A note of one Mr. Methala Kumar. Brahmins migrated to Kerala in 8-11 centuries. They were welcomed by local chieftains and kings and entrusted with priestly functions in temples. Naturally they allowed only chieftains and their militia to attend the rituals. The low caste people were kept away.
The militia was composed of low caste people. Elamkulam Kunhan Pillai inferred that Nairs could entitle their ancestry from Pulayas. He also commented that it was no wonder because Darwin found human origin from monkey! Elamkulam also added that Anchuvannam and Manigram traders from Alexandria and West Asia might have joined the Nair community. The probability of Anchuvannam and Manigram traders being drawn into Nair community was remote. These West Asians, Jews and Greeks were given positions in the palaces and there were chances for being intermingled with the local militia. The traders from West Asia came over to Kerala even from BC 500. Muziris [ Kodungallur ] was full of these traders. Elamkulam noted that these traders were respected by the locals. The Greeks and the Jews among these traders accepted the Christian faith probably on ST.Thomas' arrival in 52 AD. No reasonable man thinks that these people yearned for entry into temples as they had their own places of worship. In 'Kerala charithram Marxist Veekshanathil' EMS wrote that Namboodiris despised these Christians as "Mlechhanmar". Some Namboodiri families were believed to have accepted Christian faith. This would
