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Know Your Nair Community
The Pride of Nairs:
Dr. G. Madhavan Nair, Chairman, ISRO, Secretary Dept. of Space and the man behind India's Chandrayaan mission.

Mohanlal, the Malayalam superstar, Hindi and Tamil film actor, winner of Padma Shri Award in 2001 is a Nair.

C. P. Krishnan Nair, the Founder of the Leela Group of Hotels. He is a recipient of the Padma Bhushan.

Did you Know?
According to anthropologist Kathleen Gough, the Nairs are a group of Indian castes that include several castes and subdivisions, not all of whom historically bore the name 'Nair'.

According to the 1968 Socio-Economic Survey by the Government of Kerala, Nairs represented 14.5% (2.9 million) of the total population of the state.

Historically, Nairs lived in large family units called 'tharavadu' that housed descendants of one common female ancestor.

After India's independence, the Nair Brigade of the Travancore State Force merged into the Indian Army and became a part of the 9th Battalion, Madras Regiment, and the oldest battalion in the Indian Army.

Traditionally, the Nairs were vegetarians, but included fish in their diet.

The serpent is worshiped by Nair families as a guardian of the clan.