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Ambalavasi is a generic name for a collection of castes among Hindus in Kerala who render temple services.〔K. Rama Pisharoti The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 56, 1926 (1926), pp. 83-89〕 ==Castes and professions== The castes which comprised the Ambalavasi community each contained only a few members. They lived in villages either where the land was owned solely by one Nambudiri Brahmin family or where the land was owned by a temple, the running of which was in the control of a group of Nambudiri families. The latter villages were called ''sanketams''. The temples in which they worked comprised four basic types:〔 *those in ''sanketams'' were large and were dedicated to deities which were worshipped throughout India, such as Shiva and Vishnu. *private temples, owned by Nambudiri families, which were smaller versions of those found in the ''sanketams''. *the private temples of the royal lines, feudatory chiefs and vassal chiefs of what is now Kerala, which were dedicated to Bhagavati and Bhadrakali *village temples dedicated to Bhagavati and run by senior Nairs who had been appointed by local rulers A brief description of each of these castes are given below: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ambalavasi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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