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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{about|a Hindu caste|the UAE tribe namesake|Marar (tribe)|the place namesake|Marar, Ramgarh|other uses|Marar (disambiguation)}}<br />
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{{infobox caste<br />
| caste_name = Marar<br />
| classification = Temple musicians, Musicians caste<br />
| religions = [[Hinduism]]<br />
| country = India<br />
}}<br />
'''Marar''', ({{lang-ml|മാരാർ}}; [[IAST]]:Mārār), is the name given to the caste of hereditary temple musicians<ref name=":1">Bodies of Silence, Floods of Nectar: Ritual Music in Contemporary Brahmanical Tantric Temples of Kerala. Yale Journal of Music & Religion: Vol. 7: No. 2, Article 2.</ref> of [[Travancore]], [[Kingdom of Cochin|Cochin]] and [[Malabar District|Malabar]] region in the state of [[Kerala]], whose primary duty was to provide the traditional temple ''[[Sopanam]]'' music.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}} .They live in the vicinity of temples; and are related with the temples and temple customs.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Thurston |first=Edgar |title=Castes and Tribes of Southern India|journal=Nature |year=1910 |volume=84 |issue=2134 |page=365 |doi=10.1038/084365a0 |bibcode=1910Natur..84..365. |s2cid=3947850 }}</ref> They belong to [[Ambalavasi|ambalavasi caste]]<ref name=":0">{{cite web |date=April 2019 |title=THE INDIGENOUS MUSIC OF KERALA 'SOPANA SANGEETHAM |url=https://anandfoundation.com/indigenous-music-kerala-sopana-sangeetham/}}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/idakka-the-folk-instrument-of-kerala/article25840844.ece | title=It is God's own instrument | newspaper=The Hindu | date=27 December 2018 }}</ref> (Forward caste).<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Articles On Shadkala Govinda Marar and Sopanasangeetham |url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/20480169/Articles-on-Shadkala-Govinda-Marar-am-Sopanasangeetham |website=scribd.com/}}</ref> Marar ladies are called Marasyar.<br />
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Paani, the indispensable part of high tantric rituals of temple such as ulsavabali, sreeboothabali etc. is another main hereditory temple profession of marar.<ref>kshethra chaithanya rahasyam, 1988, madhav. kerala kshethra samparakshana samithi</ref><ref>https://malayalimanasu.com/us-news/arivinte-muthukal-7/ PMN namboothiri</ref> They were also known for their playing of [[chenda]] (valam thala represents deva vadyam (usually play inside the nalambalam) and edam thala reprasents asura vadyam) and [[idakka]]<ref>Sopana sangeetham, Ooramana Rajendra marar</ref><ref name=":2" />(deva vadyam) in temples<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Vishnu |first1=Achutha Menon |title=The Rhythmic Structure of Melam |journal=The Chitrolekha Journal on Art and Design |date=2020 |volume=4 |issue=2 |pages=1–14 |doi=10.21659/cjad.42.v4n202 |s2cid=242270596 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/tripunithura-krishnadas-ensured-edakka-is-heard-on-new-platforms/article7226962.ece|title=On a journey with the edakka|date=21 May 2015|accessdate=29 March 2023|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> ''Sopanadwani''<ref>{{Cite web |title=SOPANADHWANI |url=https://www.readwhere.com/magazine/marar-sabha/SOPANADHWANI/32407 |access-date=2022-10-28 |website=Readwhere - India's Largest Digital Newsstand}}</ref> is the monthly publication of ''Akhila Kerala Marar Kshema Sabha''. Marars were considered as antharala jathikal (between brahmin and Sudra).<br />
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==Customs and Temple arts==<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Ambalavasi]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Performers of Hindu music]]<br />
[[Category:Social groups of Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Musician castes]]</div>Ajay Kumar