sentences:  Mizhavu Nambiars are associated with temple art forms like Koothu, Koodiyattam and Ottanthullal, where as Thiyyadi Nambiars are associated with the art form Ayyappan Theeyattu.Nambiars followed the marumakkathayam (matrilineal) system of inheritance.The Sanskrit name of Nambiar is Pānivāda.