Nambiar
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Communities
The name Nambiar applies to several HinduHindu
Hindu refers to an identity associated with the philosophical, religious and cultural systems that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. As used in the Constitution of India, the word "Hindu" is also attributed to all persons professing any Indian religion...
communities from South India
South India
South India is the area encompassing India's states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry, occupying 19.31% of India's area...
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Kerala
- Nambiar (Kshatriya) - the Royal families and the subdivision within the Nair caste from the North MalabarNorth MalabarNorth Malabar , is a historic as well as geographic distinction in India used to refer the area covering; present Kasaragod and Kannur Districts, Mananthavady taluk of Wayanad District and Koyilandy & Vatakara taluks of Kozhikode District in modern Kerala and the entire Mahé sub-Division of...
region of Kerala. - Nambiar (Brahmin) - AmbalavasiAmbalavasiAmbalavasi is a generic name for a collection of castes among Hindus in Kerala who render temple services.-Etymology:The term Ambalavasi is derived from two Malayalam words, being Ambalam and Vasi...
, Pushpaka BrahminPushpaka BrahminPushpaka Brahmins or simply Pushpakas are a class of Brahmins in Kerala. They carry out the various activities of the temple, though not actual priestly activities. Pushpakas lived on the income of the temple and were under its care...
sect. Associated with ritualistic artforms Kutiyattam and Chakyar KoothuChakyar koothuChakyar Koothu is a performance art from Kerala, South India. It is primarily a type of highly refined monologue where the performer narrates episodes from Hindu epics and stories from the Puranas...
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Other
- Nambiar is also an EnglishEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
family title that is independent of Hindu Nambiars from South India.
People
- Ayillyath Kuttiari Gopalan Nambiar known as AKG
- M. N. NambiarM. N. NambiarM. N. Nambiar M. N. Nambiar M. N. Nambiar ( (born Manjeri Narayanan Nambiar 7 March 1919 — 19 November 2008) was a film actor in Tamil cinema and had been in the film industry for more than 50 years.-Biography:...
, a famous film actor in Tamil cinema. - Vijay Nambiar, a UN official who is the top aide to the UN Secretary General, Ban-Ki-Moon.
- Lt Gen Satish NambiarSatish NambiarLieutenant General Chenicheri Satish Nambiar is an Indian general who achieved international recognition as the first Force Commander and Head of Mission of UNPROFOR, the United Nations Protection Force in the former Yugoslavia, between March 1992 and March 1993...
- recipient of a Vir Chakra and Force Commander of UNPROFOR - O. M. NambiarO. M. NambiarO. M. Nambiar is a renowned Indian athletics coach who was awarded Dronacharya award in 1985 . He coached the well known Indian athlete P.T.Usha. He hails from Kerala state.- References :*...
, Indian athletics coach. - Kunchan NambiarKalakkaththu Kunchan NambiarKunchan Nambiar was a renowned Malayalam poet and inventor of the art form Ottamthullal.-Early life:Kunchan Nambiar spent his early childhood at Killikkurussimangalam in Kerala state, south India, his boyhood at Kudamaloor and his youth at Ambalappuzha. Scholars like Guru Mani Madhava Chakyar have...
, MalayaliMalayaliMalayali is the term used to refer to the native speakers of Malayalam, originating from the Indian state of Kerala...
poet.