Marar (caste)

Marar, (Malayalam: മാരാർ; IAST:Mārār), is the name given to the caste of hereditary temple musicians[1] of Travancore, Cochin and Malabar region in the state of Kerala, whose primary duty was to provide the traditional temple Sopanam music. .They live in the vicinity of temples; and are related with the temples and temple customs.[2] They belong to ambalavasi caste[3] [1][4](Forward caste).[3][5] Marar ladies are called Marasyar.

This article is about a Hindu caste. For the UAE tribe namesake, see Marar (tribe). For the place namesake, see Marar, Ramgarh. For other uses, see Marar (disambiguation).

Marar
ClassificationTemple musicians, Musicians caste
ReligionsHinduism
CountryIndia

Paani, the indispensable part of high tantric rituals of temple such as ulsavabali, sreeboothabali etc. is  another main hereditory temple profession of marar.[6][7] They were also known for their playing of chenda (valam thala represents deva vadyam (usually play inside the nalambalam) and edam thala reprasents asura vadyam) and idakka[8] [4](deva vadyam) in temples[9][10] [11]. Sopanadwani [12]is the monthly publication of Akhila Kerala Marar Kshema Sabha. Marars were considered as antharala jathikal (between brahmin and Sudra)[13][14]

See also

References
  1. Bodies of Silence, Floods of Nectar: Ritual Music in Contemporary Brahmanical Tantric Temples of Kerala. Yale Journal of Music & Religion: Vol. 7: No. 2, Article 2.
  2. Thurston, Edgar. Castes and Tribes of Southern India.
  3. "THE INDIGENOUS MUSIC OF KERALA 'SOPANA SANGEETHAM". April 2019.
  4. "It is God's own instrument". The Hindu. 27 December 2018.
  5. "Articles On Shadkala Govinda Marar and Sopanasangeetham". scribd.com/. {{cite web}}: |first1= missing |last1= (help)
  6. kshethra chaithanya rahasyam, 1988, madhav. kerala kshethra samparakshana samithi
  7. https://malayalimanasu.com/us-news/arivinte-muthukal-7/ PMN namboothiri
  8. Sopana sangeetham, Ooramana Rajendra marar
  9. Vishnu, Achutha Menon (2020). "The Rhythmic Structure of Melam". The Chitrolekha Journal on Art and Design. 4 (2): 1–14. doi:10.21659/cjad.42.v4n202. S2CID 242270596.
  10. "On a journey with the edakka".
  11. http://hinduwayoflife2016.blogspot.com/2018/04/blog-post_14.html-
  12. "SOPANADHWANI". Readwhere - India's Largest Digital Newsstand. Retrieved 28 October 2022.
  13. Keralolpathi
  14. Kerala mahatmyam
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