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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|A community of Kerala, India}}<br />
{{infobox caste<br />
| caste_name = Maniyani<br/>മണിയാണി<br />
| classification = [[Yadava]]<br />
| religions = [[Hinduism]]<br />
| languages = <br />
[[Malayalam language|Malayalam]] <br />
| country = <br />
[[India]]<br />
| populated_states = [[Kerala]]{{*}}[[Puducherry (union territory)|Puduchery]]<br />
|related = [[Nair]]{{*}}[[Nambiar (Nair subcaste)|Nambiar]]<br />
}}<br />
The '''Maniyani''' (also known as '''Kolaya, Ayar, [[Konar (caste)|Konar]], Iruman''' in different area) is a [[Malayalam]] speaking [[Yadava]] community,<ref name="Yadav1992">{{cite book|author=J. N. Singh Yadav|title=Yadavas Through the Ages, from Ancient Period to Date|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QJNHAAAAMAAJ&q=maniyani+cow|year=1992|publisher=Sharada Publishing House|isbn=978-81-85616-03-2}}</ref> native to [[Kerala]] state of [[South India]].<ref name="Yadav2001">{{cite book|author=J. N. Singh Yadav|title=Yadavas of South India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lXU_AAAAMAAJ&q=Kolaya+maniyani|year=2001|publisher=Yadava Publications}}</ref> They are mainly distributed in Kozhikode, Palakkad, Kannur, Kasaragod and Wayanad districts. Their traditional occupation is tending cattle and cultivation.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/1097979/2107_1316163262_ind35292.pdf |title=www.ecoi.net |format= |accessdate=}}</ref><ref name="Kerala Public Service Commission">{{cite web | title=LIST OF SCHEDULED CASTES IN THE KERALA STATE | website=Kerala Public Service Commission | url=https://www.keralapsc.gov.in/index.php/list-scheduled-castes-kerala-state | access-date=2020-11-14}}</ref><br />
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==Origin==<br />
The Maniyanis are believed to have come from the ancient [[Yadava]] clan and associate themselves closely with the god [[Krishna]].<ref name="MenonLinguistics2002">{{cite book|author1=T. Madhava Menon|author2=International School of Dravidian Linguistics|title=A handbook of Kerala|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TjVuAAAAMAAJ&q=maniyani+cow|year=2002|publisher=International School of Dravidian Linguistics|isbn=978-81-85692-31-9}}</ref> They are believed to have settled in the northern part of Kerala after having migrated from [[Tulu Nadu|Tulunad]]. Royal kingdoms in Kerala including '''[[Travancore]]''' and [[Kolathunadu|'''Kolathiris''']] are said to be originated from [[Yadava]] or [[Vrishni]] lineage<ref name="google.co.in22">Aiya, V. Nagam. ''The Travancore State Manual.'' Vol 1. Part 2. Trivandrum: The Travancore Government Press, 1906 [https://books.google.com/books?id=AVd1AQAAQBAJ&pg=PT222#v=onepage&q&f=false]</ref><br />
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==Social life==<br />
The majority of the Maniyanis are concentrated in the districts of [[Kannur]] and [[Kasaragod]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ecoi.net/en/file/local/1097979/2107_1316163262_ind35292.pdf |title=www.ecoi.net |format= |accessdate=}}</ref> They follow similar birth, marriage & death customs and rituals like other Nair sub-castes. Even though they practice endogamy, they rarely do intermarry with other castes like [[Nambiar (Nair subcaste)|Nambiar]], Payyanur Poduval and Vaniya-[[Chakkala Nair|Vattakad]] Nairs.<ref name="Land Reforms and Social Change: Study of a Kerala Village">{{cite journal|author1=P Radhakrishnan |title=Land Reforms and Social Change: Study of a Kerala Village|journal=Economic and Political Weekly|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41626951?read-now=1&seq=1|year=1983|volume=18|issue=52/53|pages=A143–A150|jstor=41626951}}</ref><br />
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Kannangattu bhagavathi is the tutelary deity of Maniyanis. Kannangattu bhagavathi has permanent place in every [[Muchilot Bhagavathi]] temple since Maniyanis have special brotherly relationship with Vaniya-[[Chakkala Nair|Vattakad]] Nairs.<br />
Maniyanis also perform [[Poorakkali]] in [[Muchilot bhagavathi]] temples.<ref name="Nair1986">{{cite book|author=Adoor K. K. Ramachandran Nair|title=Kerala State Gazetteer|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jDduAAAAMAAJ&q=poorakkali+maniyanis|year=1986|publisher=State Editor, Kerala Gazetteers|isbn=978-81-85499-36-9}}</ref><ref name="User 2020">{{cite web | title=Poorakkali | website=Home | date=2020-04-12 | url=https://www.ashkerala.com/index.php/ugc-research/42-my-kerala/kerala-arts-culture-and-games/472-poorakkali | access-date=2021-07-15}}</ref> Maniyani community is classified under OBC (Other Backward Classes) by the Government of Kerala<ref name="Kerala Public Service Commission"/><br />
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