Mannan (caste)

The Mannan[1] are a community in Kerala, India.

They are one of the Adivasi who live in Idukki District.

Mannan is a schedule caste community, which only worked as labours in the fields.

It is the only existing tribal village in South India which falls under the Kanchiyar grama panchayath of Idukki tehsil (previously Udumbanchola tehsil).

Goddess Madhura Minakshi of famed Madura Temple in Tamil Nadu is their Kuladevatha (tutelary deity).