Chakkala Nair Explained
Chakkala Nair, also known as Vattakkat Nair,[1] and Vaniya Nair[2] is one of the intermediate subcastes[3] [4] [5] of the Nair community. They are distributed throughout Kerala. In Travancore, they are known as Chakkala, while in Cochin and Malabar they are Vattakattu[6] and In the extreme north of Malabar they are called Vaniya[7] [8]
Vattakattu Nairs[9] is a Forward caste and are now part of the mainstream Nair caste. [10] [11] [12] while vaniya nairs and chakkala nairs were recently added to the central OBC category and get a minimal reservation of 3% sharing with 70 other castes on a rotational basis.
It was the duty of Peru Vaniyan Nambiar [13] [14] section among Vaniya nairs in Kurumbranad to present the Kurumbranad Raja with oil on the occasion of his formal installation[15]
Muchilot Bhagavthi is the patron deity of the Vaniya Nairs and the community serve as the custodian of 108 Muchilot Bhagavathi temples[16] spread across North Malabar from Tulu Nadu to Kozhikode resembling the 108 Shiva Temples mentioned in the Shivalaya Stothram . It is believed that Bhagavthi first manifested herself to Muchilot PadaNair, a chieftain of Mushika dynasty from the Vaniya nair sect.[17] [18]
According to eminent scholars Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan was born in a Chakkala Nair family of Thrikkandiyoor Amsam in Vettathunadu[19]
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Notes and References
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- Book: Singh, Kumar Suresh. People of India: Kerala (3 pts.). 2002. Anthropological Survey of India. 978-81-85938-99-8. 299. en.
- Book: Pallichan and Vattakad were treated as an intermediate class of Shudras because there was neither inter-dining nor inter-marriage between the members of these subdivisions and the high caste Shudras-Census of India, 1961 - Volume 7 . 19.
- Book: Coomar, Palash Chandra . Polyandry in India: Demographic, Economic, Social, Religious, and Psychological Concomitants of Plural Marriages in Women . 1987 . Gian Publishing House . 978-81-212-0105-6 . en.
- Book: Institutions, Kerala (India) Commission for Reservation of Seats in Educational. Report of the Commission for Reservation of Seats in Educational Institutions, Kerala, 1965. 1966. 141. en.
- Fuller. Christopher J.. 1975. The Internal Structure of the Nayar Caste. Journal of Anthropological Research. 31. 4. 283–312. 10.1086/jar.31.4.3629883. 3629883. 163592798.
- MADRAS GOVERNMENT MUSEUM Bulletin . 11 . 3 . ANTHROPOLOGY NAYARS OF MALABAR (WITH ELEVEN PLATES) . 203.
- Book: Singh, Kumar Suresh. People of India: Kerala (3 pts.). 2002. Anthropological Survey of India. 978-81-85938-99-8. 299. en.
- Book: Institutions, Kerala (India) Commission for Reservation of Seats in Educational. Report of the Commission for Reservation of Seats in Educational Institutions, Kerala, 1965. 1966. 141. en.
- Web site: Kerala Forward Caste list -Sl No 77: Vettakkattu Nair . Kerala.gov.in.
- Kerala government gazette official forward caste list
www.collegeguru.in/doc/fc-list-kerala.pdf
- Book: Institutions, Kerala (India) Commission for Reservation of Seats in Educational. Report of the Commission for Reservation of Seats in Educational Institutions, Kerala, 1965. 1966. 141. en.
- Book: CM Shankaran Nair, better known as CMS Chandera., CMS Chandera . വടക്കേ മലബാറിലെ പാട്ടുത്സവം . 1976 . The Author . 10 . ml . The Song Festival of Northern Kerala..
- Book: Innes, Charles Alexander . Malabar Gazetteer . 1997 . Kerala Gazetteers . 120 . en . Peruvanian Nambiyars, Chelladan Nayars and Vennapalan Nayars . All three observe fifteen days ' pollution . The name Peruvanian means " great " or " principal oil - man and it is the duty of this caste to present the Kurumbranad Raja.
- Book: Thurston . Edgar . Castes and tribes of southern India . Rangachari . K. . 1909 . Madras : Government Press . University of California Libraries . 306.
- Web site: Travel Agency, Best of Homestay, Temple & Theyyam Tour Packages . 2024-01-03 . old.travelkannur.com . en-US.
- Folklorist . Jothish Thekkedath . December 1, 2023 . MUCHILOTTU BHAGAVATHY -Why Not Women: A Selective study about representation and role of Goddess (Female Deities) in Theyyam . Journal of Cultural Research Studies . 111–112 .
- Web site: Muchilottu Bhagavathy: Fell into a trap but turned into a goddess . 2024-05-30 . www.onmanorama.com.
- Book: Tarakan, Ke Eṃ. A Brief Survey of Malayalam Literature: History of Literature. 1990. K.M. Tharakan. 26. en.