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{{Short description|Community of Kerala, South India}}<br />
The '''Mannan'''<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lKq5A57tX1cC&dq=Mannan+caste&pg=PA124 |title=Rethinking Development: Kerala's Development Experience |date=1999 |publisher=Concept Publishing Company |isbn=978-81-7022-764-9 |pages=124 |language=en}}</ref> are a community in [[Kerala]], India. They are one of the [[Adivasi]]<br />
who live in [[Idukki District]]. Mannan is a schedule caste community, which only worked as labours in the fields. It is the only existing tribal village in South India which falls under the [[Kanchiyar]] grama panchayath of Idukki [[tehsil]] (previously [[Udumbanchola]] tehsil).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://netindian.in/news/2011/12/28/00017913/tribal-king-aryan-raja-manna-passes-away-kerala|title="Tribal king" Aryan Raja Manna passes away in Kerala Population: About 6,000 Literacy 19.12% {{!}} NetIndian|date=2011-12-28|website=netindian.in|access-date=2016-11-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dakshinroutes.com/Tour-Packages/NewsLetterDetails.aspx?ID=1471|title=Dakshin Routes|website=www.dakshinroutes.com|access-date=2016-11-30}}</ref> The village has four religious divisions such as 'Thekkottu Kattu Rajyam', 'Nadukkuda Kattu Rajyam', 'Athal Orupuram' and 'Chenkanattu Mala'. Goddess Madhura [[Minakshi]] of famed [[Meenakshi Amman Temple|Madura Temple]] in [[Tamil Nadu]] is their ''Kuladevatha'' (tutelary deity).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://idukki.nic.in/culture.htm|title=Idukki District of Kerala - An official website|website=idukki.nic.in|access-date=2016-11-30}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Kozhimala]] the Mannan settlement that is the community's "headquarters"<br />
* [[The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006]]<br />
https://sites.google.com/view/focusonpeople/major-tribes-in-kerala<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
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* {{cite news |last1=NIE Staff Writers |title=The king who graduated from Maharaja's College |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2012/mar/05/the-king-who-graduated-from-maharajas-college-345939.html |access-date=28 November 2021 |work=The New Indian Express |date=16 May 2012}}<br />
* {{cite book |last1=Suresh |first1=Lavanya |last2=Suchitra |first2=M. |title=Suicidal resistance: Understanding the opposition against the Western Ghats conservation in Karunapuram, Idukki, Kerala |date=2021 |publisher=Centre for Development Studies Prasanth Naga |location=Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India |isbn=978-81-948195-4-7 |pages=35–44 |edition=First |url=https://cds.edu/wp-content/uploads/Western-Ghats_MonographSeries2.pdf |access-date=28 November 2021 |series=CDS Monograph Series: Ecological Challenges and Local Self-Government Response}}<br />
* {{cite report |last1=Sebastian |first1=Lijo |last2=Peter |first2=Jenee |title=Living on the Edge: Impact of Peasant Migration on the Mannan Tribe of Kerala |url=https://www.academia.edu/19968940 |access-date=28 November 2021 |language=en}}<br />
* {{cite news |last1=Surendranath |first1=Nidhi |title=The King takes up the cause of the commoner |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/the-king-takes-up-the-cause-of-the-commoner/article4684159.ece |access-date=28 November 2021 |work=The Hindu |date=5 May 2013 |language=en-IN}}<br />
* {{cite news |last1=Harikumar |first1=A. |title=No kingdom, but kingship continues after 60 years of democracy |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/217472/no-kingdom-kingship-continues-60.html |access-date=28 November 2021 |work=Deccan Herald |date=7 January 2012 |language=en}}<br />
* {{cite magazine |author=Shahina KK |title=The King Who Was Not: The tragic life and death of a tribal monarch in Kerala |url=https://openthemagazine.com/features/india/the-king-who-was-not/ |magazine=The Open Magazine |date=13 January 2012}}<br />
* {{cite news |last1=Saju |first1=Sajin |title=A king and his tribe: How the Mannans of Kerala are struggling to preserve age-old tradition |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/a-king-and-his-tribe-how-the-mannans-of-kerala-are-struggling-to-preserve-age-old-tradition-4633351/ |access-date=28 November 2021 |work=The Indian Express |date=29 April 2017 |language=en}}<br />
* {{cite web |last1=''Better India'' photographer |last2=''Better India'' Writer |title=In Photos: The Fascinating Story of Kerala's Forest King & His Tribe's 700-Year-Old Legacy |url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/95726/kerala-forest-king-raja-raman-mannan-idukki/ |website=The Better India |language=en |date=13 April 2017}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://idukki.nic.in Government of Kerala: Iddukki District official website]<br />
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