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The Knanaya also known as the Southists or Tekkumbhagar are an endogamous group in the Saint Thomas Christian community of Kerala India. They are differentiated from another part of the community known in this context as the Northists. Today there are about 300000 Knanaya in India and elsewhere.The origins of the division of the Saint Thomas Christians into Northist and Southist groups are unclear.

language
Malayalam
population place
Chicago, Kerala
related
Saint Thomas Christians, Malayali
religion
Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, Syriac Orthodox Church

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