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The Nair woman had sambandham relationships with Brahmins and Kshatriyas, as well as other Nairs. He is of the opinion that the system existed principally to facilitate the wedding of Nair women to Nambudiri Brahmins. In the Malabar region, only the eldest male member of a Brahmin family was usually allowed to marry within their caste.
Nair women and men enjoyed the highest privileges in society, including the ability to divorce their partners at will, akin to practices in some modern European cultures. [ citation needed ] The Sambandham system had led to many controversies and misconceptions associating with polyandry.
Malvika Nair was born in Delhi. Her family soon moved to Kerala and she attended the Toc-H Public School in Vyttila, Kochi, [1] before returning to New Delhi, where she continued her studies at DAV Sreshtha Vihar. [2] [3] She is a graduate from St Francis College for Women in Begumpet, Hyderabad.
A traditional Nambudiri Mana. 1883 sketch depicting a Nambūdiri man with the traditional pūrvaśikhā, or forelock. The Nambudiri (Malayalam pronunciation: [n̪ɐmbuːd̪iɾi]), also transliterated as Nampoothiri, Nambūdiri, Namboodiri, Namboothiri and Nampūtiri, are a Malayali Brahmin caste, native to what is now the state of Kerala, India, where they constituted part of the traditional ...
Consequently, their testimonies offer an exceedingly unsatisfactory basis for definitive conclusions regarding Nair customs. Conversely, the extensive Malayalam literature on the subject provides a more nuanced and culturally informed perspective.
Kalyani Nair is a singer from Chennai, India (born in [THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, KERALA). She is active [ according to whom? ] in the Tamil cinema industry, Kollywood. As a schoolgirl, Kalyani first appeared on Television in an episode of Symphony on Kairali TV .
Nambiār, also known as Nambiyār, is a sub-group of the Indian Nair caste. Majority were jenmi landlords in the Malabar region. [1] [2]In earlier days, Nambiar women, like most women of Nair clans of North Malabar (present-day Kannur, Kasaragod, Wayanad districts) would not marry Nair men of South Malabar (present-day Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thrissur districts).
Billy Nair (1929–2008), a South African politician, a former member of the National Assembly of South Africa (1994–2004), an anti-apartheid activist. Damodran Nair, a Fijian politician who served as the Member of the Tavua Open Constituency in the House of Representatives of Fiji.