Variar

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' ( /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 (Vārian + -ar) to denote respect. The feminine equivalent of Variar is ''Vārassyar''. 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.
* Sandeep Varier – Politician
* 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)-https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kannan-Warrier-
* Aishwarya Warrier-a Mohiniyattam dancer, art educator, choreographer, and researcher.
* Late O.Govinda Variar- started very famous Bakery in Bangalore in 1950s, O.G. Variar and Sons, Variar Bakery.
* Vijayshankar Variar- son of O.G Variar. Presently runs the bakery, O.G. Variar and Sons, Variar Bakery. Adding to his father's recipes.

See also

*Ambalavasi

References

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Kerala society
Social groups of Kerala
Indian castes