https://indianpedia.org/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=142.126.117.152 2026-07-30T20:06:39Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.45.4 https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=Kurukkal&diff=228397 2021-11-03T15:30:22Z

<p>142.126.117.152: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}<br /> The '''Kurukkal''' are a [[Caste system in India|caste]] in [[Kerala]], India. Originally a [[patrilineal]] community of [[Travancore]] whose traditional function was that of temple owners, they became [[matrilineal]] towards the end of the 18th century under the influence of the dominant [[Nambudiri]] [[Brahmin]] caste. From that time on, Kurukkal women had [[hypergamy|hypergamous]] marriages with Nambudiri men and Kurukkal men struck similar relationships with women from the matrilineal Maran caste.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book |title=Social Change in Modern India: Rabindranath Tagore Memorial Lectures |first=Mysore Narasimhachar |last=Srinivas |authorlink=M. N. Srinivas |edition=Reprint |publisher=Orient Blackswan |year=1995 |isbn=978-8-12500-422-6 |page=18 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZrJB-MsbWvoC&amp;pg=PA18}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> The community's position in the [[Hinduism|Hindu]] ritual ranking system known as [[Varna (Hinduism)|varna]] is disputed. They generally claim to be [[Iyer]] Brahmins .&lt;ref&gt;{{cite book |title=The Cult of Draupadi, Volume 2: On Hindu Ritual and the Goddess |first=Alf |last=Hiltebeitel |authorlink=Alf Hiltebeitel |publisher=University of Chicago Press |year=1991 |isbn=978-0-22634-048-7 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wgbKqxx1j1EC&amp;pg=PA24}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Social groups of Kerala]]<br /> [[Category:Liturgical castes]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{India-ethno-stub}}</div>

142.126.117.152