Hence they were also known as Tekkumbhagar .
The Knanaya trace their ancestry back as the descendants from the southern Kingdom of Judah ( the tribes of Judah and Benjamin ) , which did not intermarry .
They were also known as Knanaya .
The Knanaya trace their ancestry back as the descendants from the southern Kingdom of Judah ( the tribes of Judah and Benjamin ) , which did not intermarry .