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https://dalitskerala.wordpress.com/2010/07/15/untouchability-in-kerala/
Untouchability in Kerala
As per historians untouchability started in Kerala with the advent of Nambudiris. In Kerala, anyone who was not a Namboothiri, was treated by the Namboothiris as an untouchable. The Namboothiris had different rules regarding the degrees of pollution for the different classes. If a Namboothiri happens to touch or comes in physical contact with an Embraanthiri, he gets the Embraan Sudham, which is supposed to be one step lower in rank among various types of purity of Namboothiris. But it is not compulsory that an adult male Namboothiri should bathe before performing "sandhyaavandanam" if he is polluted due to "Embraan sudham". Also Namboothiris will get Eda Sudham if they are polluted by the touch of Iyers. Namboothiri women (and not men) are not permitted to eat if they become Eda Sudham. For doing Sandhyaavandanam, Namboothiris should take bath if they are polluted with Eda Sudham. Asudhams are practised not only by Namboothiris, but also people of other communities in Kerala, such as the royal families, temple employees, Nairs, etc., who are closely associated with Namboothiris. Other South Indian Brahmanans also follow this custom. Clothes of Namboothiris, washed by Veluthedans , if touched by other Nairs, are not impure. But if touched by a person below the rank in the hierarchies of caste system, it becomes impure.ther classes had different distances after which they could be considered polluting. For example, if an Ezhava got within 24 feet of a Namboothiri, the Namboothiri was considered to be polluted. Untouchability was not isolated to Hindus in Kerala, amongst Christians the original Syrian Malabar Nasranis considered newly converted Latin Christians (usually fishermen) to be untouchables.
The most extreme form of untouchabilityin all of India was practised in Kerala.
A Nair was expected to instantly cut down a Mucua, thiyya( ezhava sub caste ) who presumed to defile him by touching his person; and a similar fate awaited a slave, who did not turn out of the road as a Nair passed"[8] According to Kerala tradition the Dalits were forced to maintain a distance of 64 feet from Savarnas as they were thought to pollute them.[9] Other castes like Nayadis, Kanisans and Mukkuvans were forbidden within 72 feet, 32 feet and 24 feet respectively from Savarnas.[10]
When British banned the right of the Nairs to carry swords with them, caste related violence steeply decreased[citation needed]. The observance of untouchability vanished consequent to the movements of social reforms, especially the one initiated by Sree Narayana Guru (spiritual leader of ezhava). Temple Entry Proclamation of the Raja of Travancore effective by put a end to the system of untouchability in South Kerala.
By that logic, Nair's too were Untouchable since they too had to be at least 4 feet away from a Nambudri
Your posts also says that IYER brahmins were Untouchables
That is the problem with copy pasting propaganda without having the ability to think for yourself.