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The surname is derived from the honorary title '''Mudali''' meaning a person of first rank in the Tamil ] feudal society which was bestowed upon top-ranking bureaucratic officials and army commanders in medieval ].<ref name = "http://content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docId=ft038n99hg&brand=eschol">Irschick, Eugene F. Dialogue and History: Constructing South India, 1795-1895. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994. direct web reference: http://content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docId=ft038n99hg&brand=eschol</ref> The surname is generally prevalent among Indian ] (]) and the ] though it is also used in other parts of South India.<ref name="HistoryofTirupati:The TiruvengadamTemple">History of Tirupati: The Tiruvengadam Temple By T. K. T. Viraraghavacharya</ref><ref name="SomeContributionsofSouthIndiatoIndianCulture">Some Contributions of South India to Indian Culture - Page 161 by ]</ref> The surname is derived from the honorary title '''Mudali''' meaning a person of first rank in the Tamil ] feudal society which was bestowed upon top-ranking bureaucratic officials and army commanders in medieval ].<ref name = "http://content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docId=ft038n99hg&brand=eschol">Irschick, Eugene F. Dialogue and History: Constructing South India, 1795-1895. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994. direct web reference: http://content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docId=ft038n99hg&brand=eschol</ref> The surname is generally prevalent among Indian ] and the ] though it is also used in other parts of South India.<ref name="HistoryofTirupati:The TiruvengadamTemple">History of Tirupati: The Tiruvengadam Temple By T. K. T. Viraraghavacharya</ref><ref name="SomeContributionsofSouthIndiatoIndianCulture">Some Contributions of South India to Indian Culture - Page 161 by ]</ref>


Some of the Mudali clans of Thondaimandalam migrated to Sri Lanka during the period of the medieval poet ]. For example, some of the ] in ] trace their lineage to this group, some of whom had become saints called ]. The book ''The Tamils in Early Ceylon ''by C. Sivaratnam traces some of the ''Mudaliyars'' in Ceylon to ''Thaninayaka Mudaliyar'' (among others), a rich Saiva Vellalar who emigrated to ] from Tondaimandalam.''<ref name="The Tamils in Early Ceylon By C. Sivaratnam, https://books.google.com/books?vid=0PrqSaY8TV9DtgCG9v&id=hlocAAAAMAAJ&q=mudaliyar+vellala&dq=mudaliyar+vellala&pgis=1">The Tamils in Early Ceylon By C. Sivaratnam, https://books.google.com/books?vid=0PrqSaY8TV9DtgCG9v&id=hlocAAAAMAAJ&q=mudaliyar+vellala&dq=mudaliyar+vellala&pgis=1</ref> Some of the Mudali clans of Thondaimandalam migrated to Sri Lanka during the period of the medieval poet ]. For example, some of the ] in ] trace their lineage to this group, some of whom had become saints called ]. The book ''The Tamils in Early Ceylon ''by C. Sivaratnam traces some of the ''Mudaliyars'' in Ceylon to ''Thaninayaka Mudaliyar'' (among others), a rich Saiva Vellalar who emigrated to ] from Tondaimandalam.''<ref name="The Tamils in Early Ceylon By C. Sivaratnam, https://books.google.com/books?vid=0PrqSaY8TV9DtgCG9v&id=hlocAAAAMAAJ&q=mudaliyar+vellala&dq=mudaliyar+vellala&pgis=1">The Tamils in Early Ceylon By C. Sivaratnam, https://books.google.com/books?vid=0PrqSaY8TV9DtgCG9v&id=hlocAAAAMAAJ&q=mudaliyar+vellala&dq=mudaliyar+vellala&pgis=1</ref>

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Ethnic group
Mudaliar
Regions with significant populations
Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka
Languages
Tamil
Religion
Hindu

Mudaliar (alternatively spelled: Mudaliyar, Mudliyar, also Mudali or Moodley) is a caste title used by the people belonging to various Tamil castes and in the Tamil diaspora. Castes using Mudaliar title speak Tamil as their native language.

Etymology

The surname is derived from the honorary title Mudali meaning a person of first rank in the Tamil Chola feudal society which was bestowed upon top-ranking bureaucratic officials and army commanders in medieval South India. The surname is generally prevalent among Indian Tamils and the Tamil diaspora though it is also used in other parts of South India.

Some of the Mudali clans of Thondaimandalam migrated to Sri Lanka during the period of the medieval poet Kambar. For example, some of the Tamils in Ceylon trace their lineage to this group, some of whom had become saints called Nayanars. The book The Tamils in Early Ceylon by C. Sivaratnam traces some of the Mudaliyars in Ceylon to Thaninayaka Mudaliyar (among others), a rich Saiva Vellalar who emigrated to Ceylon from Tondaimandalam.

Castes using the Mudaliar title include:

Notable people

Main article: List of Mudaliars

References

  1. Irschick, Eugene F. Dialogue and History: Constructing South India, 1795-1895. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994. direct web reference: http://content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docId=ft038n99hg&brand=eschol
  2. History of Tirupati: The Tiruvengadam Temple By T. K. T. Viraraghavacharya
  3. Some Contributions of South India to Indian Culture - Page 161 by S. Krishnaswami Aiyangar
  4. The Tamils in Early Ceylon By C. Sivaratnam, https://books.google.com/books?vid=0PrqSaY8TV9DtgCG9v&id=hlocAAAAMAAJ&q=mudaliyar+vellala&dq=mudaliyar+vellala&pgis=1
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