Putumanna Panikkar is one of the most prominent Nair families in the
Valluvanad area of
Kerala
Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...
, India. The
chavers from Valluvanad taking part in the
Mamankam festival
Māmānkam or Māmāngam was a ''duodecennial'' medieval fair held on the bank, and on the dry river-bed, of Pērār (River Nil̥a, River Ponnani, or Bhārathappuzha) at Tirunāvāya, southern India. The temple associated with the festival wa ...
have always been led by the Putumanna Panikkar family. In 1766, when the last Mamankam was conducted in
Thirunavaya
Tirunavaya, also spelled as Thirunavaya, is a town in Malappuram, Kerala. Situated on the northern bank of Bharatappuzha (River Ponnani/Nila or Perar), it is one of major Hindu pilgrimage centres in Kerala. Tirunavaya, home to Tirunavaya Temple ...
, the
Zamorin
The Samoothiri (Anglicised as Zamorin; Malayalam: , Arabic: ''Sāmuri'', Portuguese: ''Samorim'', Dutch: ''Samorijn'', Chinese: ''Shamitihsi''Ma Huan's Ying-yai Sheng-lan: 'The Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores' 433 Translated and Edited by ...
had a hair-breath escape from
Putumanna Kandaru Menon, a chaver aged 16 hailing from the Putumanna Panikkar family.
See also
*
Panikkar Panikkar is a common spelling of the title of Panicker used in India, specifically in the state of Kerala, which roughly comprises the former (British) Madras Presidency district of Malabar and the princely states of Cochin and Travancore, The tit ...
References
2. S.Rajendu, The History of Valluvanad, Perintalmanna, 2012
People from Kerala
History of Kerala
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