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What's the need for an India group in a Defence forum of India?
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Where is the soft porn recommendation I asked
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idiot there is no soft porn films released rescently.the peak time was 2001.if you want ,then the list is here:
1)kinnarathumbikal
2)layanam
3-ennathoni
4-yamini
5-madhuram
6-nalam simham
7-shilpi
8-malayathipennu
9-kathara
10-mami
11-drivingschool
12-rakshasa ranji
13-kalluvathilkal kathreena
14-nakha chitrangal
15-charasundari
hope u are satisfied ....
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One of the most fascinating sights that I will never forget of Kerala was landing in Thiruvananthapuram
The whole area was full of coconut groves and I kept wondering if there was no open spaces at all and where were to land.
And then the sea as you leave the airport!
The whole area was full of coconut groves and I kept wondering if there was no open spaces at all and where were to land.
And then the sea as you leave the airport!
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Nair (Malayalam: നായരàµ*, also known as Nayar and Malayala Kshatriya) is a Kshatriya caste among the Hindus, mostly found in Kerala, India.[1][2][3] Before the British conquest in 1792, the Kerala region contained small, feudal kingdoms, in each of which the royal and noble lineages, the militia, and most land managers were drawn from the Nairs and related castes.[4] Nairs were prominent in politics, government service, medicine, education, and law.[5] Nairs constituted the rulers, warriors and landed gentry of Kerala (pre-1947).
Nairs were traditionally matrilineal, which means that the family traces its roots through the women in the family. The children inherited the property of their maternal family. Their family unit, the members of which owned property jointly, included brothers and sisters, the latter's children, and their daughters' children. The oldest man was legal head of the group and he was respected as the Karnavar of the family or Tharavadu. Rules of marriage and residence varied somewhat between kingdoms.[6]
The Nairs are known for their martial history, including their involvement in Kalaripayattu and the role of Nair warriors in the Mamankam ritual. The Nairs were classed as a martial race[7][8][9][10] by the British, but were de-listed after rebelling against them under Velu Thampi Dalawa, and thereafter were recruited in low numbers into the British Indian Army.[11] Only Nairs were recruited into the Travancore Nair Army, until 1935 when non-Nairs were admitted.[11] This State Force (known also as the Nair Brigade) was merged into the Indian Army after independence and became the 9th and 16th Battalions of the Madras Regiment.
The Samanta Kshatriya Kolathiri and Travancore kingdoms[12] were originally of the Nair caste[13] The Zamorin Raja was a Samanthan Nair[12] and the Arakkal kingdom of Kannur, which was the only Muslim kingdom in the Kerala region, also had Nair origins[14][15][16]. Nair feudal families such as the Ettuveetil Pillamar of Travancore and Paliath Achan of Kochi were extremely influential in the past and exerted great influence on the ruling clan.
heories of origin
The earliest known description about Nairs state that Nairs (Nagars) are the descendants of serpent soldiers sent by the NÄga Kingdom for taking part in the battle at Kurukshetra during Mahabharatha. After the war, they encountered Parasurama who vowed to exterminate the NÄgas, since they were Kshatriya. The NÄgas transformed transformed themselves to humans, ripped off their sacred chords, and fled the battlefield.
After the Saka or Indo-Scythian people invaded India in the second century BC, some Nagas mixed with the Scythians in North India. They adopted the Matriarchy, Polyandry and other Scythian customs.[20] NÄga-Scythian tribe of Ahichatra, in Uttar Pradesh near Nainital was invited by King Mayuravarma of the Kadamba dynasty in 345 AD along with their Brahmin priests to settle down at Shimoga in the North Karnataka.[21][22][23]
They migrated Southwards and reached Malabar, where they fought with the Villavars and defeated them. Later they established their own kingdoms in Malabar and Tulu Nadu[24] The NÄgas finally reached Travancore, the Southern most part of India. There is still a sacred Sarpa Kavu (serpent grove) in Mannarsala (Travancore), which is owned by a Nayar family whose ancestors are said to be NÄga serpents spared when the Khandava Forest (in present day Punjab) was burnt down by Lord Krishna and Lord Arjuna.[25]
Mythology apart, Nairs are thought to be the descendants of Nagavanshi Kshatriyas, who migrated to Kerala from further North.[26][27] According to Dr K. K. Pillai, the first reference about the Nairs is in an inscription dated to the 9th century A.D.[28]
The Nairs have been described thus:
" A race caste who do not owe their origin to function, although, by force of example, their organization is almost equally rigid, and they are generally identified with particular trades or occupations. These race caste communities were originally tribes, but on entering the fold of Hinduism, they imitated the Hindu social organization, and have thus gradually hardened to castes.[29] "
According to Chattampi Swamikal, who interpreted old Tamil texts, the Nairs were Naka (Naga or Snake) Lords who ruled as feudal lords in the Chera Kingdom. Therefore this theory proposes Nairs to be descendants of the rulers and martial nobility of pre-Brahmin Kerala. But the most widely accepted theory is that the ethnic group is not native to Kerala and the Nairs of Kerala and the similarly matrilineal Bunts of Tulu Nadu are thought to be descendants of the Kshatriyas who accompanied the Brahmins to Kerala and Tulu Nadu respectively from Ahichatra/Ahikshetra in southern Panchala.[30] One finds mention of the Nairs during the reign of the King Rama Varma Kulashekhara (1020-1102) of the second Chera dynasty, when the Chera Kingdom was attacked by the Cholas. The Nairs fought by forming suicide squads (Chavers) against the invading force. It is not clear whether the Cheras themselves were Nairs, or if the Cheras employed the Nairs as a warrior class.[31]
The Sanskrit Kerala Mahatmayam, an upa purana of the Bhoogola Purana, calls them the progeny of Namboodiri men with Deva, Rakshasa and Gandharva women.
Connection with Bunts of Tulu Nadu
The 17th century Brahmin -inspired Keralolpathi of the Malayali brahmins and the Grama Padhati of Tulu brahmins describes the Nairs of Kerala and the similarly matrilineal Bunts of Tulu Nadu as descendants of Kshatriyas who accompanied the Brahmins to Kerala and Tulu Nadu respectively from Ahichatra/Ahikshetra in northern Panchala. The remains of this city have been found in Ramnagar village in Aonla tehsil of Bareilly district in current Indian state of Uttar Pradesh[32]
The Manual of Madras Administration Vol II (printed in 1885) notes that the Kundagannada (kannada dialect) speaking Nadava or Nada Bunts are the same people as the Malayalam speaking Nairs of Malabar and the Tulu speaking Bunts of southern Tulu Nadu:
" They appear to have entered Malabar from the North rather than the South and to have peopled first the Tulu, and then the Malayalam country. They were probably the off-shoot of some colony in the Konkan or the Deccan. In Malabar and south of Kanara as far as Kasargod, they are called Nayars and their language is Malayalam. From Kasargod to Brahmavar, they are termed as Bunts and speak Tulu. To the north of Brahmavar, they are called Nadavars, and they speak Kanarese. "
The Nairs have disappeared as an entity from Tulu Nadu but the inscriptions found in Barkur from the medieval period as well as the Grama Padathi, which gives the history of Brahmin families in Tulu Nadu, have made several references to the Nairs. They seemed to have intimate connections with the Brahmins and acted as their protectors, perhaps brought to Tulu Nadu by the Kadamba kings in the 8th century. Kadamba king Mayuravarma, who is credited with bringing Brahmins from Ahichatra (from the north), also settled Nairs in Tulu Nadu and a mention of the Nair presence in tulu nadu in inscriptions comes after the Alupa period (early part of 14th century). Like the kings of Kerala some Bunt kings of Tulu Nadu also have Nair ancestry. For example, the last Bunt ruler of Kanajar in Udupi district was called Nayara Heggade.His palace Kanajar Doddamane though dilapidated in parts is undergoing restoration.[33][34] The royal house of the Bunts in Kowdoor (adjacent to Kanajar) is known as Nayara Bettu. Also "Nayara" is a surname among bunts. It is postulated that the Nairs in Tulu Nadu were later absorbed into the social stratum of the Bunt community. It is also postulated that the Nairs of Malabar originally migrated from Tulu nadu[2]
It is to be noted that the traditions and cultures of Nairs and Bunts are same to a large extent. Currently the Nairs who can trace their descent back to Tulunadu are concentrated in the Malabar region.[35]
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Nair - Metapedia
Nairs were traditionally matrilineal, which means that the family traces its roots through the women in the family. The children inherited the property of their maternal family. Their family unit, the members of which owned property jointly, included brothers and sisters, the latter's children, and their daughters' children. The oldest man was legal head of the group and he was respected as the Karnavar of the family or Tharavadu. Rules of marriage and residence varied somewhat between kingdoms.[6]
The Nairs are known for their martial history, including their involvement in Kalaripayattu and the role of Nair warriors in the Mamankam ritual. The Nairs were classed as a martial race[7][8][9][10] by the British, but were de-listed after rebelling against them under Velu Thampi Dalawa, and thereafter were recruited in low numbers into the British Indian Army.[11] Only Nairs were recruited into the Travancore Nair Army, until 1935 when non-Nairs were admitted.[11] This State Force (known also as the Nair Brigade) was merged into the Indian Army after independence and became the 9th and 16th Battalions of the Madras Regiment.
The Samanta Kshatriya Kolathiri and Travancore kingdoms[12] were originally of the Nair caste[13] The Zamorin Raja was a Samanthan Nair[12] and the Arakkal kingdom of Kannur, which was the only Muslim kingdom in the Kerala region, also had Nair origins[14][15][16]. Nair feudal families such as the Ettuveetil Pillamar of Travancore and Paliath Achan of Kochi were extremely influential in the past and exerted great influence on the ruling clan.
heories of origin
The earliest known description about Nairs state that Nairs (Nagars) are the descendants of serpent soldiers sent by the NÄga Kingdom for taking part in the battle at Kurukshetra during Mahabharatha. After the war, they encountered Parasurama who vowed to exterminate the NÄgas, since they were Kshatriya. The NÄgas transformed transformed themselves to humans, ripped off their sacred chords, and fled the battlefield.
After the Saka or Indo-Scythian people invaded India in the second century BC, some Nagas mixed with the Scythians in North India. They adopted the Matriarchy, Polyandry and other Scythian customs.[20] NÄga-Scythian tribe of Ahichatra, in Uttar Pradesh near Nainital was invited by King Mayuravarma of the Kadamba dynasty in 345 AD along with their Brahmin priests to settle down at Shimoga in the North Karnataka.[21][22][23]
They migrated Southwards and reached Malabar, where they fought with the Villavars and defeated them. Later they established their own kingdoms in Malabar and Tulu Nadu[24] The NÄgas finally reached Travancore, the Southern most part of India. There is still a sacred Sarpa Kavu (serpent grove) in Mannarsala (Travancore), which is owned by a Nayar family whose ancestors are said to be NÄga serpents spared when the Khandava Forest (in present day Punjab) was burnt down by Lord Krishna and Lord Arjuna.[25]
Mythology apart, Nairs are thought to be the descendants of Nagavanshi Kshatriyas, who migrated to Kerala from further North.[26][27] According to Dr K. K. Pillai, the first reference about the Nairs is in an inscription dated to the 9th century A.D.[28]
The Nairs have been described thus:
" A race caste who do not owe their origin to function, although, by force of example, their organization is almost equally rigid, and they are generally identified with particular trades or occupations. These race caste communities were originally tribes, but on entering the fold of Hinduism, they imitated the Hindu social organization, and have thus gradually hardened to castes.[29] "
According to Chattampi Swamikal, who interpreted old Tamil texts, the Nairs were Naka (Naga or Snake) Lords who ruled as feudal lords in the Chera Kingdom. Therefore this theory proposes Nairs to be descendants of the rulers and martial nobility of pre-Brahmin Kerala. But the most widely accepted theory is that the ethnic group is not native to Kerala and the Nairs of Kerala and the similarly matrilineal Bunts of Tulu Nadu are thought to be descendants of the Kshatriyas who accompanied the Brahmins to Kerala and Tulu Nadu respectively from Ahichatra/Ahikshetra in southern Panchala.[30] One finds mention of the Nairs during the reign of the King Rama Varma Kulashekhara (1020-1102) of the second Chera dynasty, when the Chera Kingdom was attacked by the Cholas. The Nairs fought by forming suicide squads (Chavers) against the invading force. It is not clear whether the Cheras themselves were Nairs, or if the Cheras employed the Nairs as a warrior class.[31]
The Sanskrit Kerala Mahatmayam, an upa purana of the Bhoogola Purana, calls them the progeny of Namboodiri men with Deva, Rakshasa and Gandharva women.
Connection with Bunts of Tulu Nadu
The 17th century Brahmin -inspired Keralolpathi of the Malayali brahmins and the Grama Padhati of Tulu brahmins describes the Nairs of Kerala and the similarly matrilineal Bunts of Tulu Nadu as descendants of Kshatriyas who accompanied the Brahmins to Kerala and Tulu Nadu respectively from Ahichatra/Ahikshetra in northern Panchala. The remains of this city have been found in Ramnagar village in Aonla tehsil of Bareilly district in current Indian state of Uttar Pradesh[32]
The Manual of Madras Administration Vol II (printed in 1885) notes that the Kundagannada (kannada dialect) speaking Nadava or Nada Bunts are the same people as the Malayalam speaking Nairs of Malabar and the Tulu speaking Bunts of southern Tulu Nadu:
" They appear to have entered Malabar from the North rather than the South and to have peopled first the Tulu, and then the Malayalam country. They were probably the off-shoot of some colony in the Konkan or the Deccan. In Malabar and south of Kanara as far as Kasargod, they are called Nayars and their language is Malayalam. From Kasargod to Brahmavar, they are termed as Bunts and speak Tulu. To the north of Brahmavar, they are called Nadavars, and they speak Kanarese. "
The Nairs have disappeared as an entity from Tulu Nadu but the inscriptions found in Barkur from the medieval period as well as the Grama Padathi, which gives the history of Brahmin families in Tulu Nadu, have made several references to the Nairs. They seemed to have intimate connections with the Brahmins and acted as their protectors, perhaps brought to Tulu Nadu by the Kadamba kings in the 8th century. Kadamba king Mayuravarma, who is credited with bringing Brahmins from Ahichatra (from the north), also settled Nairs in Tulu Nadu and a mention of the Nair presence in tulu nadu in inscriptions comes after the Alupa period (early part of 14th century). Like the kings of Kerala some Bunt kings of Tulu Nadu also have Nair ancestry. For example, the last Bunt ruler of Kanajar in Udupi district was called Nayara Heggade.His palace Kanajar Doddamane though dilapidated in parts is undergoing restoration.[33][34] The royal house of the Bunts in Kowdoor (adjacent to Kanajar) is known as Nayara Bettu. Also "Nayara" is a surname among bunts. It is postulated that the Nairs in Tulu Nadu were later absorbed into the social stratum of the Bunt community. It is also postulated that the Nairs of Malabar originally migrated from Tulu nadu[2]
It is to be noted that the traditions and cultures of Nairs and Bunts are same to a large extent. Currently the Nairs who can trace their descent back to Tulunadu are concentrated in the Malabar region.[35]
More at:
Nair - Metapedia
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Ray this courner is just for fun and nothing serious and is open to all and there is no free kerala movement or any sort of anti national movements steming up here...and pls dont put serious stuff like this here.
If u have any objection against this thread contact the moderators and let them decide what to do.
Ray sir u are just over reacting to a harmless thread meant for just fun.
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Surely you meant to say "Malabaris" and "Keral"?I think inspite of this thread and its noble intent; most northies will still call 'em madrasis and the state karela
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