Mannan (caste) explained

The Mannan^[1] are a community in Kerala, India. They are one of the Adivasiwho live in Idukki District. The Mannan follow a matrilineal system of descent, and their ruler, the Raja Mannan, is elected by community headmen from among those eligible by heredity. It is the only existing tribal kingdom in South India which falls under the Kanchiyar grama panchayath of Idukki tehsil (previously Udumbanchola tehsil).^{[2] [3]} The Kingdom consists of namely four divisions such as 'Thekkottu Kattu Rajyam', 'Nadukkuda Kattu Rajyam', 'Athal Orupuram' and 'Chenkanattu Mala'. Goddess Madhura Minakshi of famed Madura Temple in Tamil Nadu is their Kuladevatha (tutelary deity).^[4]

See also

• Kozhimala the Mannan settlement that is the community's "headquarters"
• The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006

Further reading

• News: NIE Staff Writers . The king who graduated from Maharaja's College . 28 November 2021 . The New Indian Express . 16 May 2012.
• Book: Suresh . Lavanya . Suchitra . M. . Suicidal resistance: Understanding the opposition against the Western Ghats conservation in Karunapuram, Idukki, Kerala . 2021 . Centre for Development Studies Prasanth Naga . Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India . 978-81-948195-4-7 . 35–44 . First . 28 November 2021 . CDS Monograph Series: Ecological Challenges and Local Self-Government Response.
• Sebastian . Lijo . Peter . Jenee . Living on the Edge: Impact of Peasant Migration on the Mannan Tribe of Kerala . 28 November 2021 . en.
• News: Surendranath . Nidhi . The King takes up the cause of the commoner . 28 November 2021 . The Hindu . 5 May 2013 . en-IN.
• News: Harikumar . A. . No kingdom, but kingship continues after 60 years of democracy . 28 November 2021 . Deccan Herald . 7 January 2012 . en.
• Shahina KK . The King Who Was Not: The tragic life and death of a tribal monarch in Kerala . The Open Magazine . 13 January 2012.
• News: Saju . Sajin . A king and his tribe: How the Mannans of Kerala are struggling to preserve age-old tradition . 28 November 2021 . The Indian Express . 29 April 2017 . en.
• Web site: Better India photographer . Better India Writer . In Photos: The Fascinating Story of Kerala's Forest King & His Tribe's 700-Year-Old Legacy . The Better India . en . 13 April 2017.

External links

• Government of Kerala: Iddukki District official website

Notes and References

1. Book: Rethinking Development: Kerala's Development Experience . 1999 . Concept Publishing Company . 978-81-7022-764-9 . 124 . en.
2. Web site: "Tribal king" Aryan Raja Manna passes away in Kerala NetIndian. 2011-12-28. netindian.in. 2016-11-30.
3. Web site: Dakshin Routes. www.dakshinroutes.com. 2016-11-30.
4. Web site: Idukki District of Kerala - An official website. idukki.nic.in. 2016-11-30.