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Nairs |
Chakkala Nair, also known as Vattakkat Nair,[1] and Vaniya Nair[2] is one of the intermediate subcastes[3][4][5] of the Nair community. They are distributed throughout Kerala. In Travancore, they are known as Chakkala, while in Cochin and Malabar they are Vattakattu[6] and In the extreme north of Malabar they are called Vaniya[7][8]
Vattakattu Nairs[9] are now indistinguishable from other Nair subcastes through alliances with other Nair communities and is treated as part of the mainstream Nair community by the government of Kerala[10][11]
It was the duty of Peru Vaniyan Nambiars; a section among Vaniya nairs in Kurumbranad to present the Kurumbranad Raja with oil on the occasion of his formal installation[12]
According to eminent scholars Thunchaththu Ezhuthachan was born in a Chakkala Nair family of Thrikkandiyoor Amsam in Vettathunadu[13]