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NAIR
A WORD WITH POWER: NAIR IS THE STRONGEST COMMUNITY FROM SOUTHERN INDIAN
STATE KERALA. THE COMMUNITY THAT COULD PRODUCE LEGENDARILY
FIGURES LIKE KRISHNA MENON TO KRISHNAN NAIR AND MT
VASUDEVAN NAIR
TO MADHAVAN NAIR.
MY
OBJECTIVE IS TO PORTRAY THE AMAZING FEATURES OF A
COMMUNITY THAT RULED THE SOCIAL CULTURAL AND ETHICAL WORLD
OF MEDIEVAL KERALA AND THOSE CONTRIBUTE WELL TO THE
MODERN SAGA OF KERALA.
This
web page/site is not to spread caste or any thing malice to public
lives. My aim is to place all NAIR related thing and
personalities under one roof- Nair In Nutshell.
Some
one like Meera Nair may not be a nair or even a
Keralate ( She is a Punjabi) but her name is ending with
"nair". So she is mentioned. Similarly NAIR
PRODUCTS- They are not related to nair but
since having name NAIR in them
they are taken.
In
western Europe another group of people with third name as
Nair, but they are omitted as the scope of this site will
not allow me to add that information.
Please
consider these facts before you read further deep in to
this web site. This web site is a
personal one and that is exclusively for those
who are interested in this subject and not for every one
in the public.
Governments
are pleading themselves to get more help to lower caste
people in this country. Until they stop this practice the
cast system will be in the society. You can't blame a
person who believe in cast system while your government it
self is practicing that system. If you want to abolish
this first of all remove quota reservation and start to
treat all people in the society as equal. No more
reservation in social and other sectors will eventually
lead to the end of the cast system- I don't know why some
people are blaming me for creating this web page- as if I
am creating casts in Kerala. Highly deplorable!
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have a feed back cum guest book form at the bottom of this
long page ,and I would be thank full to you if you find
time to sign in that page.
Let
us figure out what all wee need to know about nairs
and we shall get you all about nair society and all about
nair cast.
Let
me say them as follows.
Objective
of this page : To show the following for people who like
to know all about nair cast.
1.
What is the word nair means and derivatives of that
word.
2.
nair and nairs a history of this worriers cast
who fought number of wars with others.
3.Prominent
personalities in the nair cast
4.Nair
products and Nair services- Business class from nair
cast
5.The
NSS And other service societies with nair cast
6.Great
leaders of olden and now days in nair cast.
7.Great
nair taravadus/families.
8.Saga
of kerala and Onam specially, nairs in
festivals.
9.Nair custom and tradition.
10.Nair-
Friendship Dating And Marriage:
11.Many
things more on
Nair cast.
All
are given below in order.
1.
What is the word nair means and derivatives of that
word.
The
name NAIR Means Worrier or leader mostly in battle field.
The actual dharma (work) of nair clan was fighting
in wars. They were fighters. Even now days far from those
days, this clan has such a blood that they are in love to
fight.
NAIR
= NAYAKAN MEANS LEADER.
Another
version is the nairs are born from nayikar clan of
Maharashtra Karnataka belt in south India. The naykar
group gradually became nairs. A part of that clan
settled in Punjab and Hariyana and they became 'nayyar' a
derivative of nair clan.
Any
way as the name so they are, nair clan are mostly leaders
who still keep enthusiasm to fight and they will never
yield to pressure. The geographical irrespective ness the
nair clan keeps such qualities.
2.
nair and nairs a history of this worriers cast
who fought number of wars with others.
History
of nairs start from earliest ages just after christ
birth. They were a nomadic group of people, and later they
started to settle. The origin of this group is unknown but
about 2000 years ago they landed kerala,
When
war of century between cholas and cheras started nairs
dazzled with soad fight. They started kalaries the place
for studying soad fighting called kalaripayattu (look
left side a photo is added). The war placed nairs to
second level only second to brahmins. Nairs become more aggressive
and they became more integral part of society.
The
whole history of this caste is so big that can't fit here,
but more matter will be added shortly.
3.Prominent
personalities in the nair cast
There
are many nair greats who made great deeds and I am
interested to show a few from them than many. Just some
words on some of the best names of nair caste.
Mannath Padmanabhan Nair
Mannathu
Padmanabhan was a great social reformer who hailed from
the State of Kerala. He was born on 02 January 1878.
Eswaran Namboodiri of Nilavana Illam was his father. His
mother, Parvathy Amma came from a poor but respectable
Nair family near Changanacherry, in North Travancore.
In 1924 he took part in the Vaikkom and
Guruvayoor temple-entry and anti-untouchability agitation.
He became a member of the Indian National Congress in 1947
and took part in the Travancore State Congress agitation
against Sir C.P Ramaswamy Iyer’s administration in
Travancore. In 1949 Padmanabhan became a member of the
Travancore Legislative Assembly. In 1959 he led a united
opposition against the State Communist Ministry which had
become unpopular. This ultimately resulted in inviting
President’s rule to Kerala. During all these years the
Nair Service Society had his constant attention and
selfless service. It had now grown into a powerful
organisation with a vast membership, substantial finances
and various welfare activities. Besides looking after this
work, Padmanabhan wrote many articles, an autobiography,
and a travel book, Our Trip to the Federated Malay
States, some criticisms and a novel, Snehalata.
His style was virile, forthright and very effective. He
also set up colleges, schools, hospitals and industrial
units. In appreciation of his valuable services the
President of India awarded him the title ‘Bharata
Kesari’.He passed away in February 1970
K Kelappan Nair
K. Kelappan was born in a small village of Calicut District in Kerala on August 24, 1889. In the Days of his college life at Calicut and Madras he acquired an abiding interest in social service and higher values of life. He began his career as a teacher at Changanachery and was the founder President of Nair Service Society. Thereafter, he joined studies in Law at Bombay.When Mahatma Gandhi gave his call for boycott of the British, Kelappan gave up his studies and decided to dedicate his life in the service of his Motherland. He lead an eventful life fighting the evils present in Indian society on the one hand and fighting the British on the other. He blossomed forth as an ideal Satyagrahi. He was an energetic revolutionary, social reformer and crusader for justice to the downtrodden.
After the independence of the country he gave up party politics and joined Sarvodaya Movement. He was the President of almost all major Gandhian organisations like Kerala Sarvodaya Sangh, Kerala Gandhi Samarak Nidhi, Kerala Sarvodaya Mandal and Gandhi Peace Foundation, Calicut. A part from above he was an educationist as well as an accomplished and forceful journalist. He helped in starting 'Mathrubhoomi' and was its editor for a number of years. He worked for unification of Kerala into a new linguistic state. He never aspired for power or position.His whole life was a saga of selfless service to the nation. Since the people of Kerala came to understand Gandhiji and his programmes essentially through Kelappan, he was popularly known as Kerala Gandhi. His life of service ended on October 7, 1971.
A K Gopalan
Comrade
Ayilliath Kuttiari Gopalan was an outstanding leader of
the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Left and
democratic movement in the country. He died on March 21,
1977 at the age of 73.Joining the Communist Party in 1939,
he became a member of the Central Committee of the united
Communist Party in 1951, a member of the Party’s central
secretariat in 1958 and was a member of the Polit Bureau
of the CPI(M) since 1964 till his death. Comrade AKG made
significant contributions to building of people’s
movement under the leadership of the CPI(M) and mass organizations
of toiling people specially of peasantry and agricultural
workers. For over two decades till his death he was
President of the All India Kisan Sabha. From 1952, except
for 1957-62, Comrade AKG was the leader of the Opposition
in Parliament, respected and listened to with attention by
all.
He
was great leader and untimely death of him was
sad lash back for the CPI m party too. He is the man who
found the CITU and is considered by many as best orbiter
as well s organizer.
V K Krishna Menon
V. K. Krishna Menon
born May 3, 1897, Calicut, India and died October 6, 1974, New Delhi
He was really a great Indian nationalist and champion of India's anti-colonialism and neutralism.
After studying at the London School of Economics, Menon was called to the bar at the Middle Temple. He became an ardent Socialist and served as a Labour member of the St. Pancras Borough Council from 1934 to 1947. His primary political interest in England centred in the struggle for freedom in India, however, and he strove tirelessly in this cause as secretary of the India League from 1929. His long and close relationship with Jawaharlal Nehru, nationalist and first prime minister of independent India, began during that period.
With the coming of Indian independence in 1947, Krishna Menon was appointed high commissioner (ambassador) of India in London. He returned to India in 1952 after 27 years of residence in England, becoming a member of the Indian Parliament in 1953, minister without portfolio in 1956, and minister for defense in 1957. From 1952 to 1960 he represented India in the General Assembly of the United Nations, where his vigorous presentation of anti-colonial and neutralist policies of his government won him many admirers.
As minister of defense, he brought new vigour to his office and introduced many far-reaching changes, but his policies and methods received heavy criticism, and the military reverses suffered by India at the hands of the Chinese in the Himalayas in 1962 were attributed by some to his policies. Overwhelming opposition forced him to relinquish the Ministry of Defense in October 1962. Thereafter he devoted himself to left-wing political activity as an independent.
Ellath Kunjirama Panicker
Panicker was a great
reformist and social lion who lead many great movements in
life, Disciple of kelappan and Gandhiji he was considered
by many as one of the greatest selfless
social reformist and worker. During Civil
Disobedience he fought marvelously to defend the freedom
movement.
DR
M Krishnan Nair M. Krishnan Nair (doctor) is a leading oncologist working in India. He is the founding director of the Regional Cancer Center
(RCC) at Trivandrum, a director of the S.U.T. Institute of Oncology in
Thiruvananthapuram(Trivandrum) and a professor at the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences & Research in Kochi. He received the Padma Shri award from the President of India.
his MBBS degree from University of Kerala, India in 1963, then went on to earn a MD (Radiotherapy and Clinical Oncology) from the University of Punjab in 1968. In 1972, he earned a FRCR (Clinical Oncology) from the Royal College of Radiologists in London.-
As founding director of RCC, he was responsible for establishing one of the largest comprehensive cancer centers in India and for initiating programmes in Community Oncology, Pain and Palliative Care, and Paediatric Oncology for the first time in India. He was a member of the expert group that drew up the National Cancer Control Plan of India. He served the World Health Organization (WHO) for more than a decade in their Expert Advisory Panel on Cancer. Currently, he is the only member from India on the Advisory Committee of the Director General, WHO and Cancer Technical Group
(CTG) of WHO.
Capt C P Krishnan Nair
Captain C.P. Krishnan Nair was born at
Cannanore, Kerela, on the 9th of Feb. 1923. He did his
schooling at the Local Raja’s High School and later on
joined the Muslim College in Chennai. With the spirit of a
rebel and a freedom fighter, he joined Free India’s
army. Later, he resigned his commission to champion the
cause of handloom weavers. From pioneering handlooms, the
far reaching impact of the visionary Capt. Krishnan Nair
has always been evident. When his sights focused on
hospitality he transformed industry standards forever.
Today he is a significant player in the Tourism and
Handloom Industry.His three creations in corporate Hotels
and Resorts, The Leela Mumbai, The Leela, Goa , and The
Leela Palace Bangalore stand testimony to his unswerving
spirit.
Meera Nair
Accomplished Film Director/Writer/Producer Mira Nair was born in India and educated at Delhi University and at Harvard.
She is
not a keralate,nor a Nair either. But was included as her
name is ending with Nair ( Please do not feel bad-Our aim
is not to push Nair caste but Nair name)
Her debut feature film, Salaam Bombay! was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1988; it won the Camera D'Or (for best first feature) and the Prix du Publique (for most popular entry) at the Cannes Film Festival and 25 other international awards.
Her next film, Mississippi Masala, an interracial love story set in the American South and Uganda, starring Denzel Washington and Sarita Choudhury, won three awards at the Venice Film Festival including Best Screenplay and The Audience Choice Award.
Subsequent films include The Perez Family (with Marisa Tomei, Anjelica Huston, Alfred Molina and Chazz Palminteri), about an exiled Cuban family in
Miami.
The sensuous Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love, which she directed and co-wrote.
Meera Nair directed Own Country based on Dr. Abraham Verghese's best-selling memoir about a young immigrant doctor dealing with the AIDS epidemic.
We
have created a special page for showing the excellence
of Meera Nair
And
you can log to
Meera Nair Pages
for far more information.
Anitha nair
Anitha nair is
an emerging novelist and she
is the proud of Nair society around the world. She writes
with great energy and creates amazing works at ease. Her
style is modern and her views are universal in appeal. She
is positive thinking woman of typical 21 st century
product. Her personality is revealed through her works.
What she want to tell the world is being told through her
works.
List of
her works
1997 Satyr of the Subway & Eleven Other Stories
1997 Malabar Mind
2000 The Better Man
2001 Ladies Coupé
2003 Where the Rain is Born (Edited by Anita Nair)
2004 Puffin Book of World Myths and Legends
2005 Mistress
She is really beautiful as well as best in her works. Her
bounty is really large as well as soul is sincere. Here we
ahve created an exclusive page in her honor. You can log to Anitha nair
Pages
for further details
Navya
nair
Fine
film actress /actor (USA English), Navya
nair
is amazingly beautiful and talented as well as famous for
her dazzling looks and explicit dance. She is really
amazing with her acting. There is no need to quote words
about her. The acting in film called "kunji kunan
" it self showed her brightness as an actor. We would
like to add her photos and her notes in separate
page. You can log to Navya Nair
Pages.
Dr Nair
Dr. C.P.
Parameswaran Nair of Malamalkkavu is indeed gifted with
divine power of healing and curing burns. The secret of
the herbs used in the medicines is known only to Cheeramathil
Puthanveetil Parameswaran Nair, an Arya Vaidyan
with a diploma in the Ayurvedic systems of medicine. Even
the scars disappear with this treatment Dr. Nair was an
artist and a schoolteacher. Dr. Nair studied under Dr. K.S.
Warrior who was former chief physician to the president of
India. " While studying with
Dr. K.S. Warrior a Gurukula system.
K
Karunakaran
K. Karunakaran (born July 5, 1918) is a veteran Congress party leader, freedom fighter, trade unionist, and former Chief Minister of
Kerala, India.Born Kannoth Karunakaran Maaraar to Kannoth Ramunni Maarar and Kannoth Kalyani Amma in
Kannur, he matriculated from Raja's High School and did his diploma in Design, Geometry and Painting from College of Arts
Thrissur.Like many during his time, he entered into politics during India's freedom struggle. He started off as an activist in the Kochi Rajya Praja Mandalam and later entered electoral politics as member of the Thrissur Municipal Council from 1945 - 1947. He was a founding member of the
INTUC. He was elected 7 times to the Kerala Legislative Assembly between 1965 and 1995 and served as Chief Minister four times. He was a member of the Congress Working Committee from 1969. In 1995, he was elected to the Rajya Sabha and served as the minister of industries in the Cabinet for a year. He was married to Kalyanikutty Amma (Late) and has a son and a
daughter .K.Karunakaran has seen many an up and down in his life. He was the Home Minister (in charge of the State Police) during the Indira Gandhi imposed national emergency in 1975-76. K.Karunakaran had to resign after a scandal which alleged detention and torture of an engineering student
(Rajan Varier) suspected to be a naxalite activist. Due to the difference opinions with the congress
leaadership, karaunakaran along with his followers left the congress party in 2005 January and formed a new party called Democratic Indiara
Congress(Karunakaran). His daughter Padmaja Venugopal is also active in politics
E K Nayanar
Erambala Krishnan Nayanar (December 9, 1919 - May 19, 2004) was an Indian politician leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in Kerala and the Chief Minister. He held the post three times 1980-81, 1987-91 and 1996-2001. He holds the distinction of serving in the post for the longest period of time - 11 years. He was a member of the Polit Bureau of CPI(M).
Nayanar was born in Kalyassery in Kannur district of Kerala. He joined the Communist Party of India in 1939. He participated in the Kayyoor-Morazha peasant uprisings and was forced to go underground to evade arrest. When the Communist Part of India split in 1964, Nayanar joined sides with the CPI(M).
In 1967 he was elected to Lok Sabha from Palghat (now Palakkad). He was elected to Kerala Assembly six times. Among the legislative constituencies he won from were Irikkur, Malampuzha, Trikaripur and Thalassery.
He became the Chief Minister of Kerala for the first time on January 25, 1980. His term ended in 1981. He served a four-year term starting from 1987 and a full five-year term in 1996.
Nayanar was also an editor of Desabhimani Daily.
Nayanar died on May 19 2004 in New Delhi following a heart attack.
S J
Nair
Syam
nair or sj nair
is a search engine expert and multi platform programmer
who is considered as excellent by many. Born in 1969, he
worked around the world for many companies and started own
in Bangalore. Undoubtedly he is considered as best in feed
technology. He is striding the steps to up to meet new
challenges and hopefully he may emerge as winner. To
log to Nair
Service Pages Or To S J
Nair
Pages
LoG Log to Syam
Nair
Pages.
Kala mandalam Krishnan Nair
Krishnan
Nair is the first offspring of Kalamandalam. Hailing
from North Malabar he learnt the rudimentary lessons of
Kathakali under Guru Chandu Panickar at the Varanakkottu
Mana near Kannur. Vallathol brought him to
Kalamandalam in 1930 where he recieved rigorous training
in Kathakali under the titan Pattikkaamthoti Ravunni Menon.
As he grew up Krishnan Nair was carried away by the
grace and emotive acting of Thakazhi Guru
Kunjukkurup who was in Kalamandalam as a favourite
performer. Krishnan Nair left Kalamandalam in the
early forties and moved to south Kerala. He was soon
to become the most popular free-lance artiste in Kathakali.
He combined stylized and realistic acting in presenting
almost any one of the Kathakali characters. Endowed
with an expressive face, elegant appearance and a
romantic-cum-humorous
approach to characters Krishnan Nair easily became
a mega-star in Kathakali. He was more at ease with
highly emotional characters like King Nala, Rukmaangada
and the major brahmin characters than with technically
disciplined characters such as Dhramaputra, Raavana and
Narakaasura. Krishnan Nair, who won many titles and
honours like Padmashree and Central Sangeet Natak Academy
Award, passed away at the age of 78. The latter part
of the history of Kathakali in the twentieth century has a
lot to comment on the sterling performances of Krishnan
Nair and his immense popularity.
M T Vasudevan Nair
one
of the most respected Indian writers today, was born on
15th july 1933 in Kudallur, a small village in Palakkad
district, Kerala. He rose to eminence through his
well-crafted novels and short stories in Malayalam whose
romantic poignancy and tender portrayal of the human
condition endeared the author to his readers. He captured
in subtle detail the pain and anguish that marked the ebb
of feudalism in Kerala in many of his novels. A master
storyteller, M.T made his way up to be honored with the
highest literary award the nation confers on a writer, the
Jnanpith in 1995. Prior to that, he had received many
awards and accolades like both state and center Sahitya
Akademi Awards. He occupied and continues to occupy many
important and powerful positions in various literary
bodies including the presidentship of Kerala Sahitya
Akademi and the chairmanship of Tunchan Memorial Trust.
The Library of Congress has in its collection sixty-two
books, mostly by M.T and some on him. Also, some of them
are translations of his works into English.
He acted as the Chief Editor of the weekly Mathrubhumi and
as the editor of the Mathrubhumi periodicals. Won the
Jnanapeedam award in 1996. On the 2nd of June 1996 he was
bestowed with honourary D.Lit degree by the Calicut
University. 'Randamoozham' bagged the Vayalar award in
1985. 'Swargam Thurakkunna Samayam' bagged the Kerala
Sahithya Academy award in 1986. 'Kalam' gained the Kendra
Sahithya Academy in 1970 and 'Nalukettu' the Kerala
Sahithya Academy award. M.T. also gained the Padmarajan
prize for short story.
The films 'Nirmalyam', 'Bandhanam', 'Varikkuzhi', 'Manju'
and 'Kadavu' were written and directed by him. Of these 'Nirmalyam'
had gained the national award for best film. The other
four movies bagged the state awards. Bagged the award for
best screenplay writer several times.
K.
Madhavan Nair
K. Madhavan Nair was the most prominent of such early
freedom fighters of Kerala. Born in an ordinary family of
Manjeri in South Malabar in 1882 he took his degree from
Madras University and taught for some time in M.G.M. High
School, Thiruvalla in the erstwhile Travancore State.
In 1909,
Madhavan Nair took his law degree from Trivandrum Law
College and started practice in Manjeri. He shifted his
residence and practice to Calicut in 1915. Closely
associated with the Home Rule league, Madhavan Nair became
an active Congress worker. He was one of the four persons
in Malabar to court imprisonment during Non-Cooperation
Movement and organised relief work in Calicut for the
refugees after the Moplah rebellion in 1921.
After
Nagpur Congress session, when Kerala Pradesh Congress
Committee was formed, he was elected as its first
secretary and later its first president in 1925. He
participated in all agitations including the Civil
Disobedience Movement, boycott of foreign cloth,
prohibition and Simon Commission Boycott.
He took
active interest in Vaikom and Guruvayur Satyagraha and
served as Director of Guruvayur Temple Entry Referendum
besides serving for a term as a member of Madras Assembly.
Along with his close associates, Madhavan Nair founded the
'Mathrubhumi' newspaper and was its first managing
director. Gandhiji had often praised his earnestness,
frankness, simplicity, public spirit and integrity.
Madhavan Nair expired on September 28, 1933.
.Pattom Rmamachandran Nair
Undoubtedly one of the most famous Nair Historians
in kerala . Just a social worker with tireless energy and
Lion on nair caste. He drives the new fragrance to the
nair social order. He is well known for his great Book on
Nair caste "Nair Samudayathinde Ithihasam" .
Here you can know how he finds this wonderful caste as
leaders of the social order. The saga of nairs come to the
acme perfection here. Log to Pattom
Ramachandran Nair's Page.
K.P.
Kesava Menon
Grandson of Raja of
Palghat, K.P. Kesava Menon was born in Tharoor village of
Palghat in 1886. He took B.A. degree from Madras
University and Bar-at-law from Middle Temple. After
setting up practice in Calicut, he joined the Indian
National Congress in 1915 and served as the Secretary of
the Malabar branch of the Home Rule League. He was a
member of the Home Rule League Deputation under the
leadership of Annie Besant which proceeded to London to
present a memorandum to the Secretary of State in 1917.
He gave up practice
to join the Non-Cooperation Movement in 1921. He became
the Secretary of K.P.C.C. and did active relief work
during Moplah rebellion. In 1923, he became the
Founder-Editor of the 'Mathrubhumi'. He led the famous
Vaikom Satyagraha in 1924 and was imprisoned for six
months in Trivandrum Central Jail. Due to financial
difficulties as a result of full-time political
activities, he went to Malaya in 1927 to set up practice
there. While in Malaya, he worked for the amelioration of
the conditions of estate labourers of Indian origin.
When Ras Behari Bose
organised the Indian Independence League in 1942, Kesava
Menon became a member of its action committee. After
Subhas Chandra Bose assumed the leadership of the Indian
Independence League and INA and formed 'Azad Hind
Government', Kesava Menon parted ways from INA due to
difference of opinion with Subhas. Kesava Menon resisted
the Japanese attempt to exploit the Indian freedom
fighters in Malaya for their own benefit. Hewas arrested
by the Japanese at Singapore, confined to solitary
imprisonment and released after the Second World War . In
October 1946, he returned to India and resumed the
editorship of the 'Mathrubhumi'. Soon afterwards, he was
appointed Indian High Commissioner in Ceylon,but he
resigned the post due to difference of opinion
He worked for the
formation of unified Kerala State in his capacity as
president of the Aykya Kerala Committee. Author of several
books in Malayalam, Kesava Menon returned the Sahitya
Academy Award. He was the first Executive president of
Kerala Sahitya Academy and was honoured by the President
of India with the 'Padma Vibhushan'. He was considered and
respected by all as the 'Grand Old Man ' of Kerala. Till
his death on November 9, 1978 Kesava Menon served as the
Chief Editor of the 'Mathrubhumi'.
Sindhu
Menon
Sindhu
Menon is a name well known among all four South
Indian filmdom. She is a well known face in Kannada and
Thelugu films. Amazingly gifted with beauty and artistic
excellence she stole her way to inner core many million
art lovers. She is girl at next door and her simplicity as
well as her smart looks made her a super star in making.
Her photo is given on the left
side of this page. Sindhu
is proud to all Malayalies. To know more on her log to Sindhu
Menon Page. Or Log
Here
Vimal
Kumar
Sarasappan
Nair Vimal Kumar is a known
writer of drama and is famous for his excellent
performance as an actor and director. He is a man
with energy to burn and considered as man behind number
of social drives. Log here
to his page
Govinda
Krishna Chettur
Govinda Krishna Chettur M.A. hons ( Oxon ) (1898 - 1936) :
He was the eldest of four brothers and nephew of Sir
Chettur Sankaran Nair ( the others are K.K. Chettur I.C.S
( ambassador and father of Jaya Jaitley ),S.K.Chettur
I.C.S Chief Secretary of Madras State, R.K Chettur ).
G.K.Chettur was Principal of Government College, Mangalore
and above all a poet and author. His works among others are
as follows:-
1) Sounds and Images (Verse) - London:Erskine Macdonald
1921
2) The Triumph of Love (Verse) - Mangalore: Basel Mission
Bookshop 1932
3) Gumataraya (Verse) - Mangalore: Basel Mission Bookshop
1932
4) The Temple Tank and other poems (Verse) - Mangalore:
Basel Mission Bookshop 1932
5)The Ghost City (Fiction) - Basel Mission Bookshop
6) The Last Enchantment ( Recollections of Oxford )
7) The Shadow of God - London: Longmans 1934
8) College Composition - Longmans 1933.
Sadly he died at a young age but considered as one of
the
most eminent personalities. Even at this small age he
became an immortal and his will to succeed is some thing
we can all develop.
Sri.Manjeri
Bhaskaran Pillai
Sri.Manjeri
Bhaskaran Pillai is a renowned social reformer, voluble
religious speaker, vibrant organizer, and an activist who
infused strength and life to the Nair Service Society. He
was the President of N.S.S. Malappuram District and member
of N.S.S. representative body. He was the President of the
National Democratic Party (N.D.P.) consequent on the
demise of Kidangoor Gopalakrishna Pillai. He is the
founder of Sri Vivekananda Educational Complex at Palamedu
in Malappuram District. For photo and more information Click
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Administration and Diplomacy
Nair's have great skills and their ability to negotiate is
really amazing. Indian best diplomats are fro these
community. Details at Nair
Personality page
Armed Forces
Nair community has produced many great fighters who fought
all the way their lives for the National Interest. For
details Log to
Personality pages
Space & technology-Just a name from Nair
community shiens like anything. Log
and see
Arts and Literature
Just look a point this Nair cast have more names in
this field than any other community can dream of.
whole list at Nair
Personality page
Business and Entrepreneurship-Business Leadership -
Executives- We Nairs undoubtedly at the top in
business. Just some of the world conquerors from Nair
community are here. Log
for the list
Film World
Film world has Number of great nair personalities. Some of
them are really great in all respects. For the whole
list Just Log
Here Page
India's Freedom Struggle- Natural bravery in blood
drove many great Nair leaders to fight for the freedom.
The story of sufferings has its mark on Nair community.
The whole list of such personalities here. Log
to Nair
Personalities Page
Politics And Union Cabinet Minister -
A big list of our politicians are from Nair community.
For the complete list is Click
Here
Religion and related field.
Great list of imminent religious personalities
are belong to Nair Community,
Log for details to Nair
Personality page-
Science, Medicine and Engineering ,law There are
many hundreds of world class scientists and researchers
are produced in Kerala. for details Just Log
here
Social Reform- Lot of social reformers are born in
nair community. Some of them are here. Log to List of Nair
Personalities page
The Computer
and IT And technology. There
is great list of top class Nair
personalities working in this field and You can get the
whole list here. Just log to Other Nair
personalities page
4.Nair
products & Nair
services-
Nair
products have nothing to do with nair caste as they are
not belong to nair people. But since the name NAIR
is associate with them we can go through
them.
Nair
products are really
best and famous for the easiness and effectiveness. The
list of nair products are as following.
Nair Cream Baby Oil 2OZ
Nair For Men Body Cream Roll-on 6 Oz
Nair For Men Hair Removal Body Cream 8 OZ
Nair Hair Removal Lotion with Baby Oil 6OZ
Nair Lotion Aloe Vera 6 OZ
Nair Lotion Cocoa Butter 6 OZ
Nair Lotion Cucumber Melon 6 Oz
Nair No Touch Glide On Cream 2.4 Oz
Nair No Touch Upper Lip Cream .69 Oz
Nair Roll-on Wax Long Lasting 5.1 Oz
Nair Roll-on Wax Microwave, Peach Melon 6.3 Oz
Nair Smooth Effects Bladeless Shaving Kit 5.3 Oz
Nair Smoothie Bikini Crème Vanilla 2OZNair Wax Microwave Tub, Peach Melon 7.7oz
Nair Wax Microwaveable 3.5 Oz
Nair Wax Strips Body 32
Nair Wax Strips Face/bikini 34
Nair Wide Roll-On Hair Removal with Baby Oil 4OZ
For More
Info You can log to Nair
products Page.
Nair
services -
Nair
services are best to take with. S J Nair offers
various services under one roof. We can deal some of them
here. Offers best service at most reasonable prices.
List of
services are as follows.
Web
designing and web
Development
Web
promotion
Search
Engine Optimizing
Development
of software products.
PHP
and Other works development
For More
information log to Nair
service Page.
5.The
NSS And other service societies with nair cast
The
Nair Service Society (NSS), is an organization created for the
up liftment and welfare of the Nair community. It is headquartered at Perunna in the town of Changanassery in Kottayam District, Kerala State, India.
This is founded by Veteran Nair leader Mannath
Padmanaban
There
are many other organization like this which coveted the ideology
of Nair reformation and consolidation of nair
caste, But no one has the charisma and fame of NSS.
6.Great
leaders of olden days in nair cast.
There
many such leader who created history with
nair
caste and they created their own foot steps in the
sand of time. Let us figure only some of them out here.
a.
Thacholi Othenan: Great kalaripayatu expert who
lead nair fighters in various wars.
legendary
warrior from North Kerala at the end of the 16th century.
Highly stylised songs and stories of his valour and
chivalry abound. He lived some 500 years ago. He was born
in the family of ‘Manikothy’
in Thacholi near Badakara. He was a brave warrior,
merciless to enemies, but a friend of the helpless. Even
the Zamorin of Calicut respected him. He defeated
Mathiloor Gurukkal and killed him. But one of the
Gurukkal’s disciple cheated and killed Othenan. His real
name was Udayanakurup. He died at the young age of 32. He
is praised about in Vadakkanpattu.
b.
Velu Thambi Dalava- A prominent
nair fighter an noted freedom fighter too. Velu Thampi led
what is perhaps the most courageous rebellion against the
British which started as a direct fall out of the British
Resident Macauly's humiliating interference in the affairs
of the Thiruvithamkur . Th e revolt started in 1808 . The
Kundara Proclamation of 1809 was an open call to arms and
thousands flocked to his banner. Initially, he was helped
in his cause by the Dewan of Kochi, Paliath Achan, but in
the later stages he fought a lonely campaign against the
British. He was no match for the military might of the
British Army and finally fled the state and reportedly
committed suicide in March 1809. Most of Velu Thampi's
followers were either hanged or imprisoned after the
termination of hostilities. There would not be any
insurrection on this scale for the rest of the British
presence in Kerala.
7.Great
Nair
taravadus/families.
Many
nair tharavadus and families are in kerala and difficult
to pick some out of the big bunch. How ever let me show at
least some of them.
A.
Pootheri and Karuthedath-
80 Years of saga and one of the most famous nair families
in north kerala. This is really great and most coveted
tharavadus in kerala. For More information Log to http://karuthedath.dreams2000.com/
S.
Ellath Panickers- Another famous north malabar
tharavadu is ellath. This is loccated near calicut and
famous for olden days warriors. They kept kalari and
kalari payattu. This is really famous for its charity and
wealth.
C.
Cherat Kurups- Faroke based nair tharavadu has 200
years old. This is a kurup tharavadu.
Cherat kurup are famous for their unstoppable energy and
their part in kerala social movements.
D.
Ambat Family-
Palakad based nair tharavadu is well famous for its wealth
and vastness. This tharavadu has lot of members and famous
for its social movements.
E.
Vengalil Menon Family- This
is the family of K Krishna Menon and
considered as best menon family. This family had also contributed
lot to kerala social movements.
Many
more to be added and will be added soon.
8.Saga
of kerala and Onam specially, nairs in
festivals.
Always
nairs will be a indispensable part in onam like festivals
as they celebrate them in their own way. Onam
page will tell More
ALL
ABOUT KERALA- A short history chronologically
arranged- Just know Kerala through years and who all ruled
us. Log hear to Kerala
History Page
KERALA TO DAY
-Our Population-30
million now and if this goes like this we will soon run
out of space and commodities. Just Log
here to Kerala page to
know more
Area-39000 Sq.Kilometers(KERALA)-Complete analyis
on area and comparison with other lands. Just Log
here to Kerala page And
know details.
All
About Onam- Onam is one of the greatest festivals of
Kerala. And all most all are united to celebrate
irrespective of cast and religion. The Nair cast also has
its own traditions to celebrate Onam. For details Log
here to Onam Page.
9.
Nair custom and tradition.
Nairs have customs that are different from the rest of Kerala. The first of these is the
Marumakkathaayam system of inheritance. This system is a matrilineal system of inheritance. It is exceptional in the sense that it was one of the few traditional systems that gave women liberty, and right to property. Under this system, women enjoyed respect, prestige and power. An exception is the community of
Mannadiars of Palakkad, because they follow patrilineal system. Some historians believe that the
Marumakkathaayam system started after the Chera-Chola wars during the second Chera empire, as Nairs lost most of their men during the war.
In the Marumakkathyam system, the family lived together in a
tharavaadu which comprised of a mother, her brothers and younger sisters, and her children. The oldest brother was known as the
karanavar and was the head of the household and managed the family estate. Lineage was traced through the mother, and the children "belonged" to the mother's family. All family property was jointly owned. In the event of a partition, the shares of the children were clubbed with that of the mother.
The Marumakkathyam system is not very common in Kerala these days for many reasons. Kerala society has become much more cosmopolitan and modern. Nair men seek jobs away from their hometown and take their wives and children along with them. In this scenario, a joint-family system is not viable. However, there are still a few
tharawads that pay homage to this system. In some Nair families, the children carry the last name of their mother instead of the father, and are considered part of the mother's family, and not the father's. Nairs connect to and trace their lineage to a tharavadu - not to a member of the family. Tharavadu names are quite an important element of social reckoning - though decreasing in importance these days.
The martial art known as Kalaripayattu (Photo on
left Side) is believed by some to be created by the Nairs, and is also thought to be the oldest form of martial arts in the world. Those who hold this point of view think that all other forms of martial arts are descended from it. They reason that this is because Kerala had intense contacts with Buddhist monks, and Kung Fu, popularized by monks of the Shaoling Temple, traces its ancestry to Bodhidharma - a semi-legendary Chinese Buddhist monk who in some versions of his legend, came from Kerala, but who in the earliest known written version was said to have come from Central Asia.
10.Nair-
Friendship Dating And Marriage:
In
order to felicitate the useful co ordination between
Nair community Members, we started free facility to meet
Nair males to
Nair females around the world for friendship or dating or
even marriage, as the case. Please make sure that the responsibility
of knowing details of people at other end is on you not on
us. This is free to all. Just Log To Nair
Friendship pages or Nair
Dating Pages Or Nair
Matrimonial Pages. I recommend this to all of any age
and geographical position. We expect you are from the
Nair caste and Nair community.
If you
have any problems to log there Just Log
Here
11.Many
things more on Nair cast.
There are many more to tell on Nair Community and the list will
never end I think I can add more in future. Just
note following.
Nairs
On To day?:
Today, Nairs
can be found in all walks of life. They are still aware of
their cultural traditions and history and still form an
integral and active part of Kerala society. The Nair
Service Society (NSS) champions the interests of the Nair
community in Kerala. The NSS has chapters all around the
world and helps Nairs stay in touch with their
traditions and culture, and with each other.
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