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'''Nambeesan''' (also written as '''Nambisan''', '''Nambissan''', '''Nambiyassan''' or '''Nampeesan''') is a [[Pushpaka Brahmin]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sree Pushpaka Brahmana Seva Sangam|url=http://spssworld.com/about.aspx?pagetype=history|access-date=2020-08-08|website=spssworld.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/60726/7/07_chapter%203.pdf|title=Caste System in Kerala}}</ref> [[Caste system in India|caste]] of [[Kerala]], India.

==Brahmanippattu==
The women of the Nambeesan caste, known as Brahmani Ammas, are entitled to perform Brahmanippattu, a type of domestic devotional offering performed usually in connection with marriages.<ref>{{cite book |title=Folklore: The Identity of Culture |first=M.V. Vishnu |last=Nampoothiri |publisher=Department of Information & Public Relations, Government of Kerala |year=2012 |page=73 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The Secret Chamber: A Historical, Anthropological & Philosophical Study of the Kodungallur Temple|first=V.T. |last=Induchudan |publisher=Cochin Devaswom Board|year=1969 |page=260 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Ramacharitam and the Study of Early Malayalam|first=K.M. |last=George |publisher=National Book Stall|year=1956 |page=13 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Pushpaka Unni]]

==References==
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[[Category:Malayali Brahmins]]
[[Category:Indian surnames]]

Nambeesan - Revision history

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