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	The '''Kurukkal''' are a [[Caste system in India\|caste]] in [[Kerala]], India. Originally a [[patrilineal]] community of [[Travancore]] whose traditional function was that of temple ~~servants~~, they became [[matrilineal]] towards the end of the 18th century under the influence of the dominant [[Nambudiri]] [[Brahmin]] caste. From that time on, Kurukkal women had [[hypergamy\|hypergamous]] marriages with Nambudiri men and Kurukkal men struck similar relationships with women from the matrilineal Maran caste.<ref>{{cite book \|title=Social Change in Modern India: Rabindranath Tagore Memorial Lectures \|first=Mysore Narasimhachar \|last=Srinivas \|authorlink=M. N. Srinivas \|edition=Reprint \|publisher=Orient Blackswan \|year=1995 \|isbn=978-8-12500-422-6 \|page=18 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZrJB-MsbWvoC&pg=PA18}}</ref>		The '''Kurukkal''' are a [[Caste system in India\|caste]] in [[Kerala]], India. Originally a [[patrilineal]] community of [[Travancore]] whose traditional function was that of temple owners, they became [[matrilineal]] towards the end of the 18th century under the influence of the dominant [[Nambudiri]] [[Brahmin]] caste. From that time on, Kurukkal women had [[hypergamy\|hypergamous]] marriages with Nambudiri men and Kurukkal men struck similar relationships with women from the matrilineal Maran caste.<ref>{{cite book \|title=Social Change in Modern India: Rabindranath Tagore Memorial Lectures \|first=Mysore Narasimhachar \|last=Srinivas \|authorlink=M. N. Srinivas \|edition=Reprint \|publisher=Orient Blackswan \|year=1995 \|isbn=978-8-12500-422-6 \|page=18 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZrJB-MsbWvoC&pg=PA18}}</ref>

	The community's position in the [[Hinduism\|Hindu]] ritual ranking system known as [[Varna (Hinduism)\|varna]] is disputed. They generally claim to be [[Iyer]] Brahmins ~~but this is rejected by the Iyers themselves~~.<ref>{{cite book \|title=The Cult of Draupadi, Volume 2: On Hindu Ritual and the Goddess \|first=Alf \|last=Hiltebeitel \|authorlink=Alf Hiltebeitel \|publisher=University of Chicago Press \|year=1991 \|isbn=978-0-22634-048-7 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wgbKqxx1j1EC&pg=PA24}}</ref>		The community's position in the [[Hinduism\|Hindu]] ritual ranking system known as [[Varna (Hinduism)\|varna]] is disputed. They generally claim to be [[Iyer]] Brahmins .<ref>{{cite book \|title=The Cult of Draupadi, Volume 2: On Hindu Ritual and the Goddess \|first=Alf \|last=Hiltebeitel \|authorlink=Alf Hiltebeitel \|publisher=University of Chicago Press \|year=1991 \|isbn=978-0-22634-048-7 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wgbKqxx1j1EC&pg=PA24}}</ref>

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The '''Kurukkal''' are a [[Caste system in India|caste]] in [[Kerala]], India. Originally a [[patrilineal]] community of [[Travancore]] whose traditional function was that of temple servants, they became [[matrilineal]] towards the end of the 18th century under the influence of the dominant [[Nambudiri]] [[Brahmin]] caste. From that time on, Kurukkal women had [[hypergamy|hypergamous]] marriages with Nambudiri men and Kurukkal men struck similar relationships with women from the matrilineal Maran caste.<ref>{{cite book |title=Social Change in Modern India: Rabindranath Tagore Memorial Lectures |first=Mysore Narasimhachar |last=Srinivas |authorlink=M. N. Srinivas |edition=Reprint |publisher=Orient Blackswan |year=1995 |isbn=978-8-12500-422-6 |page=18 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZrJB-MsbWvoC&pg=PA18}}</ref>

The community's position in the [[Hinduism|Hindu]] ritual ranking system known as [[Varna (Hinduism)|varna]] is disputed. They generally claim to be [[Iyer]] Brahmins but this is rejected by the Iyers themselves.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Cult of Draupadi, Volume 2: On Hindu Ritual and the Goddess |first=Alf |last=Hiltebeitel |authorlink=Alf Hiltebeitel |publisher=University of Chicago Press |year=1991 |isbn=978-0-22634-048-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wgbKqxx1j1EC&pg=PA24}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Social groups of Kerala]]
[[Category:Liturgical castes]]

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