Comments on: The history of the Mallu Nairs

By: Raman Kutty

Raman Kutty — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:06:36 +0000

Nairs are just a caste in kerala. They admitted the supermacy of namboodiris.
and gained wealth and positions. In no way they are superior to any others.
Dear Nair friends get rid your false knowledge. if you came to know the real thing, you will be ashamed to say that you belong to this caste.

By: ajoy k nair

ajoy k nair — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:07:10 +0000

iyer with a car = iyenkar & Harish “Not an Iyer = harish nair ha ha lol……stupid but funny though!

By: kiran

kiran — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:00:20 +0000

I am a nair and is proud of my heritage, unlike you ugly tamil pandi.

By: Rajaram S

Rajaram S — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 03:58:37 +0000

thanks Jai. I wonder why many don’t read the disclaimers spread all over the post

By: Jai Menon

Jai Menon — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 01:51:22 +0000

Rajaram,
well, I do understand your post was written in good humor, people here took it in an offensive manner which is not called for. But there are so many myths and misconceptions about castes and manu system. British and europeans spread lot of lies in india about castes to suit there needs.

By: Jai Menon

Jai Menon — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 01:42:46 +0000

The Nairs/ Menons/ Nambiars in Kerala have no similarity with the other caste groups, it is obvious, most of them are light skinned, they look very different from the other lower castes there who have more aboriginal features like other non-brahmins in southern india. It is also observed that Nairs and Bunts have very similar cultural and physical traits, Namboodiris, Tulu Brahmins all migrated along the Konkan coast and are not related to the native lower castes in Kerala. Like the experts say, Konkan means no man’s land, there were not much habitat there, groups moved from north and also from the interior hills aboriginal tribes. The vedic Hindu rituals, and also the Nag worship is prominent among Mangalore bunts and Malabar Nairs. Nag worship and matrilineal system is common among some groups in the foothills of Himalayas, Himachal, and Mewar region of Nepal. The brahmins, bunts, Nairs are very different from the mainland non- brahmin south indians like that in AP, Tamilnadu, Karnataka, who are mostly dark skinned. The word Dravidian applies mainly to the non- brahmin tamilian people and also large population in AP and Eastern parts of Karnataka are of the same stock as the dark skinned tamilians. Same way there are large populations of dark skinned tribals/aboriginals in Bengal, Orissa, Jharkhand etc.
But the anthropological, and Hindu vedic cultural thread among non-tribals runs throughout entire India which is the same in Malabar or Konkan as is in Northern India.
Jai Bharat. Jai Hind.

By: satya nair

satya nair — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:41:38 +0000

dear whatsoever iyer,

i know that being an iyer is a burden but still u will have to carry it just like your saadam and poriyal. but what you said about nairs is all crap. the nairs are indo-scithian Naga Vamsha Kshatriya’s who travelled from Ahi-Chatra (Ahi mean Naga in Sanskrit) i.e. rohilkhand of present times. they migrated along with the Namboothiri’s (the most orthodox and purest vedic brahmins in india for eg: Sri Adi Sankara), unlike the iyers). They settled in Tulu Nadu first and then migrated to Kerala. Their mother tongue was Nagari and they never spoke tamil. Present day Bunts of Tulu Nadu (aishwarya rai is a bunt) and Nairs claim similar ancestry. The kula daivam is Adi Shesha or Ananta (you find a Sarpa Kavu – Abode of the Serpents, in every ancient Nair Taravadu). They named their capital as Thiru Ananta Puram. They intermarried with the ancient royal lineage of ‘AY’ dynasty (Nagar+Ayar = Nayar).There conquest of Kerala in the Eight century created the language Malayalam (Tamil + Nagari). And that is why we do not need a Grantha Script like the tamilians to translate complex languages like sanskrit into our language. And all a bit of icing in the cake – JOHN NEUHOFF
A Dutch traveler to Kerala in 1664 wrote an exhaustive travelogue on the Nairs of Kerala wrote that the Nairs of Kerala are the best warriors in the world. This he said after travelling 80 countries including Greece, Rome & Egypt . Happy Learning. Jai Hind

By: swathy nair

swathy nair — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 08:30:28 +0000

thinking scientifically,swetha is right(by common sense also. ).90% of nairs are fair like north indian aryans.swetha you should add one more charachtaristic feature to the above list “long face(length breadth ratio)” of nair people like europeans.

By: SWETHA NAIR

SWETHA NAIR — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 08:17:26 +0000

the characteristics of nairs like tall body,wavy hair,hairy body,melanin content,sharp chin,flat forehead,structure of nose ,comparatively little space between the nose and upper lip ect shows that Nairs are true Aryans.

By: swathy nair

swathy nair — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 08:10:07 +0000

according to an other study the analysis of HLA Class I haplotypes, Nairs were most similar to Western European groups.