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Marumakkathayam was a system of matrilineal inheritance prevalent in regions of the Indian state of Kerala. The word "Marumakkathayam" originated from...

intermarry as they are matrilineal branches of the same family under the Marumakkathayam law. M. S. Valiathan (born 1934), an Indian cardiac surgeon V. S. Valiathan...

as the common residence for the matrilineal joint family under the Marumakkathayam system practiced in the state,. German linguist Hermann Gundert, in...

Tulu Gowda, Shettigar caste and Vishwakarmas. It is similar to the Marumakkathayam of Kerala. Other distinctive features include the rituals of Yakshagana...

and Marumakkathayam or Aliyasantana system among Nairs and Tuluva's of India. The monarchs of the Kingdom of Travancore practised Marumakkathayam, where...

Varma and Raghava Varma (who were descendants of Parappanadu due to marumakkathayam), settled in Kilimanoor and married the now adopted sisters. Of the...

Ranis in 1305 C.E. The line of kings after Ravi Varman followed the Marumakkathayam law of matrilineal succession. The royal family continued thus in the...

followed the Marumakkathayam system of matrilineal inheritance, a system that is unique to a section of Hindus of Kerala. Under Marumakkathayam, the succession...

live under one roof and enjoy the commonly owned facilities of the marumakkathayam homestead. Thachu Sastra, or the Science of Carpentry and Traditional...

like thavil, shudha madhalam, elathalam, kombu, and kuzhal are used. Marumakkathayam is matrilineality. Tharavad is a subclan household, which was matrilineal...

castes. She also amended the Travancore Nayar Act in relation to the Marumakkathayam system of inheritance and family. Eventually in 1928, the matrilineal...

community in the Tulunaad region of Karnataka, India. It is similar to the Marumakkathayam system of the Kerala. Nephew here means son of one's sister (brother's...

incidentally, later died childless). According to the matrilineal Marumakkathayam system, the succession to the throne could only progress through females...

India this word had another definition. Because Travancore knew a marumakkathayam or matrilinear form of succession, the rani of Attingal had a special...

(followed to this day), and the matrilineal system of succession (Marumakkathayam). Abdur Razzak (1442–43), Niccolò de' Conti (1445), Afanasy Nikitin...

successor, Sree Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma. Under the matrilineal Marumakkathayam system of inheritance prevalent in the kingdom of Travancore, it was...

India, this custom is known as Marumakkathayam. It is practiced by the Nair nobility and royal families. Marumakkathayam was a system of matrilineal inheritance...

name) Ammaveetil Srimathi (personal name) Pilla Kochamma". Since the Marumakkathayam system of matrilineal inheritance existed in Travancore, the descendants...

of the Travancore Royal Family were, under the existing matrilineal Marumakkathayam system of inheritance and family, permitted to contract marriages with...

housed descendants of one common female ancestor, in observance of Marumakkathayam law. These matrilineally-defined family units along with their unusual...