High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Polyandry has been in practice in India and still practiced by a minor group of people. The popular Hindu epic, Mahabharatha provides a striking example of polyandry, Draupadi, daughter of king of Panchala being married to five brothers. Polyandry was practiced by some south Indian tribes, prevalent among the Todas of Nilgiris, Nairs of Travancore and Ezhavas of Malabar. While polyandrous unions have disappeared from the traditions of many of the groups and tribes, it is still practiced by some Paharis especially in Jaunsar Bawar region in Northern India. Toda Photograph of two Toda men and a woman. Nilgiri Hills, 1871. Todas are tribal people residing in the Nilgiri hills in South India who once practiced polyandry. They practiced a form of polyandrous relationship which is considered to be a classic example of polyandry. They practiced both fraternal and sequential polyandry. The males who shared one or two wives were almost always full or half-brothers. Polyandry among Todas existed for several centuries. A Toda woman when married was automatically married to her husband's brothers.

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