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Variyar (also written as Variar, Varyar, Warriar or Warrier) is a Hindu Ambalavasi caste in Kerala, India.
Etymology
The term Variyar has its origin in the Malayalam word 'Variyam' (Malayalam: വാരിയം /വാര്യം), which refers to a committee or a board. Variyam refers to an office of supervision. Thus variyar is a supervising officer or a member of a supervisory board or committee. The word is commonly used in the plural form as Variar (Varian + -ar) to denote respect. The feminine equivalent of Variar is Varassyar. It is a combination of Variyassi/Variaththi and the plural suffix -ar.
Warrier caste belongs to Ambalavasi community. In the caste hierarchy, Ambalavasi community is positioned next to Brahmin community.
People
Notable people called Variar, Variyar, or Warrier include
- C. B. C. Warrier– Ex-Member of Legislative Assembly (Kerala)
- Ikkanda Warrier (1890–1977) – the first and the last Prime Minister of the state of Cochin, India, beginning in 1948.
- Gopi Warrier – specialising in Ayurvedic medicine, playwright and poet.
- Jayaraj Warrier – Actor
- Madhu Warrier – actor and producer, brother of Manju Warrier
- Manju Warrier – an Indian actress and dancer in the Malayalam film industry.
- Mridula Warrier – playback singer.
- N. V. Krishna Warrier – an Indian poet, journalist, scholar, academic and political thinker.
- P. K. R. Warrier – a cardiothoracic surgeon, author and social activist.
- P. K. Warrier – Indian Ayurvedic physician.
- Priya Prakash Varrier – Actress and Model
- Rajan Warrier – Infamous missing persons' case
- Rajashree Warrier – Bharata Natyam dancer.
- Ramapurathu Warrier -pioneer of the "Vanchipattu" or Boat-song form of poetry in Malayalam language.
- Sachin Warrier – playback singer and composer in the Malayalam cinema industry.
- Sankarankutty Sandeep Warrier – an Indian first-class cricketer.
- Sankara Variyar – an astronomer-mathematician of the Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics.
- Shashi Warrier – author.
- Shobha Warrier, a journalist
- Unnayi Variyar – poet, writer, scholar, dramatist who lived in Kerala during the later part of the 17th century.
- P R Krishna Kumar – Indian Ayurveda physician
- T. Sankara Warrier- Indian civil servant and administrator who served as the Diwan of the Kingdom of Cochin
- Unnayi Variyar-a poet, writer, scholar, and dramatist who lived in Thiruvananthapuram, India during the 17th/18th century.
- Kaikulangara Rama Variar- a scholar, poet, astrologer/astronomer, and commentator and translator of several well known Sanskrit treatises dealing with a variety of subjects.
- Kannan C Warrier - Scientist F (Senior Principal Scientist)--
- Aishwarya Warrier-a Mohiniyattam dancer, art educator, choreographer, and researcher
See also
References
- Hermann, Gundert (1868). Keralolpathi.
- "Untitled Page". Archived from the original on 22 January 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kannan-Warrier