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The Cheramar, (also Cheraman and Pulayar) is a caste forming one of the main social groups in modern-day Kerala and Karnataka as well as in historical Tamil Nadu or Tamilakam.

Traditions[edit | edit source]

Cheramar’s are noted for their music, craftsmanship, and for their generosity

Demography[edit | edit source]

According to the 2011 Census, the Cheraman population in Kerala was 1,338,008.^[1]

Notable people[edit | edit source]

Uthiyan Cheralathan
Chenkuttuvan
Iyenkali
K. P. Vallon
P. K. Rosy

References[edit | edit source]

↑ "Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India". www.censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 31 August 2019.

[1] "Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India". www.censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 31 August 2019.

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-The '''Pulayar''', {{IPA-ml|pulɐjɐr|IPA}}, (also '''Pulaya''', '''Pulayas''', '''Cherumar''', '''Cheramar''' and '''Cheraman''') is a [[Dalit]] (untouchable) [[Caste system in India|caste]]<ref>{{cite book |title=An Untouchable Community in South India: Structure and Consensus |first=Michael |last=Moffatt |publisher=Princeton University Press |year=2015 |isbn=978-1-40087-036-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L4t9BgAAQBAJ&pg=PA42 |page=42}}</ref> in Hinduism, forming one of the main [[social groups]] in modern-day [[Kerala]] and [[Karnataka]] as well as in historical [[Tamil Nadu]] or Tamilakam.
+The '''Cheramar''', (also '''Cheraman''' and '''Pulayar''') is a caste forming one of the main [[social groups]] in modern-day [[Kerala]] and [[Karnataka]] as well as in historical [[Tamil Nadu]] or Tamilakam.
 == Traditions ==
-Pulayars are noted for their music, craftsmanship, and for certain dances which include ''Kōlam-thullal'', a mask dance which is part of their exorcism rituals, as well as the [[Mudi-āttam]] or hair-dance which has its origins in a fertility ritual.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ignca.nic.in/ps_01021.htm|title=PRIMAL ELEMENTS:THE ORAL TRADITION}}</ref><ref>
+Cheramar’s are noted for their music, craftsmanship, and for their generosity
-{{cite journal|title=Early Evidence for Caste in South India, p. 467-492 in Dimensions of Social Life: Essays in honor of David G. Mandelbaum, Edited by Paul Hockings and Mouton de Gruyter, Berlin, New York, Amsterdam, 1987}}</ref><ref>http://www.soas.ac.uk/research/publications/journals/ijjs/file46109.pdf</ref>
 == Demography ==
-According to the 2011 Census, the Pulayan population in Kerala was 1,338,008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/SC.html|title=Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|website=www.censusindia.gov.in|access-date=2019-08-31}}</ref> They are a [[Scheduled Caste]] under India's [[reservation in India|reservation system]] in that state<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.keralapsc.gov.in/list-scheduled-castes-kerala-state |title=List of Scheduled Castes in the Kerala State |publisher=Kerala Public Service Commission, State Government of Kerala |access-date=2020-06-30}}</ref> and in Tamil Nadu.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://socialjustice.nic.in/UserView/index?mid=76750 |publisher=Ministry of Social Justice |date=2017 |access-date=2020-07-20 |title=Tamil Nadu}}</ref>
+According to the 2011 Census, the Cheraman population in Kerala was 1,338,008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/SC.html|title=Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|website=www.censusindia.gov.in|access-date=2019-08-31}}</ref>
 == Notable people ==
-* [[Ayyankali]] (1863 - 1941), social reformer
+* Uthiyan Cheralathan
-* [[K. P. Vallon]] (1894 - 1940), social reformer
+* Chenkuttuvan
-* [[P. K. Rosy]] (1903 - 1988), first heroine of [[Malayalam cinema]]
+* Iyenkali
+* K. P. Vallon
+* P. K. Rosy
 == See also ==
-* [[Caste system in Kerala]]
+* Chola Empire
+* Pandian Empire
-Arts of Pulayar caste:
+* Ayy Kingdom
-* [[Chimmanakali]]
-* [[Mangalamkali]]
 == References ==