Padamangalam Nair
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Padamangalam Nair or Padamangalakkar, is an Ambalavasi or temple servant caste found mostly in southern Kerala.{{Cite book |last=Balasubramanian |first=Rangaswamy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wG3aAAAAMAAJ&q=Padamangalakkar |title=Social and Economic Dimensions of Caste Organisations in South Indian States |date=2001 |publisher=University of Madras |language=en}}{{Cite book |last1=Thurston |first1=Edgar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FnB3k8fx5oEC&dq=Padamangalam&pg=PA448 |title=Castes and Tribes of Southern India |last2=Rangachari |first2=K. |date=2001 |publisher=Asian Educational Services |isbn=978-81-206-0288-5 |language=en}} They were considered as auxiliary subcaste of Nair community in Southern Kerala, India.
In the caste hierarchy, they were placed below the aristocratic Illam and Swaroopathil Nair subcastes in southern Kerala, and in northern Kerala, they were absorbed into the wider Ambalavasi caste.