690876666118.post1151658351060719371..comments2024-03-05T08:48:16.588-08:00Comments on Tales from Travancore: TALES FROM THE CAPITAL CITY - XISharat Sunder Rajeevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02380571235160788972noreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982207690876666118.post-57801323531282814502024-02-24T04:28:40.800-08:002024-02-24T04:28:40.800-08:00I am 49 years old now from Edappally, Ernakulam [R...I am 49 years old now from Edappally, Ernakulam [Rishinagakulam], Kochi.<br /><br />An Interior Designer, a Project Management professional. <br /><br />While studying in 8th standard, we had to study novel, "Dharmaraja" of C V Raman Pillai. I being from a Pillai caste and being a history buff wanted to know more about "Ettu Veetil Pillaimar" and just two weeks ago, I had a chance to visit Kulangara Sree Krishna Swamy Kshetram near Kazhakootam.<br /><br />After a small talk with the temple thirumeni/poojari, came to know that the padma theertham/temple pond was the place where Kazhakootam Pillai's bhavanam/residence was. <br /><br />Next, I will be visiting Kulathoor Pillai's bhavanam, which the locals say still exits. After that, I want to visit Chempazhanthi to know about Chempazhanthi Pillai.<br /><br />My contact details:<br />sumeshsivasankar@gmail.com<br />+91 984 690 0484Sumesh Sivasankarhttp://facebook.com/thengils/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982207690876666118.post-26482620974908253332024-02-24T04:23:37.278-08:002024-02-24T04:23:37.278-08:00I am 49 years old now from Edappally, Ernakulam [R...I am 49 years old now from Edappally, Ernakulam [Rishinagakulam], Kochi.<br /><br />An Interior Designer, a Project Management professional. <br /><br />While studying in 8th standard, we had to study novel, "Dharmaraja" of C V Raman Pillai. I being from a Pillai caste and being a history buff wanted to know more about "Ettu Veetil Pillaimar" and just two weeks ago, I had a chance to visit Kulangara Sree Krishna Swamy Kshetram near Kazhakootam.<br /><br />After a small talk with the temple thirumeni/poojari, came to know that the padma theertham/temple pond was the place where Kazhakootam Pillai's bhavanam/residence was. <br /><br />Next, I will be visiting Kulathoor Pillai's bhavanam, which the locals say still exits. After that, I wanted to visit Chempazhanthi to know about Chempazhanthi Pillai.<br /><br /><br />Sumesh Sivasankarhttp://facebook.com/thengils/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982207690876666118.post-8611906462675947572020-07-03T00:14:53.914-07:002020-07-03T00:14:53.914-07:00http://controversiesinhistory.blogspot.com/2012/03...http://controversiesinhistory.blogspot.com/2012/03/forged-story-of-sole-nair-soildership.html<br /><br /><br />forged story of sole nair soildership<br /><br /><br /><br />There are some popular beliefs in kerala .even historians are not free from these prejudices .one such prejudice is nairs were the sole warriors or soilders in kerala during the earlier period.can it be true by any means.actually answer is no.one european person who were in kerala during the middle of 1700s wrote that ,there were some 15 lakh soilders in kerala.he gives the army strength of each princely states eg 50000 regular army in travancore,another 1lakh using traditional weapons.samudhiri had some 50000 to 75000.kochi had 35000 and palakkad raja had 20000etc.this goes on and on.even that list was not complete.but we know even in the census taken in the last decades of 1800s ,the total savarna population was less than 10%.to sustain a 15lakh army is not easy.even india in 21st century find it too expensive.and population strength is one main concern.any country can rise a army which will be some 5% to 10% of its youths population.may be the kerala armies were not regular armies.still 15 lakh soilders is not so easy to be formed from a section of the society which forms only a minority of the society.but we shall better look at the records and make an understanding of the actual fact.<br /><br />palace records does not use the word nair army.samudiri granda varikal never refer to nair army.the word used is lokar.why would they have not used the word nair pada,if it the usual usage or the pada was actually consists of nairs.they should have used it surely .but the reason is evedent the then army was not consists entirely of nairs.samudhiri letters have also been found.in it also he never used the word nair pada.there also he used the word lokar.the famous naval battles fought during that time was betteen portugeese and naval army of samudhiri led by marakkar .the naval army was mainly consists of mappilas.<br />there is one incidant,once a portugeese army group invaded calicut and marched upto samudiris palace.samudiri was not there ,nor his army.lokar or people around the place or in the city got alert and attacked the portugese.many portugeese were wounded and some killed ,portugese were forced to return to their ships,never again they dare to do such a thing.majority of people in calicut city are ezhavas or thiyyas,even now.if there is another major group its the muslims.(mukkuvar or deevara are also there.but lesser in beech area compared to more southern and norther parts.also muslims were converted from ezhava and deevara families for serving in navy. )the greatest lord (or family )in calicut that time was a ezhava having granded many titles and positions from samudiri.when haider attacked calicut this lord came to see haider ali and presented gifts before him and requested to spare the people of calicut.while samudhiri family and many brahmin familes fled to travancore.savithri devinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982207690876666118.post-70819289123356598122019-12-28T04:02:34.369-08:002019-12-28T04:02:34.369-08:00nair caste name was alloted to a group during 1916...nair caste name was alloted to a group during 1916 after great pleading and request to the maharaja. actually there were no such word used in malayalam before that. about 66 communities joined to form the a society named thiruvidankure bhrithya gana sangam. it was like as trade union. later it was renamed to NSS after the word nair was alloted to them. why people search for the long past history of this caste. it is fully clear that this caste was formed very recently. <br />the word nair/nairos/nayaries etc were used by european foreigners to denote the soildiers of kerala. but that word has nothing to do with a particular caste.rajasekharannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982207690876666118.post-88580267753830367332018-06-19T01:09:02.123-07:002018-06-19T01:09:02.123-07:00Can you help me find the story of Alappuzha ?Can you help me find the story of Alappuzha ?Sreenu Sreekumarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08641363731519708053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982207690876666118.post-72859176893160464302016-12-31T10:01:23.321-08:002016-12-31T10:01:23.321-08:00Mankoikkal is an ancient nair tharawad, Nothing to...Mankoikkal is an ancient nair tharawad, Nothing to do with Channars or ezhavas, Leela Omchery is from that family @VenuAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982207690876666118.post-10182029502152574632016-09-02T06:38:45.676-07:002016-09-02T06:38:45.676-07:00Do you need 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total nair population during 1850&...@ Rajendravarma<br />total nair population during 1850's were 35 % and at the time of Tipu's invasion it was around 55% in entire kerala(from British Records), the society was divided into Feudal principalities which supplied army of nairs at the time of war at the Kings request, I don't quiet understand the census claims u have given, now i suspect if u are an OBC using pseudo names and has posted all these claims in ur comment, pls refrain from such activities and don't ruin such articlesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982207690876666118.post-73817038141926480702015-06-07T09:28:54.663-07:002015-06-07T09:28:54.663-07:00http://controversiesinhistory.blogspot.in/2012/03/...http://controversiesinhistory.blogspot.in/2012/03/forged-story-of-sole-nair-soildership.html<br /><br /><br />forged story of sole nair soildership<br /><br /><br /><br />There are some popular beliefs in kerala .even historians are not free from these prejudices .one such prejudice is nairs were the sole warriors or soilders in kerala during the earlier period.can it be true by any means.actually answer is no.one european person who were in kerala during the middle of 1700s wrote that ,there were some 15 lakh soilders in kerala.he gives the army strength of each princely states eg 50000 regular army in travancore,another 1lakh using traditional weapons.samudhiri had some 50000 to 75000.kochi had 35000 and palakkad raja had 20000etc.this goes on and on.even that list was not complete.but we know even in the census taken in the last decades of 1800s ,the total savarna population was less than 10%.to sustain a 15lakh army is not easy.even india in 21st century find it too expensive.and population strength is one main concern.any country can rise a army which will be some 5% to 10% of its youths population.may be the kerala armies were not regular armies.still 15 lakh soilders is not so easy to be formed from a section of the society which forms only a minority of the society.but we shall better look at the records and make an understanding of the actual fact.rajendravarmanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982207690876666118.post-17103380757430486332014-11-08T07:59:28.460-08:002014-11-08T07:59:28.460-08:00i am renault my mother's family name is gonsal...i am renault my mother's family name is gonsalves i have ask about our family name why because in the time V.M.V he sold or sent some women of thampi family to coastal belt of tvm this ladies later protected by some other thampies and the baptized with the help of Portuguese for escaping from V.R.M and this portuguese gives there sir name to this families with a lordship(lot of land and a respect full position in society) in this Raman Thampi got gonsalves sir name from Portugese and he is my great grand father. i have to ask that is this above mentioned matters are true or not. if it is true then i have to no more about my forefathers. "please respond as quickly as possible"rahulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15571220029186484528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982207690876666118.post-25531274858783178572014-09-02T03:50:26.722-07:002014-09-02T03:50:26.722-07:00i am happy that the work i should do for my commun...i am happy that the work i should do for my community , is been noticed and been explained in a presentation by Mr. Sharat Sunder Rajeev. it was my aunt Mrs. Jagatha (now at kannur) informed me that , a person has written the history about our clan who is settled in travancore... i loved to read again , because what u have written is been told to me as a tale by the same man (my great aaja) when i used to visit him..unfortunately he even completed a compendium regarding how we had a multi cultural background(coz i have cousins, nieces and nephews settled in andhra, karnataka, tamilnadu, maharashtra, delhi). his death is an ultimate loss. i would say, an era ended. thank you Sunder Rajeevsooryanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982207690876666118.post-88549476907923382862014-04-30T03:16:35.638-07:002014-04-30T03:16:35.638-07:00
in modern age too majority of the martial arts sc...<br />in modern age too majority of the martial arts school of kalarippayattu or kalaris are run by ezhava caste.all the ancient kalaries still existed are owned and run by them.in trivandrum where southern style is more popular its run by another caste ,nadars.nairs are not much in the kalari training or teaching.but the famous cvn kalari was started by c v narayan nair was a nair.but his teacher was a thiyya guru.kannur is famous for gymnastics and circus.the circus companies of kerala were founded and owned by thiyyas.it was because they had the practise of learinging kalarippayattu which gives very importance to acrobatics again due to the martial history of that community.keeleri kuzhikannan was the first to start circus company in india.<br /><br />it is also a common misconcept that bhrahmins were the sole keepers of sanskrit language.but actually many books in sanskrit was written by bhuddhist and jains.in kerala during mediveal period sanskrit was actually taught by medical practitioners ,astrologers etc.these schools were mainly run by buddhist familes or ezhava familes.until the 20th century majority of these schools were run by them also it should be noted that many other castes were also used to run such schools.ayurvedic phisicians were ezhava and nadar familes ,also it was practised by some bhrahmin families and other castes which are now in obc list.savithri devinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982207690876666118.post-43144347109985587542014-04-30T03:14:28.837-07:002014-04-30T03:14:28.837-07:00it have been shown earlier that the army commander...it have been shown earlier that the army commander of marthanda varma was anantha pathmanabhan who was a channan or nadar and not a nair.he was also the commander of the personal body guard battalion of the king.it consists of 36 warriors selected by the king personnaly.they were all channars.in many victorious battles conducted by marthanda varma the commander was ramayyan who was not a nair.his caste is not known clearly.he was born in tamilnadu and came into the serice of the travancore king at a very young age.for many years he was considered as a bhrahmin,but some have pointed out that he belonged to the maravar community of tamilnadu.what it is clear is that he is not a nair .kanakku ,pillai,chempaka raman etc were given as titles to the courters or to those who were in service or to those who have done service to the king. it was not given on community basis nor to a particular caste.it cant be competetant persons are to be taken to service and it cannot be found from a particular caste,not always from upper caste .<br /><br />in kerala the largest about one third population is ezhavars another caste.many ezhavars were in military service in olden days.not only they were soilders but also were commanders and officers in the armies.varnapalli family was the army chiefs and ministers of kayamkulam kingdom, so was ambanattu panikkar in service of ambalapuzha kingdom,ambantttu family of kollam was another ezhava family in service of kollam or desinganadu principality.Akathayyadi panicker was the cheif army commander of elaidatthu soroopam or kottarakkara kingdom.(Ref: Pathonmpatham noottandile keralam by Bhaskaranunni),Renakeerthy and dharmakeerthi chekavars - Commandor of Marthandavarma. (Ref: Travancore state manual.).ezhavars were largely in the service of cochin kingdom ,sankthan thampuran specialy appointed a ezhava military betallion in the guard of vadakkum nathan temple , commanded by a ezhava officer.in malabar area ezhavar were largely addressed by the name thiyyar and chekavar.chevam means military service in malayalam.those who were soldiers were known as chekavar.as thiyyars were so much in military service that ,it became another caste name of ezhavars.the word chaver pada or suicidal squad was actually derived from the word chekavar.whether it actually existed a question still not answered.savithri devinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982207690876666118.post-78754493090934643432014-04-30T03:12:09.535-07:002014-04-30T03:12:09.535-07:00in many books written in malayalam and english the...in many books written in malayalam and english the word orgin is discussed.from the social history of kerala some<br />excerpts are quoted here."<br />In Brahminic Hinduism dog and hound have come to occupy an important position.<br />Even in the English language, phrases like watch-dog, dog-like loyalty and dogged<br />resistance are expressions of high literary acceptability. Kampil Ananthan in his open<br />letter (1952) addressed to R. Narayana Panicker, a Malayalam lexicographer pointed out<br />that the domestic services in Sanskrit were swavrithy (suna- eva-vrithy) which is given as<br />"sevaswa vritl ralthyata" in Manusmruti and sevaswa vrithy in Amarakosa and, therefore<br />he comes to the conclusion like Kanippayyoor that the term Nayar means one who serves<br />the Nampootiri with dog-like loyalty (for further meaning refer to pp. 53-54 of the Open<br />Letter). Even otherwise Manusmriti loudly proclaims that the Sudras' occupation is to<br />render services at the foot of the Brahmin and the other two varnas. At the time when the<br />Kerala Sudras fully trusted the Nampootiri and hailed him god, he had cleverly coined<br />the term Nayar concealing the meaning of it but making them believe that it was an<br />honorific."<br /><br />but the unbelivable thing is that those who followed them used the word nair to denote the soilders of kerala.many never seen kerala and those who visited were not aware of the social setup of kerala.many who visited kerala have already read books about kerala written by their forecomers and were driven by the prejudices.this continued and in 400 years that word gradually got accepatance and today many keep that word in their surname thinking it has great meaning.what shall a person,who have lived 400 years ago think when he hears such names.he may have laughed and says what pitty.valli ammalnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982207690876666118.post-54457546589543085722014-04-30T03:11:12.389-07:002014-04-30T03:11:12.389-07:00it quite possible that portughese used the word na...it quite possible that portughese used the word nair knowing its bad meaning to denote the soilders of kerala armies to which they had frequent querrel and fights.they hated keralites and soildiers of kerala to whom they have to fight.word nair being used to harase or mention a down troden man whose only task he was permitted to do was to serve the bhrahmins with atmost loyality and who were used to be called the sudras of kerala by the bhrahmins.in manusmrithi the sudra word is defined as that person who should do all types of labour to a bhrahmin with atmost loyality without expecting anything in return like that of a dog.the malayalam word of dog is naya.in malaylam lexicon the word nair is said to orgin from this word naya.kanippayoor sangarn namboothiri says sudras loyality is compared to dog in manusmrithi and other sanskrit texts.bhrahmins who were aware of this may have coined the word nair from the malayalam word naya and have give to these servants and made them belive it to be honoroble name.<br /><br />portughese knowing this may have used the nair to satisfy their hatred towards kerala people.eventhough they were aware that nairs were not military people and portughese too were used to appoint soilders in their service for guarding their factory and into their armies.these people who they were accoustomed with, majority of whom were not nairs.for nairs were generally considered as slaves of bhrahmins.it should be noted in particular that even the british who conqured and ruled india did not considered indian soildiers as equal to british soildiers.they called indian soilders as sipoyees meaning peons or chowkidars or servants.these sepayees were made to do the house hold works of british soildiers and other petty services to them.if the british have kept such an attitute then what shall be the attitude of portughese towards indians and keralaites for the mutual hatred was the sole connection between them and keralaites.<br />nagambareswarynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982207690876666118.post-67353797395015740532014-04-30T03:10:14.823-07:002014-04-30T03:10:14.823-07:00
but why the caste name nair got so famous and bec...<br />but why the caste name nair got so famous and became known to all keralites despite kerala was divided in different countries ruled by many kings.why was the caste name nair be selected and claimed as all same from kshtriyas to bottom most caste of savarnas as nair.its one of the classic examples which shows how the mind set of people can be changed with education which was far distanced or have no corelation to the actual facts.it has been shown earlier that the word nair itself was not considered as a good word and it contained a bad meaning attached to it and how untiringly many have tried to give new meaning to it.the word was not mentioned in any official records such as stone inscriptions,land records ,orders from the king etc.one other reason for this may be it denoted a very small subcaste mainly employed as house hold servents.even no good literature in the medivial kerala used that word.but there were some reference to this caste indirectly in some literatures such as chambu set of literature which uses a mixture language of malayalam and sanskrit ,which was more popular amoung the bhrahmins of kerala.but from the second quarter of 19th century this word nair became popular slowly.this was because of the modern english education.some how when portughese came to kerala they some how got the idea that the soldiers of kerala were all nairs.may be they called the soldiers as nairs.in the books and writings they wrote they used the word nair to denote the soldiers of kerala.they being came from a thick and last era of fedualism,where class division of society was strong ,they were easy pray to the misunderstanding that nairs where the soldiers or nairs alone where the soldiers of kerala.this misconcept was passed on to others and was continued by other europeans such as detch ,english and french.these other later europeans learned about kerala from the writings of portughese.they too absorbed the prejudice that nairs were all soldiers or the kerala soldiers were all nairs.this passed unchecked so mcuh that in almost all the writings the word nair was used to denote the army of kerala.when the english education was introduced in kerala in the second decade of 19th century ,this same misconcept was later taught to the kerala children in schools and thus the misconcept and prejudices were taught to the actual people itself.and above all even today many learned persons and even historians thinks that nairs are the only soldiers of kerala.But in reality many nairs were not soldiers or have nothing to do with warfare.<br />usha kumarinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982207690876666118.post-75902805942030293902014-04-30T03:08:41.908-07:002014-04-30T03:08:41.908-07:00it should also be noted that the sambandam by namb...<br />it should also be noted that the sambandam by namboothiris with kshathriyas and ambalavasis were different than with the nairs.the bhrahmins used to live in the houses of these kshathriyas and ambalavasi familes with whom they have started sambandam.usually the ladies doesnot have other males in relation to her.that is kshtriyas and ambalavasis used to make sambandam with only one namboothiri at a time if not for the life time.it was like a marriage as the man and lady live together in the same house just like husband and wife.even though the namboothiris doesnot consider this as a marriage and children born in this relation had no right on the father and also on the property and wealth he ever possessed.this was not the case with the nairs.not only namboothirs but anyone from bhrahmin to nairs can have relations with any nair women.she can have any number of males as she desires at the same time.these men does not stay at these nair houses nor they drink water or take food from these houses as it was considered an act punishable with bhrasht under social laws.the namoothiris or bhrahmins doesnot enter in relation or mate with a nair lady if she is a virgin.its said that they were not ready to pull a lady to prostitution as it was a sin which would fall on them.so the nairs practiced a custom or ritual just after a lady attains puberty or mensuration.a ceremony was conducted in which the girl was declaired to attain womanhood.then her mother invites a man from a sub caste of nairs who would mate with lady accepting presence or money.this subcaste does't exists now.but they were held in high esteem till the end of 19th century.they would only accept the invitation only when satisfied by the money and presents given to them.in some places a ritual marriage was also arranged which would last only for few days.when this phase is over the family can invite namboothiris and others to enter sambandam with the girl.the namboothirs and others were now come to have relation with her.these men come only at night and if there is no one he can sleep with the woman he choosed.but he would not stay there after the sun rise and never take food or drink even water.it may sound unbelivable now but it was the social custome practiced by the nairs till 20th century.it seized to exists only with the modern education and social reform movements.after independance this practise was declaired unlawful by framing new laws.<br />santhi warriornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982207690876666118.post-60197504156384686762014-04-30T03:08:06.624-07:002014-04-30T03:08:06.624-07:00the ambalavasi caste in kerala is that caste consi...the ambalavasi caste in kerala is that caste consists of people who were living doing jobs related to temples.this caste consists numerous subcastes.they doesn't were the owners or authorities of the temples but were doing the jobs such as cleaning,sweeping,singing,using drums and other instruments etc.they were not allowed to do the poojas which was done mainly by the bhrahmins.the bhrahmins many times were the authorities of these temples and they were the people who handle the income to the temple.at that time the temple income was mainly from the state treasury,given by the kings.this helped the owners or namboothiris to live well without necessary for doing any useful work.those persons living with jobs related to temples or ambalavasis were actually were dependentant on bharhmins as they can be denied job at any stage by these bhrahmins.so naturally they tried to keep the bhrahmins satisfied.they too practised the sambandam or were ready to entertain namboothiris with their women lot.bhrahmins entered into sambandan or a concubineship with these familes.it was not considered or accepted as marriage by the bhrahmin comunity.still the ambalavasis prefered to get a bhrahmin relation for their woman. this was way they have found to keep their job secure and income intact.so they prefer to have bhrahmin relative.if the namboothiri was a learned man and have income it was an added advantage for them.but generally if not all ,the members of ambalavasi castes are very poor and lagged behind in kerala.this was not because of any social backwardness but because of their way living superstitions.many tend to pursue their traditional occupation which have less income.their reluctance to modern education was also another reason.still they are not too poor to live as they can live by finding job and food from the temples even now.santhi warriornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982207690876666118.post-72610887753290427442014-04-30T03:07:26.468-07:002014-04-30T03:07:26.468-07:00The savarnas( the term was mainly used by nambooth...The savarnas( the term was mainly used by namboothiris to denote themselves earlier) were much interested in creating castes and new subcastes.this created a lot of subcastes amoung the so called upperclass.bhrahmins of kerala was also divided by different subcastes.the top most is the wealthy namboothiris called as addyians and poor was called aasiyans. As found every where poor did't got much respect and their situation did't improved much. They were given jobs to assist wealthy namboothiris as servants.in the 20th century there were many namoothiri hotels which served food for money.but at first they were mainly intented for the bhrahmins,some permitted upto nairs but for them seperated place and plates were used.but avarnas were not served there.at that time all the workers in these hotels were namboothiri. Later it these namboothiri hotels meant reduced to the hotel name ,that means the workers were taken from all castes even from other religion too. All were allowed to dine there.<br /><br />Even with highest social status the customs of bhrahmins of kerala was too pathetic. Only the first son of the family was allowed to marry.other sons have no right to marry.but they can mate with any women upto nairs. Not all but some kshatriya families of kerala were ready to allow their ladies to enter in relation with these namboothiris . the most infamous amoung these family was the cochin rulers or thrippunithura kovilakam.these practice created a lot of branches headed with seperated women. The namoothiris which entered in relation with these royal families were like in service or like given job.they were treated well money was given to them and to their familes. Ofcourse these money came from the state treasury and to the treasury from the working people.the income generating people were the farmers , traders and few industrialists.they made the majority of kerala population and consists mainly of so called avarnas which included ezhavar,pulayar and others.but they were not given recognition and rights. Ezhavars which forms the largest community of kerala is belived to be the Buddhist followers earlier.learning institutes were maintained by them which offered studying sanskrit and tamil languages. Medical treatment was one of their main occupation.anyone who is brilliant enough to learn sanskrit and medicine was allowed to learn in these institutes and can become a doctor. They were revered by the royal families and the namboothiris even during the period of untouchabilities. But the rules for untouchability was always relaxed when question of survival and workability comes.numerous stories and court case records shows these practices. Trade and factories were mainly run by the members belonged to this caste.suraj varmanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982207690876666118.post-47874710515153697782014-04-30T03:06:11.256-07:002014-04-30T03:06:11.256-07:00if an influencial person desires ,there is nothing...if an influencial person desires ,there is nothing she can do.out of the childrens born ladies will get more importance as the children of that girls shall be the next rightful heir of the family.this was because with this system no nair man can declaire strongly that he is the father of a kid for the kids mother had many men mating with her.but the mother of a kid can be identified much more easily as she delivers a kid which have witnesses and there by proof .because of this practise ,which was practiced mainly by nairs,the childrens doesnot know who their father was.it was not a problem till the 20th century.but after that due to reform movements and spread of education this custome began considering to be a shame to them.many great reformers fought against this system .this system does not exists now and is even unlawful.ganesh mrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982207690876666118.post-79573211901854803522014-04-30T03:05:46.951-07:002014-04-30T03:05:46.951-07:00but snake worshiping exists in many parts of india...but snake worshiping exists in many parts of india and tamilnadu.the people who do this does have relation to nairs nor do they belong to same caste status.many adivasis and aborgins worship snakes ,so do many other people in india.it have no relation a particular caste.moreover snake worship in kerala have some unique features.rituals ,songs,other performance arts associated with this worship was done some particular caste called pulluvar and not nairs.in any part of the worships of snakes at temples or outside nairs had (and have) no role.in some temples bhrahmins do the worship other rituals being done by other castes such as pulluvars,velans ,parayas etc.but this book had great influence and many persons tried hard to put forward a false theory, that nagas ruled india and the nagas of nagaland are related nairs.but nagas of nagaland are people or mangol orgin came there and settled during the 16th century after the fall of mongol empire in china.they dont even have snake worshiping culture. the reality is that there is no race called nagas who had their mainly worshipers of snake.snake worship has many explainations and is a common feature which can be seen in different parts of india.the snake worship is not every where done with same intention or meaning.in kerala it is related rahu and ketu two imaginary planets included in the hindu solar system.it said that rahu eats moon and when it happens solar eclipse occur.to avoid the evil effects of rahu people in kerala perform snake worship.only out of fear and to eliminate bad or difficult experiences in life that people do snake worship and because of any love and respect to snakes.<br /><br />that book stired confidence in nairs and helped to feel pride.the reasons are many.nairs were called as malayala sudras or the most downward caste in the varna system ,by the bhrahmins of kerala .ealier it was like a pride for the nairs as they were considered in side the varna system and some what part of hindus as they were allowed to enter the temple eventhough with some restrictions.these restriction include denial of ringing bell which was considered sacred,were never allowed to touch or come near the priest,nor were allowed to touch the offerings ,not allowed to enter the place were cooking of dishes meant for offerings.they were also had to move away when the priest come with things for worship.still it was considered as good as many other castes who forms now the majority of hindu religion now were not allowed even to enter the temple.also the bhrahims considered nairs as their servents who were obliged work for them sometimes even without wages.anything given to them were mere the great kindness of the bhrahmins.nair womens were the main maid servents doing house hold works in bhrahmin familes.the nair women were also had to submit to bhrahmins for sex if he desired so.if a bhrahmin comes to a nair house ,he can mate with any women he desires.it was the custom and considered as sacred and blessing.nairs also practiced polygamy ie having more number of husbands(i dont know the correct word in english .the word used popularly with somewhat nicely is sumbandakar meaning men in relation).anyone from bhrahims to nairs can have relation with a nair woman if he desires so.even an order of proclaimation from a travancore king declairing that those nair women who does not submit to wishes (sextual) of men from bharahmins to nairs shall be considered leading an unholy life which is punishable.it is difficult for a nair lady to live alone or with her lover or single husband.ganesh mrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982207690876666118.post-59270702047912356952014-04-30T03:04:30.217-07:002014-04-30T03:04:30.217-07:00there are some works such as kerala mahathmyam,ker...<br />there are some works such as kerala mahathmyam,kerala charitham,kerala pazhama etc which claim to be history books.but actually these were written by bhrahmins of kerala during the second half of 19th century or after 1850s.in it many forged stories were written with characters taken from puranas ,ramayana and mahabharatha.the stories of parasurama one purana character throwing axe to sea,story of mahabali and vamana etc are wrtten in these books.no facts or actual history is dealt in these works.but it was claimed that it was written very very early.but it contains reference of british rule,cannons,rifles etc which shows that ,it was written after 19th century.the aim and claim of these works is that kerala is for bhrahmins or bhrahmins are only rigthful owners of kerala.for that parasurama story was forged ,donating of kerala by him to bhrahmins etc were written.ofcourse it was written by bhrahmins of kerala who were leading lasy or easy living in kerala during that period.so in that books they claimed kerala was for them only.<br /><br />INFLUENCE OF CHATTAMPI SWAMIKAL<br /><br />saint sri chatampi swamikal during the first half of 20th century wrote a book named prachena malayalam.in that he claims that he had found some reference in tamil books about nair caste orgin.but that books were not mentioned by him.he goes at length claiming that nairs were desecenders of snake worshipers or naga aradhars lived in kerala long ago.he also argued that these people were called nagas because of their method of worshiping snakes.the main claim of the book is that nairs were there in kerala from time immorial and from the date on which earth was formed and that the nairs were the only authorised owners of kerala or kerala belongs to nairs.its so sad thing that a person who was revered as an acomplished saint could't even rise from the caste thoughts accumulated in him from his childhood.<br />ganesh mrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982207690876666118.post-20394255111968144182014-04-30T03:03:32.840-07:002014-04-30T03:03:32.840-07:00Additions and method of changing caste of characte...Additions and method of changing caste of characters,and alloting caste historical person done by C.V.Raman was later criticized by many others later.but generally that critics literature is not popular among the masses.any way many persons before and after C.V.Raman had done the same thing .alloting castes to 18 siddhars of tamilnadu is one such example ,done by those who transilated their works to malyalayam.this has happened in recent past ,from 70's to till date.many who reads these works only were easily fall to belive that they belonged to that caste or at time of these historic perosns caste system existed and was strong as in later years.even now some new papers knowingly or unknowingly put caste names to persons when they write a feature about historic events.examples can be seen even now in 2012.anithanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982207690876666118.post-70331089174160204312014-04-30T03:02:44.001-07:002014-04-30T03:02:44.001-07:00the word ettuveetil pillamar too was coined by C.V...the word ettuveetil pillamar too was coined by C.V.Raman pillai and got popular in such a way that all, even historians use the same word.but they were not all pillais or anyone of them belonged to caste vellala pillai who now use the surname pillai.these eight houses were very powerful feudal lords and they held influencial posts .ramana madam and pallichal were ministers of attingal soverign of which ramana madom was a bhrahmin family.kulathoor and chempazhanthi were ezhava families.the arms trainer or kalarippayattu teacher of kazhakuttom was an ezhava man named kesava panikker.later he left from kazhakuttom with his diety whom he worshiped to another place called thozhuvancode where he established a temple now known as thozhvancode devi temple.its priests are even today members of his family and those families related to him and also they belonged to ezhava family.there is no bhrahmin priests in that temple.the word used in the old documents for mentioning these people are ettuveetil madampimar and not ettuveetil pillamar.in the document which mention the punishment of these madampis only 4 houses are stated.the reason is that all were not supporters for the eliminations of marthanda varma.because of the popularity of the word ettuveetil pillamar ,through the novel many people thought that all the pillais or nairs were against marthanda varma and it was a fight against nairs and the ruling family and in the fight nairs lost.<br /><br />the novel was so influencing that many not only historians but also the intellectuals of communist party too were misguided so much that in the books written by them , they mention this as the mass or people revolt against the ruling class or marthanda varma.it also made people to think that nairs were the controlling the state affairs and all the powerful land lords or atleast all the powerful lords were nairs who used to keep a sur name as pillai.this also created a new story that nairs of travncore were against marthanda varma and as ruler he crushed them.this was really not the actual case.nor the nairs were anywhere near to be called powerful for they were so few in number in kerala and travncore.only after the formation nss many castes which were not actually considered nairs were included and thus the number of nairs have increased.earlier these castes were having (still now) seperate caste names and considered nairs to be so much lower to them that even touching them was not allowed.but they used to appoint nairs for their house hold works,but still they were kept aside.the water touched by a nair was not considered good to drink by them (because of the untouchablity practised at the time) doing so was punishable with bhrasht meaning throwing out from their caste and denying all the rights,which included social out casting.even today many castes which joined with nss(nair service society) consider themselves higher than nairs and dont like to got together with so called nairs, eventhough many times they dont use their old sub caste title but generally considered as nairs by others.marriages are not encouraged amoung them or they dont prefer to make an aliance from the nairs.pillais of trivandrum also are part of the nss ,they too are considered as nairs generally.but they use the surname as pillai and not nair.the caste name is vellala pillai.marriages doesnot occur between these castes.in southern districts nairs castes itself is considered as two types.one higher and other lower.generally speaking higher traditionally possess more lands.they generally distance away from the lower nairs.higher nairs generally doesnot support rss or hindu fundalmentalist organisations and movements.anithanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5982207690876666118.post-24207436726851135862014-04-30T03:01:51.602-07:002014-04-30T03:01:51.602-07:00Ananadha padmanabhan is the central or hero of the...Ananadha padmanabhan is the central or hero of the novel mathanda varma written by C.V.Ramana.this character again appears in another novel by the same author.the marthanda varma novel is also love story between anadha padmanabhn and a nair girl.anantha padmanabhan is a trusted friend and companion of marthanda varma.he is very good in arms and is a good warrior.he saves the king many times from the hands of ettuveetil pillamar.another family is also comes into importance in the novel .it is the mangoikkal family.marthanda varma was saved by that family and in that act the family house was burned down.they helped marthanda varma escape from the enimies and he stays in their family.but the enemies suspecting this attacked the house ,but they were stopped by the paraya (another caste now in scheduled list) soldiers and others of the mankoyikkal family.enemies tried to kill marthanda varma by setting fire to the house but bharathan channan or anantha padmanabhan saves the marthanda varma.in the novel ananthapadmanabhan is made nair by making him the son a thirumukkathu pillai.mankoyikkal family is also made nair by using the word kurup and pillai surnames to its family members some of whom also appears in his another novel dharma rajah.<br /><br />in reality the anantha padmanabhan is a historic figure and belonged to channar community.his house still exists in kanyakumari district which was constructed by him during the period of marthanda varma king.he was the caprtain of the body guard battallion which included 36 warriors who were all channars selected personnaly by marthanda varma.he was a great friend of marthanda varma and served the king as his minister and army commander.actually he helped marthanda varma is securing the support of channar and nadar community to fight against the madampis of travancore who helped the thampis in their claim to thrown.these powerful feudal lords were trying to kill the marthanda varma.anantha padmanabhan died in the year 1953 after the establishment of travancore kingdom.<br /><br />the mankoyikkal family also existed and their house too is in kanyakumari district of tamilnadu.kanyakumari was part of the travancore kingdom till 1956.they belonged to channar caste.now the channar caste name is not used.the channar caste and nadar caste combined together in 1925 and is now a single caste.they too held high posts in the period of marthanda varma and rama varma.its likely that they were given the title kurup as they trained soldiers.king marthanda varma also formed a title called chempaka raman pillai which was given to the most eminent personnalities who helped in the government.this title was given to these two families.balendra rajunoreply@blogger.com