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The '''Nambiar''' (also written as '''Nambyar''') is a [[Hindu]] [[Ambalavasi]] caste of [[Kerala]]. <br />
Ambalavasi Nambiars wear sacred thread like [[Brahmins]] and is traditionally considered as a higher caste to [[Nairs]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sinha |first=Surajit |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pjVdJMBeXU8C&dq=ambalavasi&pg=PA588 |title=Anthropology of Weaker Sections |date=1993 |publisher=Concept Publishing Company |isbn=978-81-7022-491-4 }}</ref> including same name bearing Nair-[[Nambiar (Nair subcaste)|Nambiar]] caste which usually leads to confusion. However, the caste group called Chengazhi Nambi [Chengazhi Nambiar] is distinct from the Ambalavasis. They are people who have the Upanayana samskara, and are also a section that held / adorned the position of Naduvazhi of Chengazhi Nadu.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Kunchan Nambiar]]<br />
*[[Mizhavu]]<br />
*[[Ottan Thullal]]<br />
*[[Chakyar koothu]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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* {{Citation<br />
| last=Chakiar<br />
| first=Mani Madhava<br />
| title=[[Nātyakalpadrumam]]<br />
| publisher=[[Sangeet Natak Akademi]], [[New Delhi]]<br />
| year=1975<br />
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}}<br />
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[[Category:Kerala society]]<br />
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