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The '''Nambiar''' (also written as '''Nambyar''') is a [[Hindu]] [[Ambalavasi]] caste of [[Kerala]]. | |||
The '''Nambiar''' (also written as '''Nambyar''') is a [[Hindu]] [[Ambalavasi]] caste of [[Kerala]]. | Ambalavasi Nambiars wear sacred thread like [[Brahmins]] and is traditionally considered as a higher caste to [[Nairs]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sinha |first=Surajit |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pjVdJMBeXU8C&dq=ambalavasi&pg=PA588 |title=Anthropology of Weaker Sections |date=1993 |publisher=Concept Publishing Company |isbn=978-81-7022-491-4 }}</ref> including same name bearing Nair-[[Nambiar (Nair subcaste)|Nambiar]] caste which usually leads to confusion. | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[ | *[[Kunchan Nambiar]] | ||
*[[ | *[[Mizhavu]] | ||
*[[Ottan Thullal]] | |||
*[[Chakyar koothu]] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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The Nambiar (also written as Nambyar) is a Hindu Ambalavasi caste of Kerala.
Ambalavasi Nambiars wear sacred thread like Brahmins and is traditionally considered as a higher caste to Nairs[1] including same name bearing Nair-Nambiar caste which usually leads to confusion.
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- ↑ Sinha, Surajit (1993). Anthropology of Weaker Sections. Concept Publishing Company. ISBN 978-81-7022-491-4.
- Chakiar, Mani Madhava (1975), Nātyakalpadrumam, Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi