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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]].  Nambiar ladies are called Nangyar. Although they are in minority and It must not be confused with the higher community caste that’s in par with Nairs with the same name - Nambiar
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==
*[[Chakyar Koothu]]
*[[Kunchan Nambiar]]
*[[Mani Madhava Chakyar]]
*[[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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  1. Sinha, Surajit (1993). Anthropology of Weaker Sections. Concept Publishing Company. ISBN 978-81-7022-491-4.