Home Articles Books Activities Contact Links		Nadar Woman This is a typical Nadar woman found almost to the close of the 18th century A.D. This type of dress and ear ornaments are found depicted mostly from the early periods of the Buddhist era. The ultimate Aryan power of suppressing the Dravidian race in the 19th and 20th centuries AD, through the hands of new mixed dynastical groups, in southern India have forcefully caused and compelled many unusual changes in the ways of dress and ornaments among the 'Santor' women. This evil was originated by the Namboodiri Brahmins of Kerala who insisted the ruling authorities to compel the women folk of the country to expose their breasts in front of them and the government authorities as was the practice of the 'devadasi'(temple women). But these rules against the Nadar women sparked the first fire of Revolt for "The Right for Women" in the country. The women of the Nadar community took this cause on their shoulders and fought (supported by their men folk) for a period of almost half a century (four decades) to get the evil order erased through a royal declaration in 1859 A.D, achieving a victory not only for them but also for the members of all their neighbour societies. This was the first revolt of "The Right For Women" in India, started 35 years even before the Indian Mutiny was launched in 1857 A.D. Can anyone start doing research on the first revolt for Women's Rights and also for the rights of temple-entry in India?		"The Dravidian Lineages - The Nadars Through The Ages", a book on the history of an ancient Dravidian community in India, known by more than 300 different names and scattered throughout India, presently cornered to the lower realms of social order as an effect of the long Indo-Aryan conflicts. This book is now available. Please click here for more information.
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