Kurukkal

Kurukkal is a caste of Hindu Brahmins of Kerala. They form a part of the Ambalavasi community in Kerala.[1][2] Originally a patrilineal community of Travancore whose traditional function was that of temple servants, they became matrilineal towards the end of the 18th century under the influence of the dominant Nambudiri Brahmin caste.[3]


References
  1. Travancore Government English Records (CS). Madras States FR2. 1931. p. 775.
  2. Report on the Socio-economic Survey on Castes/communities, Kerala 1968. Bureau of Economics & Statistics, Government of Kerala. 1969. p. 42.
  3. Srinivas, Mysore Narasimhachar (1995). Social Change in Modern India: Rabindranath Tagore Memorial Lectures (Reprint ed.). Orient Blackswan. p. 18. ISBN 978-8-12500-422-6.


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