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-{{About|the Thiyya caste|the synonym for some members of the Ezhava caste|Ezhava}}
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-'''Thandan''' or '''Thandayan''' is the name given to the [[Village head|headman]] of the [[Thiyyar history|Thiyyar]] people, who reside in the Indian State of [[Kerala]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Singh|first=Kumar Suresh|url={{google books |plainurl=y |id=Mt9G1e6JF-QC}}|title=India's Communities: H - M|date=1998|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-563354-2|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Greece)|first=Peter (Prince of|url={{google books |plainurl=y |id=kYyAAAAAMAAJ}}|title=A Study of Polyandry|date=1963|publisher=Mouton|language=en}}</ref> Thandan is the hereditary headman of a Thiyyar tara (village) and is a Thiyyar by [[caste]]. He is appointed by the senior Rani of the [[Zamorin]]'s family or by a local Raja in territories outside the Zamorin's jurisdiction.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Thurston|first=Edgar|url=http://archive.org/details/castestribesofso07thuriala|title=Castes and tribes of southern India|last2=Rangachari|first2=K.|date=1909|publisher=Madras : Government Press|others=University of California Libraries|p=12}}</ref>Thandan becomes the ''Jenmi'' of the ''dhesam'' or ''dhesavazhi.''<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kerala (India)|url={{google books |plainurl=y |id=dYVvweI07JAC|page=66}}|title=Kerala District Gazetteers: Mapappuram|date=1962|publisher=Superintendent of Government Presses|language=en|p=66}}</ref>
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-''Malabar'' was the most commonly-used title to represent the highest privilege among the Thiyyar of the [[Malabar Coast|Malabar]] area. The most notable Thiyyar of the [[Malabars]] received the title as Thandan for their service to the state either in the administration of [[Malabar district]].<ref>{{Cite book|url={{google books |plainurl=y |id=IKQ4m___Pd4C|page=203}}|title=Journal of Kerala Studies|date=2009|publisher=University of Kerala.|language=en|p=203, 205}}</ref> The Thandan, the privileged Thiyyar-Karanavar in a ''Dhesam'' has to carry out the instructions of the politically powerful. He was powerful enough to rule the caste people in his area. In Malabar, the smallest political unit is known as ''Thara''. The head of the ''Thara'' is known as ''Tharayil Karanavar'', "The one who got privilege from the king."<ref>{{Cite book|url={{google books |plainurl=y |id=IKQ4m___Pd4C|page=205}}|title=Journal of Kerala Studies|date=2009|publisher=University of Kerala.|language=en|p=205}}</ref>
-They are designated as [[Other Backward Classes]] by the [[Government of Kerala]] as per anthropological studies conducted by the Kerala Institute of Research, Training, and Development Studies.<ref name="stdg">{{cite web |url=http://164.100.24.208/ls/CommitteeR/Social/20threport.pdf |title=Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment (2006-2007) |page=13}}</ref>
-==See also==
-* [[Caste system in India]]
-==References==
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-==External links==
-* [http://judis.nic.in/supremecourt/qrydisp.asp?tfnm=28188 Supreme Court Verdict on Thiyya thandan of North kerala and thandan caste of South]
-* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927230559/http://krpcds.org/report/Ganesh.pdf Socio- cultural Study on Thirurangadi]
-* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928082948/http://www.kechery.com/parappukavu.htm Parappukavu Temple]
-[[Category:Indian castes]]
-[[Category:Malayali people]]
-[[Category:Indian surnames]]