History of The Royal Ayathan Family
"Ayathan" is the family clan name of the great renaissance leader and social reformer of Kerala Rao Sahib Dr. Ayathan Gopalan. The word “Ayathan” means “Weapon bearer” meaning the "one who holds power", "the one who is the authority" or "the one who rule". They were warrior clan and great navigators during olden times. The Ayathan's preserved their legacy and heredity by marrying with only people from the "4 ancestral family clan" "illam's of the Thiyyas of Malabar". There were 8 illam's for Thiyya's and Ayathan's were the one who was the head of all these 8 illam's. Amoung this 8 illam's marriage of the members of Royal Ayathan Family only takes place within the 4 illam's inorder to preserve their culture and genetics. They never intermix with other caste or tribes and not even with other thiyya illam's.They proudly preserved their heridity and culture by any cost. They were the most feroci...
