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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{unreferenced|date=August 2016}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=December 2019}}<br /> {{for|the film|Illam (film)}}<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Illam&#039;&#039;&#039; ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɪ|l|əm}}) is a Malayalam word for a house of a Namboodiri. Synonym for &#039;Illam&#039; is &#039;Mana&#039;. This is a [[Malayalee]] lineage system used for classification and identification of homes based on [[Indian caste system|castes]] in [[Kerala]], [[South India]]. The system is most notably used by the [[Namboodiri]]s.<br /> <br /> The Namboodiris, who are the [[Brahmins]] of Kerala, also refer to their lineages as the Brahmaalayam or Mana. The line is built according to the canons of [[Vaasthusaasthra]]m, meaning [[architecture]] in the [[Sanskrit]] language.<br /> <br /> The traditional layout of a Namboodiri illam is an open courtyard in the middle called the &#039;nadumittam&#039;. &#039;Nadu&#039; meaning middle and &#039;mittam&#039; meaning earth/ground. These buildings or houses are in different category like &#039;nalukettu&#039; (meaning courtyard surrounded by rooms on four sides ), &#039;ettukettu&#039; ( nalukettu surrounded by another nalukettu) then &#039;pathinarukettu&#039; ( four layers of buildings around a courtyard). <br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}https://www.namboothiri.com/articles/illam.htm<br /> <br /> https://www.keralatourism.org/destination/poonthanam-illam-kizhattoor-perinthalmanna/393<br /> [[Category:Culture of Kerala]]</div>

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