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￼                     HISTORY OF THIYYA

Thiyya or th''iyyas or thiyyar is a human tribe living largely in north Kerala. They have independent culture entirely different from the back ward caste Ezhava. According to a research by Dr Sri. N. C. Syamalan Thiyya tribe came from Theen Shan Valley of Theen Shan Hills in Kirgisthan of  Russia which was clearly described in his book "North Africa to North Malabar ".''

"The Hindu " Kerala news dated 3 rd September 2004 by a special correspondent,  the predominant Thiyya community of Malabar migrated to Kerala in  7000 BC Kyrgystan in the earstwhile Soviet Union. While the people on the coast of the black Sea were migrating to different parts of the World in BC 7000, a section who had setteled in the foot Hill's of Tian Mountains came to India. Thiyyas of malabar are the descendants of this group of Kyrgyz asserts. T. Damu in his Malayalam book "Lenka Parvam" Sri. T. Damu says that the name thiyya was derived from the name of the mountain"Tian" In the Southern side of Kyrgyzthan. The saikon community of Punjab and Saikover community of Rajasthan also have the same origin.