Variar

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Variyar (also written as Variar, Varyar, Warriar or Warrier) is a Ambalavasi community in Kerala, India.

Etymology[]

The term Variyar has its origin in the Malayalam word 'Variyam' (Malayalam: വാരിയം /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 (Varian + -ar) to denote respect. The feminine equivalent of Variar is Varassyar. It is a combination of Variyassi/Variaththi and the plural suffix -ar.

People[]

Notable people called Variar, Variyar, or Warrier include

• Unnayi Variyar - poet, writer, scholar, dramatist who lived in Kerala during the later part of the 17th century.
• Ramapurathu Warrier -pioneer of the "Vanchipattu" or Boat-song form of poetry in Malayalam language.
• Ikkanda Warrier (1890–1977) - the first and the last Prime Minister of the state of Cochin, India, beginning in 1948.^[1]
• Sankara Variyar - an astronomer-mathematician of the Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics.
• N. V. Krishna Warrier - an Indian poet, journalist, scholar, academician and political thinker.
• P. K. Warrier - Indian Ayurvedic physician.
• P. K. R. Warrier - a cardiothoracic surgeon, author and social activist.
• Manju Warrier - an Indian film actress and dancer in the Malayalam film industry.
• Sankarankutty Sandeep Warrier - an Indian first-class cricketer.
• Sachin Warrier - playback singer and composer in the Malayalam cinema industry.
• Mridula Warrier - playback singer.
• Rajashree Warrier - Bharata Natyam dancer.
• Shashi Warrier - author.
• Madhu Warrier - actor and producer, brother of Manju Warrier
• Gopi Warrier - pseudoscientist specialising in Ayurvedic medicine, playwright and poet.
• CBC Warrier - Ex-Member of Legislative Assembly (Kerala)
• Priya Prakash Varrier - Actress and Model
• Jayaraj Warrier - Actor

See also[]

• Ambalavasi

References[]