tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post8074522052736906374..comments2024-03-26T05:22:38.867-04:00Comments on Historic Alleys: Thiyya’s of MalabarMaddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18163804773843409980noreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-38389020256359656202024-03-11T11:56:15.121-04:002024-03-11T11:56:15.121-04:00oops sorry, I made an error with my email, please ...oops sorry, I made an error with my email, please reply to umanmadhan@gmail.com<br /><br />In case somebody tried sending to the wrong address, kindly resend!Maddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163804773843409980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-91019676071103317462024-01-17T09:18:23.971-05:002024-01-17T09:18:23.971-05:00Can somebody here help me with detailed informatio...Can somebody here help me with detailed information on Choyi Butler? I have Hari Baskaran's book, but was looking for more info, on Cheruvari and Kottieth families in Cannanore, as well as Choyi, a very interesting personality. Please send it to my email umanmadhanm@gmail.comMaddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163804773843409980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-44353213669022635022021-10-24T15:45:36.974-04:002021-10-24T15:45:36.974-04:00Namaskaram,
I am trying to gather information abo...Namaskaram, <br />I am trying to gather information about my ancestral Guru Vayath Swamy aka Ponmadathil Bramashri Krishna Swamiggal aka Kannan Gurukkal (Birth 1855-Samadhi 1942). <br /><br />I am trying to gather information with the objective of preserving and propogation of his achievements, stature as a Guru, sadhaka & philosopher from Kannur Thiyya community.<br /><br />He was a Guru, Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08259027852568048047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-90024565867321929082020-07-25T21:57:34.401-04:002020-07-25T21:57:34.401-04:00Who is this Shyam.. crazy guy.. is truly a Thiyya ...Who is this Shyam.. crazy guy.. is truly a Thiyya ???? I'm an Ezhava and my wife is Thiyya (from Kannur), there is no difference between us. See mostly nairs are trying to push such difference between ezhavas and thiyyas, because they are worried about the unity between ezhavas and thiyyas. As per my understanding when VS Achuthanandan wasn't given seat, both ezhavas and thiyyas went to rjn1001https://www.blogger.com/profile/03171213548088338815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-3872624080299673012020-06-15T23:41:37.771-04:002020-06-15T23:41:37.771-04:00Ezhava is the name of caste which is seen in south...Ezhava is the name of caste which is seen in southern Travancore. Their names used to start with izham in olden records of travancore of early 18th century. They followed illam system. The illams included mayyannat illam, madambi illam,moottillam, chozhi illam, thoranattu illam etc. They are related to Tamil castes of illathupillaimar and sirakudi vellalar. They follow marumakkathayam. Elites Harindranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08434846852497381562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-52572995415193096692020-06-15T23:41:06.147-04:002020-06-15T23:41:06.147-04:00Ezhava is the name of caste which is seen in south...Ezhava is the name of caste which is seen in southern Travancore. Their names used to start with izham in olden records of travancore of early 18th century. They followed illam system. The illams included mayyannat illam, madambi illam,moottillam, chozhi illam, thoranattu illam etc. They are related to Tamil castes of illathupillaimar and sirakudi vellalar. They follow marumakkathayam. Elites Harindranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08434846852497381562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-28380569836480675292020-05-24T11:27:49.130-04:002020-05-24T11:27:49.130-04:00Hi, have you gone through the blog of Captain Ajit...Hi, have you gone through the blog of Captain Ajit Vadakayil,<br />http://ajitvadakayil.blogspot.com/2020/05/thiyyas-of-kerala-are-not-ezhavas-capt.html?m=1Narenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01942978185129753850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-80293827370650534042019-03-25T11:27:47.180-04:002019-03-25T11:27:47.180-04:00Thank you Mr Premnath for taking the initiative to...Thank you Mr Premnath for taking the initiative to puttogether this history on Thiyyas after a lot of study on the subject. I am a Thiyya from North Malabar. Do you have an email address where in I can connect with you please. Do let me know.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02356487014163518460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-42666762915308287782018-12-02T21:43:41.239-05:002018-12-02T21:43:41.239-05:00Hi Shyam, I find your comment ridiculous. Most of ...Hi Shyam, I find your comment ridiculous. Most of the Ezhavas are totally unaware of Thiyyas. Nobody run after Thiyyas. It's people from your place who ran after SREE Narayana Guru. Feed your brain please. <br /><br />From what I know it's Thiyyas who are trying to align with Ezhavas for benefits. Or why does Thiyya enrol into Ezhava matrimony sites in Ernakulam!? To be honest we don'Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09395309600307288495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-86930812268382000392018-12-02T21:32:58.615-05:002018-12-02T21:32:58.615-05:00Inter caste marriage is not new. In my family ther...Inter caste marriage is not new. In my family there is Brahmin and Ezhavas combos. Recently my cousin got married to Nair, through arranged marriage not love marriage. There are three Brahmins already in my family. It's nothing new to be honest.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09395309600307288495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-20976779330308013962018-12-02T21:28:11.869-05:002018-12-02T21:28:11.869-05:00Buddhists and Jainism people were the first inhabi...Buddhists and Jainism people were the first inhabitants of Kerala. The food and the looks are similar to Sri Lankan Buddhists.Even now people mistake me for a Sri Lankan by the natives and outsiders.If Ezhavas were Hindus, there is no way that our ancestors were well versed in Sanskrit. Historians had recovered many Thaliolas grandhams from our home. I belong to an Eshava family not Thiyya. Also Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09395309600307288495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-16245340409836133562018-12-02T21:18:50.235-05:002018-12-02T21:18:50.235-05:00Buddhists and Jainism people were the first inhabi...Buddhists and Jainism people were the first inhabitants of Kerala. The food and the looks are similar to Sri Lankan Buddhists.Even now people mistake me for a Sri Lankan by the natives and outsiders.If Ezhavas were Hindus, there is no way that our ancestors were well versed in Sanskrit. Historians had recovered many Thaliolas grandhams from our home. I belong to an Eshava family not Thiyya. Also Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09395309600307288495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-53605963256488288322018-12-02T21:05:53.336-05:002018-12-02T21:05:53.336-05:00Also many years from now Nair , Brahmins and Ezhav...Also many years from now Nair , Brahmins and Ezhavas are going to club together for sure as arrange marriages between the two is kind of very common these days. There are so many Nair's and Brahmins in my family. Even for my marriage I have got many proposals from Tamil Iyers. Everyone is trying to be one and here is one Thiyya trying o make more and more divisions.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09395309600307288495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-43475941748660863732018-12-02T21:02:45.979-05:002018-12-02T21:02:45.979-05:00Dear Mr. Kumaran,
I am from Ernakulam settled in...Dear Mr. Kumaran, <br /><br />I am from Ernakulam settled in Australia. From Ezhava family if that is necessary. It is quite a new concept for me to learn about Thiyyas. I was totally unaware of its existence. Yes I do have some aunt's from Northern part of Kerala. <br /><br />I would like to give a brief history about Ezhavas. Yes it was considered as a lower caste by Brahmins for their Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09395309600307288495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-2391291337717438922018-12-02T20:26:46.283-05:002018-12-02T20:26:46.283-05:00I am from Ernakulam. My father said his late mothe...I am from Ernakulam. My father said his late mother told him that our origin is from Sri Lanka. Yes food is similar. Also my Sri Lankan friends always mistake me for a Sri Lankan.I look very similar to them. Interesting. However my grandparents,mother and some of my cousin's look very different from me. I am tall, light brownish bronze reddish sort of colour, they are tall as well, very fair Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09395309600307288495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-76593798751358285032018-01-12T13:18:47.996-05:002018-01-12T13:18:47.996-05:00Thiyya
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Classic Flipcard Magazine Mosaic Si...Thiyya<br /><br />search<br />Classic Flipcard Magazine Mosaic Sidebar Snapshot Timeslide<br />FEB<br />20<br />A view about Thiyya Heritage<br /><br />I heard many interesting information about Thiyya heritage from elder people, <br />I heard that earlier times Thiyya Gurukkanmar were able to conduct Sarpa pooja (Sarpa bali) to get rid any kind of Sarpa dosha, known as the most dangerous Dosha Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08724263973435194175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-88123579492737679642017-05-28T11:26:02.557-04:002017-05-28T11:26:02.557-04:00Good article indeed , for a community which has do...Good article indeed , for a community which has done invaluble contribution to our society.<br /><br />Many of our history , has dealt the valiant stories of Nair's and their victories and set back<br /><br />But history due to lack of back up forgot the role played by ancient ezhavas and thiyyas who fought as auxillary forces along with Nair's , or the service they rendered for the jayanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03870371543482975735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-68610145242312972352017-03-01T13:58:57.185-05:002017-03-01T13:58:57.185-05:00Ezhava and thiyyas are completely different commun...Ezhava and thiyyas are completely different communityshyamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03242768515318985234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-91633744527671327472016-12-12T03:21:52.771-05:002016-12-12T03:21:52.771-05:00the word illam using In north thamil nadu as their...the word illam using In north thamil nadu as their home.. Brhamins illam also home.. but thiyya's illam is not home but it represents tree or herbs name. In Malabar all community using illam name and they all follow gotra tradition. <br />around 50,00000 thiyyas in malabr they came from 8 illam (8 gotra). if count population of all other illam community (from pulaya to Bahamian), together shyamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03242768515318985234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-81614484264092604612016-11-24T23:54:10.365-05:002016-11-24T23:54:10.365-05:00Trichur district has many areas falling under erst...Trichur district has many areas falling under erstwhile British Malabar. Chavakkad Taluk of Trichur district ( Chavakkad, Guruvayur, Engandiyur, Valappad, Thalikkulam, Kazhimbram, Edamuttam etc) was part of old British Malabar.?Malabar had three prominent thiyya leaders at that time who were close friends. Moorkoth Kumaran from Thalassery, Kallingal Madathil Rarichan Mooppan from Kozhikode and Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15310674344851181047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-51487794313319800502016-11-17T21:58:54.029-05:002016-11-17T21:58:54.029-05:00Maddy, thanks for the thoughtful article. For the ...Maddy, thanks for the thoughtful article. For the life of me, I can't understand why thiyyas (my community btw) think they are a separate species of homo-sapiens. Funny and sad. <br /><br />Only if a substantial genetic difference is discernible can we talk of separate origins of caste. And this is evident when comparing the backward tribes in India with more civilized people, for example. <Ajay19https://www.blogger.com/profile/10533159078238148010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-85145813000835401362016-11-03T15:07:42.081-04:002016-11-03T15:07:42.081-04:00https://m.facebook.com/groups/179757339148299?mess...https://m.facebook.com/groups/179757339148299?message_id=184934538630579&comment_id=184994728624560&notif_t=like&notif_id=1478189152000526&ref=m_notif<br /><br /><br />തിയ്യരെക്കുറിച്ച് ഒരു ഗ്രൂപ്പ് thiyyacommunity.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17562557953482224507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-22396403843907480362016-09-27T01:13:50.366-04:002016-09-27T01:13:50.366-04:00Illam culture can be trace to Malabr only. After S...Illam culture can be trace to Malabr only. After Sree Narayana Guru activity. Ezava basically doesn't have Illam culture as illam culture based on Matrilineal followers. outside Malabar Nair community has some similarity with Malabar tradition. NAir community follow Matrilineal same like thiyya. Nair community has padayani culture same like theyyam of thiyya. Nair community have theeyattu shyamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03242768515318985234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-13174175767093132762016-09-26T12:04:57.220-04:002016-09-26T12:04:57.220-04:00The book 'Castes and Tribes of Southern Indian...The book 'Castes and Tribes of Southern Indian'-Edgar Thurstan (Digitized Vesion,Voume II -C to J,Page 394) says that the 'Izhavas' of Travancore also had exogamous 'Illams' or groups named 'Muttillam','Madampi','Mayanatti' and 'Chozhi'. So Ezhavas also have Illams. But the same is eight in number among Thiyyas. Both claims of having Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03530921106960422202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-258499896042719014.post-36538316965645237492016-08-27T11:52:26.115-04:002016-08-27T11:52:26.115-04:00https://www.quora.com/Why-do-the-members-of-the-Ke...https://www.quora.com/Why-do-the-members-of-the-Kerala-Hindu-Thiyya-caste-call-themselves-superior-and-different-than-Ezhava-even-though-both-are-considered-as-one-caste-by-the-Kerala-government/answer/Adhithya-Kiran Adhithya Kiranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16227895963859127507noreply@blogger.com