Nambiar (Nair subcaste)
Nambiār, also known as Nambiyār, is a sub-group of the Indian Nair caste. Historically, they considered themselves to be both landlords and priestly in nature.
Until the early 20th century, Nambiars in North Malabar believed that they were superior to their counterparts in South Malabar. In earlier days, Nambiar women, like most women of Nair clans of north Malabar, would not marry Nair men of South Malabar.
