Mannan (caste)
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{{Short description|Community of Kerala, South India}}
The Mannan{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lKq5A57tX1cC&dq=Mannan+caste&pg=PA124 |title=Rethinking Development: Kerala's Development Experience |date=1999 |publisher=Concept Publishing Company |isbn=978-81-7022-764-9 |pages=124 |language=en}} are a community in Kerala, India. They are one of the Adivasi
who live in Idukki District. Mannan is a schedule caste community, which only worked as labours in the fields. It is the only existing tribal village in South India which falls under the Kanchiyar grama panchayath of Idukki tehsil (previously Udumbanchola tehsil).{{Cite web|url=http://netindian.in/news/2011/12/28/00017913/tribal-king-aryan-raja-manna-passes-away-kerala|title="Tribal king" Aryan Raja Manna passes away in Kerala {{!}} NetIndian|date=2011-12-28|website=netindian.in|access-date=2016-11-30}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.dakshinroutes.com/Tour-Packages/NewsLetterDetails.aspx?ID=1471|title=Dakshin Routes|website=www.dakshinroutes.com|access-date=2016-11-30}} The village has four religious divisions such as 'Thekkottu Kattu Rajyam', 'Nadukkuda Kattu Rajyam', 'Athal Orupuram' and 'Chenkanattu Mala'. Goddess Madhura Minakshi of famed Madura Temple in Tamil Nadu is their Kuladevatha (tutelary deity).{{Cite web|url=http://idukki.nic.in/culture.htm|title=Idukki District of Kerala - An official website|website=idukki.nic.in|access-date=2016-11-30}}
See also
- Kozhimala the Mannan settlement that is the community's "headquarters"
- The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006
References
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Further reading
- {{cite news |last1=NIE Staff Writers |title=The king who graduated from Maharaja's College |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2012/mar/05/the-king-who-graduated-from-maharajas-college-345939.html |access-date=28 November 2021 |work=The New Indian Express |date=16 May 2012}}
- {{cite book |last1=Suresh |first1=Lavanya |last2=Suchitra |first2=M. |title=Suicidal resistance: Understanding the opposition against the Western Ghats conservation in Karunapuram, Idukki, Kerala |date=2021 |publisher=Centre for Development Studies Prasanth Naga |location=Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India |isbn=978-81-948195-4-7 |pages=35–44 |edition=First |url=https://cds.edu/wp-content/uploads/Western-Ghats_MonographSeries2.pdf |access-date=28 November 2021 |series=CDS Monograph Series: Ecological Challenges and Local Self-Government Response}}
- {{cite report |last1=Sebastian |first1=Lijo |last2=Peter |first2=Jenee |title=Living on the Edge: Impact of Peasant Migration on the Mannan Tribe of Kerala |url=https://www.academia.edu/19968940 |access-date=28 November 2021 |language=en}}
- {{cite news |last1=Surendranath |first1=Nidhi |title=The King takes up the cause of the commoner |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/the-king-takes-up-the-cause-of-the-commoner/article4684159.ece |access-date=28 November 2021 |work=The Hindu |date=5 May 2013 |language=en-IN}}
- {{cite news |last1=Harikumar |first1=A. |title=No kingdom, but kingship continues after 60 years of democracy |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/217472/no-kingdom-kingship-continues-60.html |access-date=28 November 2021 |work=Deccan Herald |date=7 January 2012 |language=en}}
- {{cite magazine |author=Shahina KK |title=The King Who Was Not: The tragic life and death of a tribal monarch in Kerala |url=https://openthemagazine.com/features/india/the-king-who-was-not/ |magazine=The Open Magazine |date=13 January 2012}}
- {{cite news |last1=Saju |first1=Sajin |title=A king and his tribe: How the Mannans of Kerala are struggling to preserve age-old tradition |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/a-king-and-his-tribe-how-the-mannans-of-kerala-are-struggling-to-preserve-age-old-tradition-4633351/ |access-date=28 November 2021 |work=The Indian Express |date=29 April 2017 |language=en}}
- {{cite web |last1=Better India photographer |last2=Better India Writer |title=In Photos: The Fascinating Story of Kerala's Forest King & His Tribe's 700-Year-Old Legacy |url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/95726/kerala-forest-king-raja-raman-mannan-idukki/ |website=The Better India |language=en |date=13 April 2017}}
External links
- [http://idukki.nic.in Government of Kerala: Iddukki District official website]
Category:Social groups of Kerala