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	'''Thampan''' is the name of Kshatriya clan from the state of [[Kerala]] in India.		'''Thampan''' is the name of a [[Kshatriya]] clan from the state of [[Kerala]] in India. They were local rulers who pledged allegiance to the powerful kings of Travancore, Kochi and Kozhikode.

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	==Occupation==		==Occupation==
	The Thampans were once ruling classes but by the [[17th century]] they became vassals to other kings - mainly the three large [[Travancore\|kingdoms of Travancore]], [[Kochi]] and [[Kozhikode]].		The Thampans were once ruling classes but by the 17th century they became vassals to other kings – mainly the three large [[Travancore\|kingdoms of Travancore]], [[Kochi]] and [[Kozhikode]].

	==General customs==		==General customs==

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'''Thampan''' is the name of Kshatriya clan from the state of [[Kerala]] in [[India]].

==Etymology==
The word ''Thampan''ot '''Thampran''' is a contraction of the term ''Thampuran'' which is a corrupt version of the Sanskrit term ''Samrat'' and stands for ''Your Lordship''. The title of ''Varma'' is some times affixed to the name of a Thampan. In [[Travancore]], Thampans, along with the [[Thirumulpad]]s form a part of the third tier of [[royal family|Royalty]], after the Koil Thampurans who form the first tier and the Rajas who form the second tier.<ref>Nagam Aiya, V., Travancore State Manual Volume II under caste</ref> In North Malabar, most prominent of the Thampans are the sons of the Nileshwaram Rajahs, who form a part of the [[Kiryathil Nair]] caste.

==Occupation==
The Thampans were once ruling classes but by the [[17th century]] they became vassals to other kings - mainly the three large [[Travancore|kingdoms of Travancore]], [[Kochi]] and [[Kozhikode]].

==General customs==
The customs of the Thampans are same like the Rajahs of Kerala. They are invested with the sacred thread at the age of sixteen and are allowed to recite the [[Gayatri]] incantation ten times, thrice a day. Birth and Death pollutions are observed for eleven days. [[Namboodiri]] Brahmins are the priests of the Thampans. The Thali [[Kettu Kalyanam]] ceremony for girls, which is the actual marriage ceremony, takes place between the ages of seven and fourteen and Brahmins of a class called ''Aryapattar'' tie the Thali while Vedic hymns are chanted by the [[Namboodiri]] Brahmins.

==References==
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* Travancore State Manual
* Travancore Census Report, 1901

[[Category:Social groups of India]]
[[Category:Indian castes]]
[[Category:Kerala society]]
[[Category:Nair]]

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