Chakkala Nair

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

Chakkala Nair

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

Vattakattu Nairs^[8] 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^[9][10]

According to eminent scholars Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan was born in a Chakkala Nair family of Thrikkandiyoor Amsam in Vettathunadu^[11]

Chakkala Kaali Nair also known as Kunchirakottu kaaliyan^[12][13] a close associate of Iravikkutti Pillai and a warrior who was made famous by ballads of Venad belonged to Chakkala Nair caste.^[14][15]

See also

• Sanskritisation

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. 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.
5. 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.
6. "ANTHROPOLOGY NAYARS OF MALABAR (WITH ELEVEN PLATES)" (PDF). MADRAS GOVERNMENT MUSEUM Bulletin. 11 (3): 203.
7. Singh, Kumar Suresh (2002). People of India: Kerala (3 pts.). Anthropological Survey of India. p. 299. ISBN 978-81-85938-99-8.
8. 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.
9. Kerala government gazette official forward caste list www.collegeguru.in/doc/fc-list-kerala.pdf
10. 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.
11. Tarakan, Ke Eṃ (1990). A Brief Survey of Malayalam Literature: History of Literature. K.M. Tharakan. p. 26.
12. "Prithviraj's next is titled Kaaliyan - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
13. Paramēśvarayyar, Uḷḷūr Es (1979). ഉള്ളൂരിന്റെ പ്രബന്ധങ്ങൾ [Chakkala kali nair got rewarded by maharaja for his heroic act.] (in Malayalam). Kēraḷa Sarvakalāśāla. p. 90.
14. 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.
15. "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.