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The '''Udayar''' is a title used by multiple ] in the state of ], India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bcmbcmw.tn.gov.in/bclist.htm|title=List of Backward Classes Approved}}</ref>

The '''Udayar''', also called '''Parkavakulam''', is a ] found in the state of ], India.

== Etymology ==

The word ''Udayar'' in ] means ''Lord'' or ''Possessor'' as in ''Possessor of land or kingdom''.{{cn|date=July 2020}}


== Present status == == Present status ==


According to Selva Raj, the Udayar are "socially humbler" than the ] community<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hEJ-vMgbSlwC|title=Sacred Play: Ritual Levity and Humor in South Asian Religions|last=Raj|first=Selva J.|publisher=SUNY Press|year=2010|isbn=9781438429793|editor1-last=Raj|editor1-first=Selva J.|location=|page=87|pages=|chapter=Serious Levity at the Shrine of St. Anne in South India|accessdate=2012-05-01|editor2-last=Dempsey|editor2-first=Corinne G.}}</ref> but, together with the ] and ], form the Marava castes, who are quite dominant in the region variously known as ] and the ] country.<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Transgressing Boundaries, Transcending Turner: The Pilgrimage Tradition at the Shrine of St. John de Britto |first=Selva J. |last=Raj |title=Popular Christianity in India: Riting Between the Lines |editor1-first=Selva J. |editor1-last=Raj |editor2-first=Corinne G. |editor2-last=Dempsey |publisher=SUNY Press |year=2002 |page=86 |isbn=9780791455197 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zv42cV5dQmYC |accessdate=2012-05-01}}</ref> According to Selva Raj, the Udayar are "not socially humbler" than the ] community<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hEJ-vMgbSlwC|title=Sacred Play: Ritual Levity and Humor in South Asian Religions|last=Raj|first=Selva J.|publisher=SUNY Press|year=2010|isbn=9781438429793|editor1-last=Raj|editor1-first=Selva J.|location=|page=87|chapter=Serious Levity at the Shrine of St. Anne in South India|accessdate=2012-05-01|editor2-last=Dempsey|editor2-first=Corinne G.}}</ref> but, together with the ] and ], form the Marava castes, who are quite dominant in the region variously known as ] and the ] country.<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Transgressing Boundaries, Transcending Turner: The Pilgrimage Tradition at the Shrine of St. John de Britto |first=Selva J. |last=Raj |title=Popular Christianity in India: Riting Between the Lines |editor1-first=Selva J. |editor1-last=Raj |editor2-first=Corinne G. |editor2-last=Dempsey |publisher=SUNY Press |year=2002 |page=86 |isbn=9780791455197 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zv42cV5dQmYC |accessdate=2012-05-01}}</ref>


== Religion == == Religion ==


In Ramnad and the nearby areas of ], ], ], ], ] and ], they and their two fellow Maravar caste groups are prominent in their cult worship of the shrine at ] that commemorates ], a 17th-century ] ] ] and ]. Raj says, "A notable feature of the Britto cult is that it is centered around caste identities rather than religious affiliation", and thus members of the caste-group, irrespective of their religious affiliation regard Britto as their clan-deity.<ref name=Raj2002p87>{{cite book |chapter=Transgressing Boundaries, Transcending Turner: The Pilgrimage Tradition at the Shrine of St. John de Britto |first=Selva J. |last=Raj |title=Popular Christianity in India: Riting Between the Lines |editor1-first=Selva J. |editor1-last=Raj |editor2-first=Corinne G. |editor2-last=Dempsey |publisher=SUNY Press |year=2002 |page=87 |isbn=978-0-79145-519-7 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zv42cV5dQmYC&pg=PA87}}</ref>
Udaiyars follows hinduism and christianity. Malayaman udaiyars follows saivam. Nathaman udaiyars follow hinduism(saivam) & christianity in south tamilnadu.


Some Udayars are ] Christians.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pxdhTsNWzTMC|title=Communities Panchayats and Governance at Grassroots|last1=Palanithurai|first1=Ganapathy|last2=Ragupathy|first2=Varadarajan|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|year=2008|isbn=9788180695636|page=138|accessdate=2012-05-01}}</ref><ref name="Raj2002p87" /> Some Udayars are ] Christians.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pxdhTsNWzTMC|title=Communities Panchayats and Governance at Grassroots|last1=Palanithurai|first1=Ganapathy|last2=Ragupathy|first2=Varadarajan|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|year=2008|isbn=9788180695636|page=138|accessdate=2012-05-01}}</ref><ref name="Raj2002p87" />

==Notable people==
*] (died 2007), Indian politician
*], Indian politician
*] (1936–1998), Indian industrialist
*], Indian politician


==References== ==References==
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==Further reading== ==Further reading==
*{{cite journal |first=Geoffrey |last=Burkhart |title=Ranges of Endogamy in a Tamil Group |journal=Indian Anthropologist |volume=2 |issue=1 |date=June 1972 |pages=1-6 |jstor=41919203}} *{{cite journal |first=Geoffrey |last=Burkhart |title=Ranges of Endogamy in a Tamil Group |journal=Indian Anthropologist |volume=2 |issue=1 |date=June 1972 |pages=1–6 |jstor=41919203}}
*{{cite journal |title=On the absence of descent groups among some Udayars of South India |first=Geoffrey |last=Burkhart |doi=10.1177/006996677601000102 |journal=Contributions to Indian Sociology |date=January 1976 |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages=31–61}} *{{cite journal |title=On the absence of descent groups among some Udayars of South India |first=Geoffrey |last=Burkhart |doi=10.1177/006996677601000102 |journal=Contributions to Indian Sociology |date=January 1976 |volume=10 |issue=1 |pages=31–61|s2cid=143260084 }}


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Latest revision as of 14:04, 2 January 2025

Title in Indian caste system This article is about the Indian caste. For other uses, see Udayar.

Udayar
ReligionsHinduism, Christianity
LanguagesTamil
CountryIndia
Populated statesTamil Nadu
Related groupsTamil people

The Udayar is a title used by multiple caste in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

Present status

According to Selva Raj, the Udayar are "not socially humbler" than the Vellalar community but, together with the Pallar and Kallar, form the Marava castes, who are quite dominant in the region variously known as Ramnad and the Maravar country.

Religion

In Ramnad and the nearby areas of Pudukottai, Madurai, Salem, Namakkal, Tanjore and Trichy, they and their two fellow Maravar caste groups are prominent in their cult worship of the shrine at Oriyur that commemorates John de Britto, a 17th-century Portuguese Jesuit missionary and martyr. Raj says, "A notable feature of the Britto cult is that it is centered around caste identities rather than religious affiliation", and thus members of the caste-group, irrespective of their religious affiliation regard Britto as their clan-deity.

Some Udayars are Roman Catholic Christians.

Notable people

References

  1. "List of Backward Classes Approved".
  2. Raj, Selva J. (2010). "Serious Levity at the Shrine of St. Anne in South India". In Raj, Selva J.; Dempsey, Corinne G. (eds.). Sacred Play: Ritual Levity and Humor in South Asian Religions. SUNY Press. p. 87. ISBN 9781438429793. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
  3. Raj, Selva J. (2002). "Transgressing Boundaries, Transcending Turner: The Pilgrimage Tradition at the Shrine of St. John de Britto". In Raj, Selva J.; Dempsey, Corinne G. (eds.). Popular Christianity in India: Riting Between the Lines. SUNY Press. p. 86. ISBN 9780791455197. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
  4. ^ Raj, Selva J. (2002). "Transgressing Boundaries, Transcending Turner: The Pilgrimage Tradition at the Shrine of St. John de Britto". In Raj, Selva J.; Dempsey, Corinne G. (eds.). Popular Christianity in India: Riting Between the Lines. SUNY Press. p. 87. ISBN 978-0-79145-519-7.
  5. Palanithurai, Ganapathy; Ragupathy, Varadarajan (2008). Communities Panchayats and Governance at Grassroots. Concept Publishing Company. p. 138. ISBN 9788180695636. Retrieved 1 May 2012.

Further reading

  • Burkhart, Geoffrey (June 1972). "Ranges of Endogamy in a Tamil Group". Indian Anthropologist. 2 (1): 1–6. JSTOR 41919203.
  • Burkhart, Geoffrey (January 1976). "On the absence of descent groups among some Udayars of South India". Contributions to Indian Sociology. 10 (1): 31–61. doi:10.1177/006996677601000102. S2CID 143260084.
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