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Illustrations

Namboodiri Women in the 1920s

Courtesy: Matampu Kunhukuttan

A Namboodiri family showing different generations

Courtesy: Matampu Kunhukuttan

The Pathayapura (Outhouse) of a Namboodiri Illam

Courtesy: Matampu Kunhukuttan

The Bathing Tank of Chemmanthitta Kuriyedath Illam

The plot where Chemmanthitta Kuriyedath Illam once stood

The plot where Arangottukara Kalpakassery Illam once stood with its naga deity still worshipped

Konavally Chinnammu Amma:­Kuriyedath Tatri' s first dasi Madhavi' s grand neice

Parekkat Kundaru Nair:-Kuriyedath Tatri' s second dasi Madhavi' s great grandson

Namboodiri Women with Ghosha {garment covering the body) and Marakkuda ( Cadjan leaf umbrella)

Courtesy:Kanippayyur Sankaran Namboodiripad, Ente Smaranakal, Pandiangam Press, Kunnamkulam, 1996(1963)

Parvati Nenminimangalam, Along with Arya Pallam, she shed the Ghosha ana Marakkuda for the first time

and joined the Namboodiri Yuvajana Samajam

Courtesy: Unni Namboodiri, vol.l , no.2., 1947

Lalithambika Antarjanam (1909-1988)

Courtesy: N Mohanan, Thiruvananthapuram.