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Valans are a Malayali caste based in Kerala, India.According to the people's traditional beliefs, they were brought to Kerala by Parasurama to work as boatmen, conveying passengers across the rivers and backwaters on the west coast.They are descendants of vyasa maharishi writer of Mahabharata and thus half -brahmins. Another tradition is that the Valans were Arayans, and they became a separate caste only after one of the Perumal had selected some of their families for boat service, and conferred on them special privileges. They pride themselves that their caste is one of remote antiquity, and claim that ancient members included Vyasa, author of the Vishnu Purana, and Guhan, the legendary boatman who assisted Rama. There are no subdivisions in the caste, but the members are said to belong to four exogamous Illam (House of Namboothiri), namely, Alayakkad, Ennalu, Vaisyagiram and Vazhapally. These correspond to the gotras of the Brahmins, or to four clans, the members of each of which are perhaps descended from a common ancestor. According to a tradition current among them, they were once attached to the four Namboothiri illam and were even the descendants of the members of the illams, but were doomed to the present state of degradation on account of some misconduct. They were men engaged in boat service or farmers and some practiced medicine and ayurveda,vishachikitsa and in some places were affluent and were landlords
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of valan in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of valan in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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