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{{Short description|Hindu Ambalavasi caste in Kerala, India}}
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'''Variyar''' (also written as Variar, Varyar, Warriar or Warrier) is a [[Hindu]] [[Ambalavasi]] caste in [[Kerala]], India.

==Etymology==

The term Variyar has its origin in the [[Malayalam]] word 'Variyam' ({{langx|ml|വാരിയം}} /വാര്യം), which refers to a committee or a board. Variyam refers to an office of supervision. Thus variyar is a supervising officer or a member of a supervisory board or committee. The word is commonly used in the plural form as Variar (Vārian + -ar) to denote respect. The feminine equivalent of Variar is ''Vārassyar''. It is a combination of Variyassi/Variaththi and the plural suffix ''-ar''.

Warrier caste belongs to Ambalavasi community. In the caste hierarchy, Ambalavasi community is positioned next to Brahmin community.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hermann |first1=Gundert |title=Keralolpathi |date=1868 |url=https://archive.org/details/Keralolpatti_he_origin_of_Malabar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Gundert |first=Hermann |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0K8FAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q=samb&f=false |title=A Malayalam and English Dictionary |date=1872 |publisher=C. Stolz |language=ml}}</ref>

== People ==
Notable people called Variar, Variyar, or Warrier include
* [[C. B. C. Warrier]]– Ex-Member of Legislative Assembly (Kerala)
* [[E. Ikkanda Warrier|Ikkanda Warrier]] (1890–1977) – the first and the last [[prime minister]] of the state of [[Cochin]], [[India]], beginning in 1948.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/feature/feyr98/fe0898/f0308982.html|title=Untitled Page|access-date=15 March 2019|archive-date=22 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122072032/http://pib.nic.in/feature/feyr98/fe0898/f0308982.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Gopi Warrier]] – specialising in [[Ayurvedic medicine]], playwright and poet.
* [[Jayaraj Warrier]] – Actor
* [[Madhu Warrier]] – actor and producer, brother of Manju Warrier
* [[Manju Warrier]] – an Indian actress and dancer in the Malayalam film industry.
* [[Mridula Warrier]] – playback singer.
* [[N. V. Krishna Warrier]] – an Indian poet, journalist, scholar, academic and political thinker.
* [[P. K. R. Warrier]] – a cardiothoracic surgeon, author and social activist.
* [[P. K. Warrier]] – Indian Ayurvedic physician.
* [[Priya Prakash Varrier]] – Actress and Model
* [[Rajan case|Rajan Warrier]] – Infamous missing persons' case
* [[Rajashree Warrier]] – [[Bharata Natyam]] dancer.
* [[Ramapurathu Warrier]] -pioneer of the "Vanchipattu" or Boat-song form of poetry in Malayalam language.
* [[Sachin Warrier]] – playback singer and composer in the Malayalam cinema industry.
* [[Sandeep Warrier|Sankarankutty Sandeep Warrier]] – an Indian first-class cricketer.
* [[Sankara Variyar]] – an [[astronomer]]-[[mathematician]] of the [[Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics]].
* [[Sandeep Varier]] – Politician
* [[Shashi Warrier]] – author.
* [[Shobha Warrier]], a journalist
* [[Unnayi Variyar]] – poet, writer, scholar, dramatist who lived in Kerala during the later part of the 17th century.
* [[P. R. Krishna Kumar|P R Krishna Kumar]] – Indian Ayurveda physician
* [[T. Sankara Warrier]]- Indian civil servant and administrator who served as the Diwan of the Kingdom of Cochin
* [[Unnayi Variyar]]-a poet, writer, scholar, and dramatist who lived in [[Thiruvananthapuram]], [[India]] during the 17th/18th century.
* [[Kaikulangara Rama Variar]]- a scholar, poet, astrologer/astronomer, and commentator and translator of several well known Sanskrit treatises dealing with a variety of subjects.

* Kannan C Warrier - Scientist F (senior principal scientist)-<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kannan-Warrier</ref>-
* [[Aishwarya Warrier]]-a Mohiniyattam dancer, art educator, choreographer, and researcher.
* Late O.Govinda Variar- started very famous Bakery in Bangalore in 1950s, O.G. Variar and Sons, Variar Bakery.
* Vijayshankar Variar- son of O.G Variar. Presently runs the bakery, O.G. Variar and Sons, Variar Bakery. Adding to his father's recipes.

==See also==
*[[Ambalavasi]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Kerala society]]
[[Category:Social groups of Kerala]]
[[Category:Indian castes]]

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