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- ↑ "Kerala Public Commission – List of other backward classes".
- ↑ Menon, Indudharan (18 December 2018). Hereditary Physicians of Kerala: Traditional Medicine and Ayurveda in Modern India. ISBN 9780429663123.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Gough, Kathleen (2005) [1968]. "Literacy in Kerala". In Goody, Jack (ed.). Literacy in traditional societies (Reprinted ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 148–149. ISBN 0-521-29005-8.
- ↑ "Padayani". Government of Kerala portal. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
- ↑ Gough, Kathleen (2005) [1968]. "Literacy in Kerala". In Goody, Jack (ed.). Literacy in traditional societies (Reprinted ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 155. ISBN 0-521-29005-8.