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Socio-cultural Processes and Livelihood Patterns at Tirurangadi - CDS

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The following is a tent<strong>at</strong>ive list of the Madrasas run by different groups in Nannambra<br />

Panchay<strong>at</strong>:<br />

Table XXIV<br />

Place name Madrasa<br />

Cheruppara<br />

Kodinji<br />

Th<strong>at</strong>t<strong>at</strong>hala<br />

Velliyamburam<br />

Theyyala<br />

Al ameennagar<br />

Chullikkunnu<br />

Cherumukku<br />

Kundoor<br />

Field Diaries: Nannambra Panchay<strong>at</strong><br />

Madras<strong>at</strong>hul anwar Sunni educ<strong>at</strong>ion centre<br />

Hay<strong>at</strong>ul Islam Madrasa<br />

Hiday<strong>at</strong>hul Islam Madrasa<br />

Hay<strong>at</strong>ul Islam madrasa<br />

Sunni Madrasa<br />

Madrasaul Ulema madrasa<br />

Madrasa ( kizhiyanparamba)<br />

Mank<strong>at</strong>akutti madrasa<br />

Panakk<strong>at</strong>hayam madrasa<br />

Maniyoth paramba madrasa<br />

Three madrasas in cherumukku West<br />

Munawar Islam madrasa<br />

Munawar islam Sunni madrasa<br />

Thottipparamba Madrasa<br />

The distribution of the Madrasas follows the p<strong>at</strong>tern th<strong>at</strong> we observed in the case of<br />

Mosques. Nearly every habit<strong>at</strong>ion site is provided with a Madrasa. Sometimes, due to<br />

group factionalism, there are more than one Madrasa in the same habit<strong>at</strong>ion site.<br />

The role of the Mosque <strong>and</strong> the madrasa as public spaces is clearly demonstrable in the<br />

entire field area. It was not difficult to find a number of people, particularly old people,<br />

near the mosque <strong>and</strong> the madrasa in the course of our walking, <strong>and</strong> we could interact with<br />

a number of them in such spaces. Many of the ‘karanavakkoottams’, about which we<br />

shall discuss l<strong>at</strong>er, were conducted either in madrasa or in a house or hall near the<br />

mosque, as the organizers assured us th<strong>at</strong> no old man who has come for the ‘asar’ prayer<br />

will leave the vicinity of mosque until he has completed the magrib prayer in the evening.<br />

Th<strong>at</strong> leaves for them two to three hours of solid interactive sessions, which even a<br />

political organiz<strong>at</strong>ion cannot dream of today. It is not surprising th<strong>at</strong> the Mosque <strong>and</strong> the<br />

madrasa, <strong>and</strong> all th<strong>at</strong> is rel<strong>at</strong>ed to them, has become central to the concept of the public<br />

space among the Muslims today.

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