{"id":16015,"date":"2026-04-20T12:14:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T06:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=16015"},"modified":"2026-04-20T14:31:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T09:01:35","slug":"muthuvan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/muthuvan\/","title":{"rendered":"Muthuvan Tribe"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Muthuvan Tribe Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A recent report by the Kerala Food Commission has spotlighted significant discrepancies in the distribution of ration supplies in Edamalakkudy, Kerala&#8217;s sole tribal panchayat, primarily inhabited by the Muthuvan tribe.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Muthuvan Tribe<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Muthuvans, or <\/span><b>Mudugars<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, live in the <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/western-ghats\/\" target=\"_blank\">Western Ghats<\/a> mountains<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the Indian states of <\/span><b>Kerala and Tamil Nadu.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><b> Muthuvan language<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a special language spoken by the Muthuvan people. It belongs to the <\/span><b>Dravidian language family.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are<\/span><b> two different groups <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">among the Muthuvan, and they<\/span><b> speak slightly different dialects. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hence, they call each other <\/span><b>Malayalam Muthuvan and Pandi Muthuvan.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are known for <\/span><b>coexisting with the wildlife<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with their traditional knowledge and understanding of hills.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They have <\/span><b>expertise in traditional medicines,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which are very effective, and these medicines and the medicine men are <\/span><b>confidentially preserved and passed on to the generations.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Muthuvan Tribe <\/b><b>Social Organization<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Muthuvan have <\/span><b>six clans<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> known as <\/span><b>Koottams<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><b>Each koottam<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is again <\/span><b>divided into sub-clans.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The functions of these divisions are mainly for marriage alliances, to keep up the social status, and to indicate descent and ancestry.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Muthuvan adhere to<\/span><b> community endogamy and clan exogamy.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These tribal people follow a <\/span><b>unique system of governance called the \u2018Kani System\u2019.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><b> law and order<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the community is <\/span><b>handled by a council of elders under the leadership of the Kani<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the <\/span><b>headman<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>elders select the kani<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. They have <\/span><b>various penal codes for breaking their traditions and moral standards.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Muthuvan Tribe <\/b><b>Religion and Beliefs<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are <\/span><b>animists and spirit worshippers <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and also <\/span><b>worship the forest gods.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They believe that the spirits of their ancestors are to be the first migrants to the hill forests.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Nowadays, the Hindu gods and goddesses <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the plains are <\/span><b>also<\/b> <b>being worshipped,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> one of the effects of cultural infiltration.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Muthuvan Tribe <\/b><b>Occupation\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Virippukrishi <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(a <\/span><b>form of shifting cultivation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) is their traditional means of livelihood, and they cultivate a wide variety of food grains that are used <\/span><b>only for consumption.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Ragi <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Little Millet), <\/span><b>Maize <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Sorghum), <\/span><b>Thina <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Italian Millet), Varagu, Chama Rice, Tomato, Carrot, Sweet Potato, Potato, Cheeni Vala, Toppi, Mocha, etc., are principal food crops cultivated by the Muthuvan community.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devdiscourse.com\/article\/law-order\/3879572-ration-scandal-uncovered-in-keralas-tribal-panchayat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DEVD<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Muthuvan Tribe live in the Western Ghats mountains in the Indian states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu. 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