Channar, or Chandor was a surname used in Kerala until the early 20th century by reputed families of the Ezhava community.[1][2] The same surname is also being used by Jatt clans.[3] Channar families, along with the families with the surnames such as Panicker, Thandar and Vaidyar were similarly high status Ezhavas with caste privileges.[4][5] Enathinathar, a shaivite saint used this surname[5]

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  1. ^ Rao, M. S. A. (1987). Social Movements and Social Transformation: A Study of Two Backward Classes Movements in India. Manohar. p. 23.
  2. ^ Mathew, George (1989). Communal Road to a Secular Kerala. Concept Pub. Co. p. 30. ISBN 978-81-7022-282-8.
  3. ^ A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of the Punjab and North-West Frontier Province: A.-K. Atlantic Publishers & Dist. 1997. ISBN 978-81-85297-69-9.
  4. ^ Osella, Filippo; Caroline, Filippo; Osella, Caroline (20 December 2000). Social Mobility In Kerala: Modernity and Identity in Conflict. Pluto Press. ISBN 978-0-7453-1693-2.
  5. ^ a b S.Ponnuswamy (1 September 2015). Sekkizhar's Periya Puranam. Giri Trading Agency Private Limited. ISBN 978-81-7950-685-1.