Kuzhikkanam (Tomb-fee & Land Tenure): A Re-Discovery from Historical Palm Leave Manuscripts
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Title
Kuzhikkanam (Tomb-fee & Land Tenure): A Re-Discovery from Historical Palm Leave Manuscripts
Subject
Kuzhikkanam
Kulikkanam
tomb-free
Land tenure
Palm-leaf record
Kaikkaran (Trustee)
Panayam (Mortgage)
Description
This article is an attempt to explore and analyse the practice of levying Kuzhikkanam (tomb fee) for the burial of dead bodies in the Syrian church cemeteries in Kerala. There are eighteenth and nineteenth century palm leaf records in the Syrian churches which provide a lot of interesting information on this practice. This term is borrowed from the secular practice of levying Kulikkanam (Kuzhikkanam), that is, rent paid for cultivating the land that was newly brought under cultivation by land improvements either through reclamation or deforestation.
Creator
Payyappilly, Ignatius
Source
Artha Journal of Social Sciences; Vol. 12 No. 4 (2013): Artha Journal of Social Sciences; 17-30
0000-0000
0975-329X
Publisher
Centre for Publications, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore
Date
2013-10-01
Rights
Copyright (c) 2016 Artha - Journal of Social Sciences
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
Relation
Format
application/pdf
Language
eng
Type
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
Text
Identifier
Collection
Citation
Ignatius Payyappilly, Kuzhikkanam (Tomb-fee & Land Tenure): A Re-Discovery from Historical Palm Leave Manuscripts, Centre for Publications, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, 2013, accessed November 23, 2024, https://igi.indrastra.com/items/show/194