Ezhava
Hindu community of Kerala, India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Ezhavas, also known as Thiyya or Tiyyar in the Malabar region,[2][3] are a community with origins in the region of India presently known as Kerala, where in the 2010s they constituted about 23% of the population and were reported to be the largest Hindu community.[4][5] The Malabar Ezhava[6] group has claimed a higher rank in the Hindu caste system than the other Ezhava groups but was considered to be of a similar rank by colonial and subsequent administrations.[7][8]
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![]() An ancient Ezhava temple in 19th Century near Trivandrum. | |
Total population | |
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Approx. 8,000,000 (2018)[1][1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Kerala | |
Languages | |
Malayalam | |
Religion | |
Hinduism | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Billava, Sinhalese |
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