Nayanar (meaning "the Nayar") is an honorific title used by sub-castes of the Nair community from North Kerala, India. It can be used by Nair families but also a generic term to refer to a Nair[1]
Position in society
The Nayanars were Samanthans, Kiryathils , illathu nairs and Naduvazhi (chiefs of chiefdoms and aristocrats) and Jenmimar (landed gentry).[2]
See also
References
- ↑ Mathew, George (1989). Communal Road to a Secular Kerala. Concept Publishing Company. p. 26. ISBN 978-8-17022-282-8.
- ↑ 1. Organized Struggles of Malabar Peasantry, 1934-1940 Prakash Karat Social Scientist, Vol. 5, No. 8 (Mar., 1977), pp. 3-17