KESAVAN DAMODARAN. Membership had reached 50,000 by 1928 and 60,000 by 1974, but Nossiter notes that, "From the Vaikom satyagraha onwards the SNDP had stirred the ordinary Ezhava without materially improving his position." Kadavoor Sivadasan, former state minister. Ezhavas are a prominent caste or Ethnic group found in Kerala. Dr. M Anirudhan, Essen Nutrition, Chicago, IL, USA. did his MRCP in Edinburgh Scotland. TK Divakaran, who was PWD minister in EMS and Achutha Menon governments. Professor, Medical College Kottayam. V.S. Robin Jeffrey notes that literacy among Ezhava men increased from 3.15 per cent to 12.10 per cent between the, Kathleen Gough says of the Mappillas that they "... lived mainly in the ports and at inland trading posts on the banks of rivers. This theory is based on similarities between numerous of the customs adopted by the two groups, particularly with regard to marking various significant life stages such as childbirth and death, as well as their matrilineal practices and martial history. Cyriac Pullapilly has said that only a common parentage can explain some of these issues. Pottekkat - Jnanpith Award winner for "Oru Desathinte Katha". compilation of Hortus Indicus Malabaricus.This is the first treatise of POLITICIANS: CR Praful Krishna (Youva Morcha State President), VK Sajeevan As a former Kerala foods minister, Divakaran is known to have grassroots network in the constituency. [20], Some Thiyyar served in army of local chieftains and local rulers such as of Kadathanad and Kurumbranad of Kerala, who were privileged in the pre-colonial period to have their own private armies. Shiny Sadanandn IPS (DIG, Odisha). Born into an OBC Ezhava family, she was the first female law student coming from the Ezhava community in Kerala. Wayanad district panchayat - 16 seats. Ezhava-11 and other backwards-4. The Ezhavas are a community with origins in the region of India presently known as Kerala, where in the 2010s they constituted about 23% of the population and were reported to be the largest Hindu community. Speculations of Buddhist origin and / or migration from the Sri lanka could be sought as the reasoning behind this. [37], Eventually, in 1903, a small group of Ezhavas, led by Palpu, established Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalan Yogam (SNDP), the first caste association in the region. Krishna Chaitanya, Temple Arts of Kerala: A South Indian Tradition (Abhinav Publications, 1987 , "Caste-based organisations NSS, SNDP form Hindu Grand Alliance in Kerala", "Guess who's after the Hindu vote in Kerala? The Nairs and, where applicable, the Mapillas ranked socially and ritually higher than the polluting castes. Dr. V.K. Although it failed in its stated aim of achieving access, the satyagraha (movement) did succeed in voicing a "radical rhetoric", according to Nossiter. Kailas Nath, Senior IAS official, Gujarat Govt cadre. TP Krishnakumar I.R.S 83 batch I.T.C.C Chennai. SL Puram Sadanandan, drama, film director. (Hint: It's not BJP)", "Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment (2006-2007)", "Who is to benefit from missionary education? Communists came later VP Nandakumar, chairman, Manappuram Group. medicinal plants of India in a foreign language. Rao Bahadur by the British. Padma – Former Fisheries Minister of Kerala. The techniques are repeated several times. Dr. Vijayaraghavan, vice chairman of KIMS Hospitals, TVM, and noted cardiologist. 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But the latter is positioned above the Ezhava community in the caste hierarchy. named as Chenoli Road. These people were then distinguished from others in the local population by their occupation as protectors, with the others all being classed as out-caste. Although Brahmin influences had existed in the area since at least the 1st century CE, there was a large influx from around the 8th century when they acted as priests, counsellors and ministers to invading Aryan princes. After the war, he TK Ramakrishnan, was Kerala home minister, from Kochi. Thiyyar dynasties such as the Mannanar existed in Kerala. Raghavan – Former Labour Minister of Kerala and SNDP Yogam … Dr Sivakumar, senior neuro surgeon, Baby Memorial Hospital, Calicut. Actor: Manoj K Jayan, Raghvan, Jishnu son of Raghvan, actress Chippy, present advocate general, High Court advocate N N Sugunapalan, senior advocate Dolgove, advocate at Ernakulam, and politician. In Kerala, of the 50 per cent Hindu population, the Hindu Ezhava outnumber the Nair community and Natesan ever since Pinarayi assumed office in 2016 had the best of the relations, but with this act, it appears the relation might turn sour. [38], They were considered as avarna (outside brahmanical varna system) by the Nambudiri Brahmins who formed the Hindu clergy and ritual ruling elite in late medieval Kerala. He was on the panel of doctors of President of India. [42], The Ezhavas are classified as an Other Backward Class by the Government of India under its system of positive discrimination. The Ezhavas are a community with origins in the region of India presently known as Kerala.They are also known as Ilhava, Irava, Izhava and Erava in the south of the region; as Chovas, Chokons and Chogons in Central Travancore; and as Thiyyar, Tiyyas and Theeyas in the Malabar region. C. P. Ramaswamy Iyer, realising the imminent danger, prompted the Maharajah to issue the Temple Entry Proclamation, which abolished the ban on lower-caste people from entering Hindu temples in the state. Shaji N Karun, award-winning film director and cinematographer. Group of Ezhava villagers in Malabar, 1905. DR R Prasannan (Late) a. A street to the Sri Sundarewara Temple has been Kerala bypolls: BJP’s fortunes at the mercy of Nair and Ezhava communities The Nair Service Society (NSS) and the Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana (SNDP) Yogam, that chaperone the Nair and Ezhava communities respectively in the state, have not been on the best of terms with the ideological positioning of the BJP in recent times. first Trade Union with blessings from Sree Narayana Guru. Ezhava / Tiyyar is a major caste division in Kerala, India. [3][4][5] Some are also known as Thandan, which has caused administrative difficulties due to the presence of a distinct caste of Thandan in the same region. Hospital, Trivandrum; Former Professor, Medical college, Trivandrum; Assistant Babu (Youva Morcha state president), OK Vasu (former BJP state committee internet, especially, within the content of Wikipedia: Rajeev IOFS (Defence). The process of reform was more easily achieved for the Ezhavas than it was for the Nairs, another Hindu caste in Kerala who adopted matrilineal arrangements; the situation for the Nairs was complicated by a traditional matrilocal form of living called taravadu and by their usually much higher degree of property ownership. Dr. Kesavan Damodaran did his MBBS (2 years) and the Middle East. The Vadakkan Pattukal ballads describe Chekavars as forming the militia of local chieftains and kings but the title was also given to experts of Kalari Payattu. Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala's Hindu Ezhava community leader Vellapally Natesan would meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on Thursday, a BJP … Mathematician Venugopalan Atiyolil, an Ezhava who solved and unsolved Congress Chief Rahul Gandhi - Find Congress Chief Rahul Gandhi latest News Headlines and breaking news today along with Photos and Videos at HindustanTimes.com… In Malabar, which unlike Cochin and Travancore was under direct British control,[39] the Thiyyas showed little interest in such bodies because they did not suffer the educational and employment discrimination found elsewhere, nor indeed were the disadvantages that they did experience strictly a consequence of caste alone. The Great Depression impacted in particular on the export trade, causing a reduction in price and in wages even though production increased, with the consequence that during the 1930s many Ezhava families found themselves to be in dire financial circumstances. problem in Number theory by publishing four formulas in the proceedings of the He was born into a backward Ezhava family, in the caste-ridden Kerala society. M.P. EZHAVA INTERNATIONAL www.ezhavainternational.com email:ezhavanews@gmail.com. Poorakkali requires specially trained and highly experienced dancers, trained in Kalaripayattu. [1][2] They are also known as Ilhava, Irava, Izhava and Erava in the south of the region; as Chovas, Chokons and Chogons in Central Travancore; and as Thiyyar, Tiyyas and Theeyas in the Malabar region. The division in the 1920s of 60,000 acres (24,000 ha) of properties previously held by substantial landowners saw the majority of Ezhava beneficiaries receive less than one acre each, although 2% of them took at least 40% of the available land. "[15][a] A. Aiyappan, another social anthropologist and himself a member of the caste,[15] noted the mythical belief that the Ezhava brought coconut palms to the region when they moved from Ceylon. ADD TO THE ABOVE LIST -- NEW INFORMATION: B Dileep Kumar, ex Managing Director, Backward Classes Corporation. What should matter, he said, is that the appointee should be capable. ADDITIONS … by way of messages from various sources: UNNIYARCHA, Aaromal chekavar & Chandu chekavar. The all-night performance of the dance is usually presented solo or in pairs. Lieutenant Dr. Kesavan Damodaran by Royal British Army. He was given the honorary title of Pullapilly describes that this meant they "... were given kshatriya functions, but only shudra status. TD Rajan, chairman, Foam ‘N’ Foam, Chennai. President of International Medical Services Academy, and overseas adviser to the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. Ezhavas showed more genotypic resemblance to the Jat Sikh population of Punjab and the Turkish populations than to East Asians, indicating … Ezhavas belong to the aristocratic royal family (BJP state leader), TV Rajesh ( MLA Kannur), KK Rakesh (ex-MP Kannur), LIST OF PROMINENT EZHAVAS...THIYYAS -- PART ONE. MT Padma, was a minister in Kerala. Those living in southern Travancore tended to meld the different practices that existed in the other parts of Kerala. Kottayam district panchayat - 22 seats. 1950 and became the Superintendent of the Asansol Hospital, West Bengal. Case in point is Christian-dominated Kottayam district, where the LDF swept 10 … Dr S Govindan, surgeon professor, founder of Govindan's Hospital, near GN, Convent Road, TVM. Dr. from Madras Medical College, Madras (Chennai). Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. [citation needed] Steven Wilkinson says that the Proclamation was passed because the government was "frightened" by the Ezhava threat of conversion to Christianity. This fact that seven ministers, including Chief Minister Vijayan, hail from the Ezhava background, in … Sociologically, Ezhava caste has never found a place in the four-tier caste system of the Hindu community. Ajman, UAE; former Assistant Professor, Medical college, Trivandrum; Medical After the eventual passing of the Temple Entry Proclamation, some of the Akalis remained. Vijayan is not considered an Ezhava, being the son of a toddy tapper. [38] One of the initial aims of the SNDP was to campaign for the removal of the restrictions on school entry but even after those legal barriers to education were removed, it was uncommon in practice for Ezhavas to be admitted to government schools. Register FREE! Prominent leader of the backward caste Ezhava community and general secretary of the community’s outfit Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam (SNDP Yogam), Vellappally Natesan, on Friday took on the CPI(M)-led LDF government in Kerala over appointment of the vice-chancellor of newly established Open University that is named after social reformer Sree Narayana Guru. [24][25][26], Arjuna Nrtam ("the dance of Arjuna") is a ritual art performed by Ezhava men and is prevalent in the Bhagavathy temples of south Kerala, mainly in Kollam, Alappuzha and Kottayam districts. [22], Some Ezhavas had an extensive knowledge of the medicinal value of plants, passed to them by their ancestors. During World WAR II he joined He Kerala's Hindu Ezhava community leader Vellapally Natesan would meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on Thursday, a BJP leader said in Thiruvananthapuram. [3] An early Ezhava campaigner and their "political father", according to Ritty Lukose, was Padmanabhan Palpu. The outcome not looking to be promising, the Ezhava leadership threatened that they would convert from Hinduism en masse, rather than stay as helots of Hindu society. PADMASHREE Dr PK HARIDAS, Director, Lords Another version of the story says that the king sent eight martial families at the request of a Chera king to quell a civil war that had erupted against him. In a veiled attack on the BJP, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday said that attempts were being made to 'capture' the legacy of renowned social reformer Sree Narayana Guru by 'communal ideologies and individuals' for political gain. Itty Achudan was probably the best known Ezhava physician: he directly influenced the botanical classification in Hortus Malabaricus, published during the 17th century. (ADVISORY: Profiles may be sent for this slot with a brief write up as above with a small picture.) Ezhava - 8, Dheevara - 4, Vishwakarma - 1. The minorities constitute the main base of the UDF in Kerala. MT Padma, was a minister in Kerala. [41], The success of the SNDP in improving the lot of Ezhavas has been questioned. He was one … Traditional occupations in the past done by Ezhavas were coconut farming, toddy tappingagriculture, weaving,coir making,ship making, Ayurvedic medicine practice and practising and tutoring martial arts like Kalaripayattu. Muni Narayana Prasad, Gurukulam, Varkala. These men were sent, ostensibly, to set up coconut farming in the region. Dr. Sidhan, Founder of Medimix, Cuticura. Kozhikode), P Sathidevi (MP-Vadakara); Late KT Jayakrishnan Master (former research papers about Hepatitis in British Medical Journal. Achudan's texts were written in the Kolezhuthu script that Ezhava castes used, for they were prevented from learning the more Sanskritised Aryazuthu script which was the preserve of the upper-castes. CK Bharathan, retired, Chief Engineer, PWD, Sabarimala Master Plan. This activity is sometimes erroneously referred to as toddy tapping, toddy being a liquor manufactured from the sap. The performers have their faces painted green and wear distinctive headgears. Sree Narayana Guru, an early 20th century social reformer, paved the way for improvement in the spiritual freedom and other social conditions of the Ezhava and related communities in Kerala and other parts of the country. Principal General Manager, Kerala Dr. S.Jyothi Sankar, ITS. There was subsequently a radicalisation and much political infighting within the leadership as a consequence of the effects of the Great Depression on the coir industry but the general notion of self-help was not easy to achieve in a primarily agricultural environment; the Victorian concept presumed an industrialised economy. They ruled southern India and later established capital KOZHIKODE: Former minister and Congress veteran, KK Ramachandran, passed away here early this morning due to heart attack. [17] Their traditional occupation, or avakasam, was tending to and tapping the sap of such palms. VADAPURAM BAVA,the founder of Travancore Labour Association,Kerala's Narayanan Ramachandran, chairman, Ganpat group. Natesan, 79, heads the 113-year-old Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana (SNDP) Yogam, which represents the backward caste of Ezhavas. [34][35] Around this time, nearly 93 per cent of the caste members were illiterate. She has been brought into the Labour Party-run ministry of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern that is now under formation stage. Vijayan. The Kerala chief minister is a Teflon Commissar of Controversy. He has also published medical Thachady Prabhakaran – Former Finance Minister of Kerala. KP Rajendran, former Revenue Minister, Kerala. POLITICIANS: CR Praful Krishna (Youva Morcha State President), VK Sajeevan Ezhava Last updated January 17, 2020. Ezhava-1. S.K. Moothedath Founder of Sree Narayana Engineering Industries and main patron of the Sree Narayana Guru Samadhi Mandiram at Varkala. Court. The Kerala Congress’s switch to the communists has eroded that UDF advantage significantly. Gowri Amma, the second longest serving MLA in Kerala Legislative Assembly was a minister in the communist-led ministries in 1957, 1967, 1980, and 1987 and in the Congress-led cabinet in 2001. N. Sreenivasan – Former Excise Minister of Kerala. CPI (M) has had the support of the Nair and Ezhava communities, as the party has several strong leaders from these communities. Kerala has not become a model place of the Guru’s concept but his vision still has a wide appeal as the ultimate goal. Alappuzha municipal corporation - 52 seats. Keep me logged in . OF Phoenix Worldwide LLC,DUBAI. [13], The social anthropologists Filippo and Caroline Osella say that the Ezhavas "... consisted in the mid-nineteenth century of a small landowning and titled elite and a large mass of landless and small tenants who were largely illiterate, considered untouchable, and who eked out a living by manual labour and petty trade. [38], The Ezhavas were not immune to being manipulated by other people for political purposes. Professor, Gulf Medical College, Dr K G Sivaji. Dr CP Sivadas, Professor and Head of Department, English, Calicut University. Kerala Public Service Commission; District Judge, Judge, Consumer Protection;  Judge, Transport Land tribunal. Justice K. Sadashivan of the Kerala High Court. Devan, Thrissur, actor, more prominent in Telugu films. ITTY ACHUTHAN VAIDYAR who was instrumental in the editing and [27][page needed][28][page needed], Poorakkali is a folk dance prevalent among the Ezhavas of Malabar, usually performed in Bhagavathy temples as a ritual offering during the month of Meenam (March–April). Kerala Minister launches nutrition clinics across State Kerala 10,000 govt. [23], Some Ezhavas practiced ayurvedic medicine. TM. His wife Vijaya Prabha IRS D/o Prof Kallada In this, a group of eight performers, two each, twine around each other like serpents and rise up, battling with sticks. Dr. Chithra IAS Harishankar IPS, Sri. According to some Malayalam folk songs[which?] Suseela Gopalan, was minister in Kerala, MP, and wife of AK Gopalan. [29], Some Thiyyas converted to Islam from around the 9th century, due to the influence of Arab traders. Thus, the campaign shifted to providing schools operated by the community itself. In reality, most Ezhavas were agricultural labourers and small-time cultivators, with a substantial number diverging into the production of coir products, such as coconut mats for flooring, from towards the end of the 19th century. He returned to India in K P Dandapani former Advocate General, High Court Advocate Sudhakar Prasad, the Advocate Etymology. The party also gave Kerala the first CPI (M) Ezhava Chief Minister, … Adv. M.P. Dr K Jagadeesan, transplant surgeon, recipient of BC Roy award and founder director of KJ Hospital and chairman of KJ Research foundation. [46], In February 2013, the recently formed Thiyya Mahasabha objected to the SNDP treating Ezhavas and Thiyyas as one group, rather than recognising the Thiyyas in Malabar as being distinct. They claim that the stance of the government is contrary to a principle established by the Supreme Court of India relating to a dispute involving communities who were neither Ezhava nor Thiyya. The various dance movements are similar to kalarippayattu techniques. The Ezhavas, traditionally toddy-tappers, make up about 23 percent of Kerala’s Hindus, followed by upper-caste Nairs, some 14 percent. The Brahmins used their symbiotic relationship with the invading forces to assert their beliefs and position. [36][b] The upper caste Hindus of the state prevailed upon the Maharajah not to concede the request. In the present day, the Ezhavas are classified as an Other Backward Class by the Government of India under its system of positive discrimination. offices to be declared 'green' in Kerala on January 26 Kerala Prime Reels: New Malayalam films through an … They attracted some Ezhava youth to the concepts of the Sikhism, resulting in Ezhava conversions to that belief. [30] A sizeable part of the Ezhava community, especially in central Travancore and in the High Ranges, embraced Christianity during the British rule, due to caste-based discrimination. Snusha. Was industrialist who One-third of the net produce from these lands was retained by the subtenants and the remainder was the property of the Nair tenant. Find your perfect Palakkad Ezhava Bride / Girls on EzhavaShaadi - The Most Trusted Brand. Alappuzha district panchayat - 23 seats. Mullakara Ratnakaran, former minister, Kerala. These people, and other Muslim converts in the region, are now known as Mappillas. Asha Ajith IAS. IES, Indian Engineering Services 1986 Batch. Type the name Dr.Kesavan Damodaran British 'Ezhava Community' - 9 … CO Damodaran (Late) a. [32], The lowly status of the Ezhava meant that, as Thomas Nossiter has commented, they had "little to lose and much to gain by the economic and social changes of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries". Dr CK Ramachandran, former principal, Calicut Medical College. They sought the right to be treated as worthy of an English education and for jobs in government administration to be open to them. TK Divakaran, who was PWD minister in EMS and Achutha Menon governments. Suresh  High Court, Mary Roy case;she is Ezhavas showed more genotypic resemblance to the Jat Sikh population of Punjab and the Turkish populations than to East Asians, indicating a paternal lineage of European origin… Kadavoor Sivasadan – Former Electricity Minister of Kerala. In Kannur, Protestant missions started working in the first half of the 19th century, notably the Basel German Evangelical Mission. 25% of the Kerala population is from this Eazhavar /Thiyyar community.They are known as Chovan ( cholan), Chekavar (warriors) or chekons in Kerala. Ezhava-6. MG Pushpakaran(UAE), Founder director of SNIMS Medical College, Kochi, MD Ezhava Shaadi > Brides in Palakkad > Page 6. This was named after Narayana Guru, who had established an ashram from where he preached his message of "one caste, one religion, one god" and a Sanskritised version of the Victorian concept of self-help. They used to work as agricultural labourers, small cultivators, toddy tappers and liquor businessmen, some Ezhavas were also involved in weaving and some practised Ayurveda. [3][29], These arrangements were reformed by legislation, for Malabar in 1925 and for Travancore in 1933. Suseela Gopalan, was minister in Kerala, MP, and wife of AK Gopalan. Raghavan – Former Agriculture Minister of Kerala. [9] The Chekavar, a warrior section within the Thiyyar community, served the army of the Chera dynasty; there were also renowned Kalaripayattu experts among Chekavars.[10][11]. There are myths of origin for the Ezhava. at Vizhinjam. Ezhava is the name of a caste (religious sub-group) in the southern Indian state of Kerala. of many books d. Teacher Law College Ernakulam e. Doctorate in Legislative law. It was also a political necessity in view of the rise of BJP in God's Own Country. Ezhava-19. C. Divakaran, former minister, Kerala. Pinarayi is the first LDF Chief Minister to give due recognition to Ezhava numbers as well as their dogged loyalty to the Party. The etymology of Ezhava is uncertain.. History Legend. Login. Nevertheless Muslims were in some contexts accorded a rank ritually and socially between that of the Nayars and Tiyyars.". They have campaigned for the right to record themselves as Thiyya rather than as Ezhava when applying for official posts and other jobs allocated under India's system of positive discrimination. The SNDP was at that time attempting to increase its relatively weak influence in northern Kerala, where the politics of identity play a lesser role than those of class and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has historically been a significant organisation.[47][48]. This is a combination of snake worship and Kalarippayattu. 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