Eradi

Eradi is a subcaste of the Samantan Nair and Kiriyathil Nair community from the Indian state of Kerala.[1] The Samoothiri (Zamorin), the erstwhile monarchs and hereditary rulers of the kingdom of Kozhikode, belong to this subcaste.[2][3] They derive their name from the province of Eranad, where they were the ruling chiefs.[4][5]

  1. ^ Balakrishna, N. Nair (1975). "Culture and Society: A Festschrift to Dr. A. Aiyappan". Thomson Press (India), Publication Division. p. 220.
  2. ^ Fuller, Christopher John (30 December 1976). The Nayars Today. CUP Archive. p. 116. ISBN 978-0-521-29091-3.
  3. ^ Krishna Iyer, K. V. (1938). The Zamorins Of Calicut. Norman Printing Bureau, Calicut.
  4. ^ Balakrishna, N. Nair (1975). "Culture and Society: A Festschrift to Dr. A. Aiyappan". Thomson Press (India), Publication Division. p. 220.
  5. ^ Narayanan, M.G.S (1996). "Perumals of Kerala: Political and Social Conditions of Kerala Under the Cēra Perumals of Makotai (c. 800 A.D.-1124 A.D.)". Xavier Press.