Eradi is a subcaste of the Samantan Nair community from the Indian state of Kerala.[1] The Samoothiri (Zamorin), the erstwhile monarchs and hereditary rulers of the kingdom of Kozhikode, belong to this subcaste.[2][3]

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References

  1. Balakrishna, N. Nair (1975). "Culture and Society: A Festschrift to Dr. A. Aiyappan". Thomson Press (India), Publication Division. p. 220.
  2. Fuller, Christopher John (30 December 1976). The Nayars Today. CUP Archive. p. 116. ISBN 978-0-521-29091-3.
  3. Krishna Iyer, K. V. (1938). The Zamorins Of Calicut. Norman Printing Bureau, Calicut.
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