Pallicchan Nair
Pallichan Nair is one of the Nair subcaste [1][2] seen predominantly in Malabar and Cochin areas. They are found in Travancore in very low numbers. They are the palanquin / pallak bearers for the ruling dynasties, at some places for the Namboothiri[3] and Nair fuedal lords.[4]
Notable people
[edit]- Nalapat Narayana Menon - writer
- Kamala Surayya - poet
References
[edit]- ^ Census of India, 1961 - Volume 7. p. 19.
- ^ T. Madhava Menon. A handbook of Kerala, Volume 2. International School of Dravidian Linguistics, 2002. p. 800.
- ^ Census of India, 1961, Vol 7. India Office of Registrar General, 1965. p. 19.
- ^ The Sacred in Popular Hindusim: n Empirical Study in Chirakkal, North Malabar.