Mannan (caste)
The Mannan[1] are a community of Kerala, India. They are one of the Adivasi who live in Idukki District. The Mannan follow a matrilineal system of descent, and their ruler, the Raja Mannan, is elected by community headmen from among those eligible by heredity. They are traditional forest-dwellers, gaining their livelihood by collecting and utilising resources of the dense forest, and supplementing these with shifting agriculture.
See also
- Kozhimala the Mannan settlement that is the community's "headquarters"
- The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006
References
- ^ Rethinking Development: Kerala's Development Experience. Concept Publishing Company. 1999. p. 124. ISBN 978-81-7022-764-9.
Further reading
- NIE Staff Writers (16 May 2012). "The king who graduated from Maharaja's College". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- Suresh, Lavanya; Suchitra, M. (2021). Suicidal resistance: Understanding the opposition against the Western Ghats conservation in Karunapuram, Idukki, Kerala (PDF). CDS Monograph Series: Ecological Challenges and Local Self-Government Response (First ed.). Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India: Centre for Development Studies Prasanth Naga. pp. 35–44. ISBN 978-81-948195-4-7. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- Sebastian, Lijo; Peter, Jenee. Living on the Edge: Impact of Peasant Migration on the Mannan Tribe of Kerala (Report). Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- Surendranath, Nidhi (5 May 2013). "The King takes up the cause of the commoner". The Hindu. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- Harikumar, A. (7 January 2012). "No kingdom, but kingship continues after 60 years of democracy". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- Shahina KK (13 January 2012). "The King Who Was Not: The tragic life and death of a tribal monarch in Kerala". The Open Magazine.
- Saju, Sajin (29 April 2017). "A king and his tribe: How the Mannans of Kerala are struggling to preserve age-old tradition". The Indian Express. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- Better India photographer; Better India Writer (13 April 2017). "In Photos: The Fascinating Story of Kerala's Forest King & His Tribe's 700-Year-Old Legacy". The Better India.