from them. They themselves have to keep at a distance of 48 feet from high caste Hindus. They pollute Izhuvas by touch, and Kammālans and Valans at a short distance. They cannot approach the temples of the higher castes, but take part in the festivals of temples in rural parts. At Cranganūr, they can come as far as the kozhikallu, which is a stone outside the temple at a short distance from it, on which fowls are offered by low caste people.
Kanakku.———A prefix to the name of Nāyars, e.g.,Kanakku Rāman Krishnan, and also adopted as a prefix by the Todupuzha Vellālas of Travancore.
Kanchāran.— A Malabar caste, the occupation of which is the manufacture of brass vessels.
Kanchēra.— Kanchēra and Kanchāri are names of the Telugu section of metal-workers.
Kānchimandalam Vellāla. — A name assumed by Malaiyālis of the Salem hills, who claim to be Vellālas who emigrated from Conjeeveram (Kānchipūram).
Kanchu (bell-metal). — An exogamous sept of Kuruba. Kansukejje (bronze bell) occurs as a sub-division of Toreya.
Kanchugāra. — In the Madras and Mysore Census Reports, Kanchugāra is recorded as a sub-division of Panchāla, the members of which are workers in brass, copper, and bell-metal. The Kanchugāras of South Canara are described by Mr. H. A. Stuart*[1] as "a Canarese caste of brass- workers. They are Hindus of the Vaishnava sect, and pay special reverence to Venkatrāmana of Tirupati. Their spiritual guru is the head of the Rāmachandrapuram math. A man cannot marry within his own gōtra or family. They have the ordinary
- ↑ * Manual of the South Canara district.
