Nellikathuruthi Kazhakam
Nellikathuruthy Kazhakam is an important Kazhakam[clarification needed] of the Thiyyar community.[1] Kazhagam[clarification needed] is located in the Kasargod district. Nellikathuruthy Kazhagam is also known as the Court of the Thiyyar. There the goddess Neelamangalam is imagined as Bhagavathi. This is a very ancient kazhaka.[2]
Nellikathuruthy Kazhakam was once the sovereign of the Thear's internal affairs. Problems that could not be solved in other poles would then reach this pocket. Other Theras include Palakkunnu Kazhakam, Ramavilyam Kazhakam and Kuruvanthatta Kazhakam. Occasionally, 167 theyyams are performed tere day and night for seven days.[3] Their mother deities are: Padakathi Bhagwati, Ayithi Bhagwati, Punnakal Bhagwati, Nilamangalath Bhagwati, Uthrolikkadavath Bhagwati, Angakulangara Bhagwati, Elampatti Bhagwati, Kampallur Bhagwati, Panayakattu Bhagwati, Chempilott Bhagwati, Poomaruthan, Vettaikkoru Makan and Padaveeran.
The family of Anjuttan of Neeleswaram has the right to tie the knot at Nilamangalam, the main deity of the place.[3]
Thrukkoottam[edit]
Effective enforcement mechanisms are available for resolving issues or hearing and adjudicating complaints. During disputes between the Kazhakas, the chiefs of the four Kazhakas come together to negotiate. According to S. N. Sadasivan, In northern Kerala at least two or three principalities were entirely administered by the Thiyyar.[3] At the lowest level in ancient Kerala, the administrative unit was the Tara. Four Taras had an assembly (Kazhakam) that issued decisions pertaining to their lives. The questions that could not be settled by the Kazhakam, were referred to a larger Kazhakam of 22 Taras but final decisions common to all Taras were made by a grand assembly (Perum Kazhakam) of 64 taras that might have prompted the Nampootiris to write into their Keralotpathi that they had divided the entire Kerala into 64 gramas or villages.[4] According to Murkot Kunjappa, this was the first Thiyya settlement.
References[edit]
- ↑ Radhakrishnan, P. (23 February 1989). Peasant Struggles, Land Reforms and Social Change: Malabar 1836-1982. Radhakrishnan. p. 159. ISBN 9781906083168. Retrieved 23 February 2022 – via Google Books. Search this book on
- ↑ "Folk-lore". Indian Publications. 23 February 1988. Retrieved 23 February 2022 – via Google Books.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Kasaragod Charithravum Samoohavum", p. 302 Kasargod Jilla Panchayath
- ↑ Sadasivan, S. N. (23 February 2000). A Social History of India. APH Publishing. p. 338. ISBN 9788176481700. Retrieved 23 February 2022 – via Google Books. Search this book on
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