Catholic Knanaya
Matrimonial
The Knanaya people, a subgroup of the Syrian Malabar Nasrani are an ethnoreligious group from Kerala, India. They are of South Indian culture and Syriac Christian faith with some Jewish elements of culture and religion.
Knayanites are divided into 2 groups, first belonging to the Syriac Orthodox Church in India and second to the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church. Knanaya are conscious of their origin and safeguard their ethnic character by marrying people from within the community regardless of rite.