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The '''Kurukkal''' are a [[Caste system in India|caste]] in [[Kerala]], India. Originally a [[patrilineal]] community of [[Travancore]] whose traditional function was that of temple | The '''Kurukkal''' are a [[Caste system in India|caste]] in [[Kerala]], India. Originally a [[patrilineal]] community of [[Travancore]] whose traditional function was that of temple owners, they became [[matrilineal]] towards the end of the 18th century under the influence of the dominant [[Nambudiri]] [[Brahmin]] caste. From that time on, Kurukkal women had [[hypergamy|hypergamous]] marriages with Nambudiri men and Kurukkal men struck similar relationships with women from the matrilineal Maran caste.<ref>{{cite book |title=Social Change in Modern India: Rabindranath Tagore Memorial Lectures |first=Mysore Narasimhachar |last=Srinivas |authorlink=M. N. Srinivas |edition=Reprint |publisher=Orient Blackswan |year=1995 |isbn=978-8-12500-422-6 |page=18 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZrJB-MsbWvoC&pg=PA18}}</ref> | ||
The community's position in the [[Hinduism|Hindu]] ritual ranking system known as [[Varna (Hinduism)|varna]] is disputed. They generally claim to be [[Iyer]] Brahmins | The community's position in the [[Hinduism|Hindu]] ritual ranking system known as [[Varna (Hinduism)|varna]] is disputed. They generally claim to be [[Iyer]] Brahmins .<ref>{{cite book |title=The Cult of Draupadi, Volume 2: On Hindu Ritual and the Goddess |first=Alf |last=Hiltebeitel |authorlink=Alf Hiltebeitel |publisher=University of Chicago Press |year=1991 |isbn=978-0-22634-048-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wgbKqxx1j1EC&pg=PA24}}</ref> | ||
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The Kurukkal are a caste in Kerala, India. Originally a patrilineal community of Travancore whose traditional function was that of temple owners, they became matrilineal towards the end of the 18th century under the influence of the dominant Nambudiri Brahmin caste. From that time on, Kurukkal women had hypergamous marriages with Nambudiri men and Kurukkal men struck similar relationships with women from the matrilineal Maran caste.[1]
The community's position in the Hindu ritual ranking system known as varna is disputed. They generally claim to be Iyer Brahmins .[2]
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- ↑ Srinivas, Mysore Narasimhachar (1995). Social Change in Modern India: Rabindranath Tagore Memorial Lectures (Reprint ed.). Orient Blackswan. p. 18. ISBN 978-8-12500-422-6.
- ↑ Hiltebeitel, Alf (1991). The Cult of Draupadi, Volume 2: On Hindu Ritual and the Goddess. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-22634-048-7.
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