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

The Udayar, also called Parkavakulam, is a caste found in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

Etymology

The word Udayar in Tamil means Lord or Possessor as in Possessor of land or kingdom.

Present status

According to Selva Raj, the Udayar are "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

Udaiyars follows hinduism and christianity. Malayaman udaiyars follows saivam. Nathaman udaiyars follow hinduism(saivam) & christianity in south tamilnadu.


Some Udayars are Roman Catholic Christians.

References

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Palanithurai, Ganapathy; Ragupathy, Varadarajan (2008). Communities Panchayats and Governance at Grassroots. Concept Publishing Company. p. 138. ISBN 9788180695636. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
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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.
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