Channar (surname) explained

channar or Chandor was a surname used in Kerala until the early 20th century by reputed families of the Ezhava community.[1] [2] The same surname is also being used by Jatt clans.[3] Channar families, along with the families with the surnames such as Panicker, Thandar and Vaidyar were similarly high status Ezhavas with caste privileges.[4] [5] Enathinathar, a shaivite saint used this surname

Notes and References

  1. Book: Rao, M. S. A. . Social Movements and Social Transformation: A Study of Two Backward Classes Movements in India . registration. 23 . Manohar . 1987.
  2. Book: Mathew, George . Communal Road to a Secular Kerala . 30. Concept Pub. Co . 1989 . 978-81-7022-282-8.
  3. Book: A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province: A.-K. 1997. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. 978-81-85297-69-9. en.
  4. Book: Osella. Filippo. Social Mobility In Kerala: Modernity and Identity in Conflict. Caroline. Filippo. Osella. Caroline. 2000-12-20. Pluto Press. 978-0-7453-1693-2. en.
  5. Book: S.Ponnuswamy . Sekkizhar's Periya Puranam . 2015-09-01 . Giri Trading Agency Private Limited . 978-81-7950-685-1 . en.

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