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'''Ezhavathy''' (or '''Ezhawathi''', '''Vathi''', '''Vathikurup'''; '''Kavutheeya''', '''Kavuthiyya(n)''', in Malabar) are a sub-caste in Kerala. They are traditionally barbers to the [[Ezhava]] caste, and would not work for any other class, even the [[Nampootiri]] Brahmins,<ref name="Sadasivan2000">{{cite book|author=S. N. Sadasivan|title=A social history of India|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=Be3PCvzf-BYC&pg=PA383|accessdate=26 May 2011|date=October 2000|publisher=APH Publishing|isbn=978-81-7648-170-0|pages=383–}}</ref> and are ranked along with the [[Velakkathala Nayar]] and [[Nassuvan]].<ref name="SinghIndia2002">{{cite book|author1=Kumar Suresh Singh|author2=Anthropological Survey of India|title=People of India|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=xBQwAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=26 May 2011|year=2002|publisher=Anthropological Survey of India|isbn=978-81-85938-99-8|page=1175}} - ''But, at present, in the local social hierarchy their status is low and are placed along with the other barber communities like the Velakkathala Nayar, Ezhavathi and Nassuvan''</ref> The caste also serves as priests to the [[Iluvar]] caste (of which they are a part),<ref name="Commissioner1903">{{cite book|author=India. Census Commissioner|title=Census of India, 1901|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=kTNRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA168|accessdate=26 May 2011|year=1903|page=168}}</ref> and performed funerary rites for the [[Tiyya]] caste in Kerala.<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Journal of Kerala Studies |volume=11 |publisher=University of Kerala |year=1984 |title=Unknown |author=Unknown |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=EASSAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Kavuthiya%22&dq=%22Kavuthiya%22&source=bl&ots=uu-O-2G3a2&sig=2cUelztiSGigVWDa9zIhhUJDvKI&hl=en&sa=X&ei=DL99UKCnJof50gHG44DgBw&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAQ |page=75 |quotation=One of them is the performance of funeral rites when a Tiyya has passed away. These were invariably performed by members of the Kavuthiya caste.}}</ref>{{full|date=December 2012}}<!-- tagged for article name/author as I am pretty sure this has just been grabbed from a GBooks snippet view & may be out of context--> {{As of|2003}}, Ezhavathy are classified as an [[Other Backward Class]] by the government of Kerala.<ref name="KeralaPSC">{{cite web|url=http://www.keralapsc.org/scstobc.htm#obc|title=LIST OF OTHER BACKWARD CLASSES IN KERALA STATE}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
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*[[Mudiyett]] |
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*[[Mohyal]] |
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==References== |
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[[Category:Indian castes]] |
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[[Category:Social groups of Kerala]] |
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Ezhavathy (or Ezhawathi, Vathi, Vathikurup; Kavutheeya, Kavuthiyya(n), in Malabar) are a sub-caste in Kerala. They are traditionally barbers to the Ezhava caste, and would not work for any other class, even the Nampootiri Brahmins,[1] and are ranked along with the Velakkathala Nayar and Nassuvan.[2] The caste also serves as priests to the Iluvar caste (of which they are a part),[3] and performed funerary rites for the Tiyya caste in Kerala.[4][full citation needed] As of 2003[update], Ezhavathy are classified as an Other Backward Class by the government of Kerala.[5]
See also
References
- ^ S. N. Sadasivan (October 2000). A social history of India. APH Publishing. pp. 383–. ISBN 978-81-7648-170-0. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
- ^ Kumar Suresh Singh; Anthropological Survey of India (2002). People of India. Anthropological Survey of India. p. 1175. ISBN 978-81-85938-99-8. Retrieved 26 May 2011. - But, at present, in the local social hierarchy their status is low and are placed along with the other barber communities like the Velakkathala Nayar, Ezhavathi and Nassuvan
- ^ India. Census Commissioner (1903). Census of India, 1901. p. 168. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
- ^ Unknown (1984). "Unknown". Journal of Kerala Studies. 11. University of Kerala: 75.
One of them is the performance of funeral rites when a Tiyya has passed away. These were invariably performed by members of the Kavuthiya caste.
- ^ "LIST OF OTHER BACKWARD CLASSES IN KERALA STATE".