Brewing and distilling castes

community native to Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Sri Lanka

The Ezhavas, () also known as Thiyya or Tiyyar () in the Malabar region, and Chegavar/Chovar () in the south, are a community with origins in the region of India presently known as Kerala, where in the 2010s they constituted about 23% of the population and were reported to be the largest Hindu community.

Indian caste