List of Ezhavas

Ezhava is a caste division in Kerala, India. They are also known as Ilhava, Irava, Izhava and Erava in the south of the region; as Chovas, Chokons Chekons and Chogons in Central Travancore; and as Tiyyas, Thiyyas and Theeyas in Malabar.

The following is a list of some prominent personalities who were born in the Ezhava and Thiyya caste.

Legendary characters

Aromal Chekavar[1][2] – 16th century warrior
Kuroolli Chekon[3] - 19th century warrior
Unniyarcha[1][2] – 16th century warrior

Spiritual leaders

Narayana Guru[4]

Literature

Kumaran Asan[5] – also known as Mahakavi Kumaran Asan
Muloor S. Padmanabha Panicker[6] – poet and a prominent social reform activist
C. V. Kunhiraman[6] – founder of Kerala Kaumudi, journalist
O. V. Vijayan,[7] Indian author (Khasakkinte Itihasam) and cartoonist

Cinema

Thilakan[8]

Politics

C. Kesavan[9]
R. Sankar[10] – former Chief Minister of Kerala

Social reformers

Padmanabhan Palpu[11]
Arattupuzha Velayudha Panicker, original name Kallassery Velayudha Chekavar[12]
Nangeli[13]
T. K. Madhavan[14]

References

Paniker, K. Ayyappa (1997). Medieval Indian Literature: An Anthology, Volume 2. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. p. 361. ISBN 81-260-0365-0.
"Meet Padma Shri Meenakshi Gurukkal, the grand old dame of Kalaripayattu – The 75-year-old Padma winner is perhaps the oldest Kalaripayattu exponent in the country".
Vishnumangalm Kumar,Kuroolli Chekon: Charithram Thamaskaricha Kadathanadan Simham(Keralasabdam, 2007-9-2),Page 30-33
Smith, Bardwell L. (1976). Religion and social conflict in South Asia. International studies in sociology and social anthropology. 22. BRILL. pp. 35–39. ISBN 978-90-04-04510-1.
Tharamangalam, Joseph (1981). Agrarian Class Conflict: The Political Mobilization of Agricultural Labourers in Kuttanad, South India. Canada: The University of British Columbia. p. 38. ISBN 0-7748-0126-3.
Mathew, George (1989). Communal Road To A Secular Kerala. New Delhi: Ashok Kumar Mittal Concept Publishing Company. pp. 90–110. ISBN 81-7022-282-6.
"The Great Malabar Novel". Rediff.com.
"Thilakan: An honest rebel". Postnoon.
Nair, Perrunna K. N. "Some prominent leaders of the freedom struggle in Kerala". Press Information Bureau, Government of India. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
Surendran, P. K. (17 July 2002). "Bridging the Nair-Ezhava divide". Times of India. TNN. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
Lukose, Ritty A. (2010). "Recasting the Secular: Religion and Education in Kerala, India". In Mines, Diane P.; Lamb, Sarah (eds.). Everyday Life in South Asia (2nd ed.). Indiana University Press. pp. 209–210. ISBN 9780253354730.
Krishanan IAS, NR (1967). Izhavar Annum Innum. Trissur: Seena Publications. p. 119.
"BBC News: The woman who cut off her breasts to protest a tax".
"Pullapilly, Cyriac K. (1976). "The Izhavas of Kerala and their Historic Struggle for Acceptance in the Hindu Society". In Smith, Bardwell L. Religion and Social Conflict in South Asia. International studies in sociology and social anthropology. 22. Netherlands: E. J. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-04510-1".

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[Aromal-1] Paniker, K. Ayyappa (1997). Medieval Indian Literature: An Anthology, Volume 2. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. p. 361. ISBN 81-260-0365-0.

[:0-2] "Meet Padma Shri Meenakshi Gurukkal, the grand old dame of Kalaripayattu – The 75-year-old Padma winner is perhaps the oldest Kalaripayattu exponent in the country".

[ezh38-3] Vishnumangalm Kumar,Kuroolli Chekon: Charithram Thamaskaricha Kadathanadan Simham(Keralasabdam, 2007-9-2),Page 30-33

[4] Smith, Bardwell L. (1976). Religion and social conflict in South Asia. International studies in sociology and social anthropology. 22. BRILL. pp. 35–39. ISBN 978-90-04-04510-1.

[Asan-5] Tharamangalam, Joseph (1981). Agrarian Class Conflict: The Political Mobilization of Agricultural Labourers in Kuttanad, South India. Canada: The University of British Columbia. p. 38. ISBN 0-7748-0126-3.

[Muloor-6] Mathew, George (1989). Communal Road To A Secular Kerala. New Delhi: Ashok Kumar Mittal Concept Publishing Company. pp. 90–110. ISBN 81-7022-282-6.

[OVVijayan-7] "The Great Malabar Novel". Rediff.com.

[Thilakan-8] "Thilakan: An honest rebel". Postnoon.

[9] Nair, Perrunna K. N. "Some prominent leaders of the freedom struggle in Kerala". Press Information Bureau, Government of India. Retrieved 3 November 2011.

[10] Surendran, P. K. (17 July 2002). "Bridging the Nair-Ezhava divide". Times of India. TNN. Retrieved 15 November 2011.

[11] Lukose, Ritty A. (2010). "Recasting the Secular: Religion and Education in Kerala, India". In Mines, Diane P.; Lamb, Sarah (eds.). Everyday Life in South Asia (2nd ed.). Indiana University Press. pp. 209–210. ISBN 9780253354730.

[12] Krishanan IAS, NR (1967). Izhavar Annum Innum. Trissur: Seena Publications. p. 119.

[13] "BBC News: The woman who cut off her breasts to protest a tax".

[14] "Pullapilly, Cyriac K. (1976). "The Izhavas of Kerala and their Historic Struggle for Acceptance in the Hindu Society". In Smith, Bardwell L. Religion and Social Conflict in South Asia. International studies in sociology and social anthropology. 22. Netherlands: E. J. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-04510-1".