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 An ancient Ezhava temple in 19th Century near Trivandrum. | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| Approx. 8,000,000 (2018)[1][1] | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Kerala | |
| Languages | |
| Malayalam | |
| Religion | |
| Hinduism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Billava, Sinhalese |
The Ezhavas are a community with origins in the region of India presently known as Kerala, where in the 2010s they constituted about 23% of the population and were reported to be the largest Hindu community.[2][3] The Malabar Ezhava[4] group have claimed a higher ranking in the Hindu caste system than do the others, although from the perspective of the colonial and subsequent administrations they were treated as being of similar rank.[5][6]
Ezhava dynasties such as the Mannanar existed in Kerala.[4]
- ^ a b Vital statistics 2018 Archived 11 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Radhakrishnan, M. G. (5 September 2012). "Caste-based organisations NSS, SNDP form Hindu Grand Alliance in Kerala". India Today.
- ^ "Guess who's after the Hindu vote in Kerala? (Hint: It's not BJP)". Firstpost.
- ^ a b Pullapilly (1976) pp. 31–32
- ^ Nossiter (1982) p. 30
- ^ Kodoth, Praveena (May 2001). "Courting Legitimacy or Delegitimizing Custom? Sexuality, Sambandham and Marriage Reform in Late Nineteenth-Century Malabar". Modern Asian Studies. 35 (2): 350. doi:10.1017/s0026749x01002037. JSTOR 313121. PMID 18481401. S2CID 7910533.
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