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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.<ref>{{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&pg=PA18}}</ref><br />
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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 .<ref>{{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&pg=PA24}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Social groups of Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Liturgical castes]]<br />
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