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The '''Moothan''' are a community in [[Palakkad district]] of [[Kerala]], India, who primarily engage in trade. They believe themselves to have migrated to Kerala from [[Tamil Nadu]] in the 16th or 17th century, and refer to themselves as [[Arya Vaishya]].<ref name="MenonLinguistics2002">{{cite book|author1=T. Madhava Menon|author2=International School of Dravidian Linguistics|title=A handbook of Kerala|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TjVuAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=13 May 2013|year=2002|publisher=International School of Dravidian Linguistics|isbn=978-81-85692-31-9|page=766}}</ref> They use titles such as [[Guptan]], [[Mannadiyar]] and [[Tharakan (Title)|Tharakan]].<ref name="SinghMenon2002">{{cite book|author1=Kumar Suresh Singh|author2=T. Madhava Menon|author3=D. Tyagi |author4=Anthropological Survey of India |author5=B. Francis Kulirani |title=Kerala|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qBQwAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=13 May 2013|year=2002|publisher=Affiliated East-West Press [for] Anthropological Survey of India|isbn=978-81-85938-99-8|page=947}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.moothan.com www.moothan.com]<br />
*[http://khssmoothanthara.blogspot.in/]<br />
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