Chandu Chekavar (original) (raw)

Chandu Chekavar (Chathiyan Chanthu, also known as Chandu Panicker), was a sixteenth-century warrior of the Chekavar family from the Hindu Thiyyar caste, mentioned in the folk songs of Northern Kerala called Vadakkan Pattukal. He belongs to the Thiyyar community of the Kadathanad region of Kerala.