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The Nair (/ ˈ n aɪər /, Malayalam:) also known as Nayar, are a group of Indian Hindu castes, described by anthropologist Kathleen Gough as "not a unitary group but a named category of castes". The Nair include several castes and many subdivisions, not all of whom historically bore the name 'Nair'.
Nayanar (meaning "the Nayar") is an honorific title used by sub-castes of the Nair community from North Malabar, India. The word Nayanar is believed to have originated from the word "Nayanmar" meaning "Nairs", which is a title of nobility. Nayanar families are mostly seen north of the river Korapuzha.
First, Namboothiri Brahmins had institutionalized primogeniture, permitting only the eldest son to marry within the caste. Younger sons (also called aphans) in Namboothiri families were expected to establish sambandham with higher caste Nair (equivalent to Kshatriyas), Ambalavasi (temple service caste), royal Samantan or Kshatriya women. This ...
Higher caste Nair population in Travancore based on old surveys. Illam Nairs constituted more than 70% of the total forward caste Nair population. Pillai, Kurup, Thampi, and Meenachil Karthav, are the common surnames used by Illam Nairs were gifted by the Venad and Travancore royal families to affluent Nairs. [8]
Furthermore, the historic 1926 Travancore Nayar Act (signed by the Queen of Travancore Sethu Lakshmi Bayi) greatly reduced the role of women in caste inheritance, and by late 1928, the matrilineal system of caste among Nairs was completely replaced by the patrilineal system that was followed by the rest of India. [70]
Nayar or Nayyar may refer to: Groups of people ... Velakkathala Nayar, a caste found in Kerala state, India; A clan within the Khatri; Nayar (name), including Nayyar;
Shree K. Nayar, T. C. Chang Professor of Computer Science in the School of Engineering at Columbia University. Director of research at Snap Inc. A Member of the US National Academy of Engineering (2008) and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2011). Shrikanth Narayanan, Professor at the University of Southern California.
Nayakar, Nayakkar, Nayaker , Naikar, Naidu or Naicker is a title commonly used in the southern part of India by Kannada, Tamil and Telugu speaking people, sometimes as a surname and in other cases as a caste affiliation. Nayakar has more sub branches inside their community.