POTTIS of Travancore - -Narayana Vanee Vruthan- Potti is a Malayalam word not a Tamil word; Thunchath Raamaanujan Ezhuthachan in his Aadhyatma Ramayanam addressing Lord Rama and Siva as “ Parameswara Potti”,which means “The Lord who protects us”;Synonyms for the same in Malayalam are “Thampuran”,”Empraan”,and “Embrassan” referred to Brahmins of Kerala. A similar ”Poojya padam”, a word used to address Brahmins of Kerala is,” Namboothiri” which means to respect one who stands for truth.All these words came into use only in the later period i.e. after the first AD only. POTTIS are mainly of Five types: Those came to the very earlier ancient period along with the Namboothiris Those came just before the birth of Sankaracharya called “Haveega” Brahmins from “Sapta Konkan” of Karnataka called “Embrassan”,”Naludesi “, and “Anchudesi” in northern Malabar later merged to Namboothiri culture and later used the surname Namboothiri.. Third category the Haveegas came to southern Travancore l