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Please remove this message once the article has been expanded. | Mukulathar or Mukulathor also Mukkulathor is a relatively new name for related social groups or castes of south Tamil Nadu state of India. The related castes are Kallar, Agamudaiyar and Maravar. The term has gained currency as a political voting block in state and federal elections in India. They are a mid level grouping with dominating position with respect to Dalit castes in the same region. Image File history File links Wiki_letter_w. ...
In sociology, a group is usually defined as a collection consisting of a number of people who share certain aspects, interact with one another, accept rights and obligations as members of the group and share a common identity. ...
Caste systems are traditional, hereditary systems of social stratification. ...
Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் நாடு, Land of the Tamils) is a state at the southern tip of India. ...
Dalit may have the following meanings. ...
Origins
Maravar are mentioned as part of the landscape beyond settled life in cities in the ancient Sangam era literature of Tamilakam. They were depicted as dacoits who frequently waylaid merchants and travelers between settlements. The Sangam is a collection of Tamil literature composed between 1,500 and 2,000 years ago. ...
The ancient Tamil country of the classical era extended from River Krishna to the Cape Comorin(Kanyakumari). ...
The word Dacoity is the anglicized Indian subcontinent version of the Indian word dakaethee which comes from dakoo which means armed robber. ...
Kallar and Agamudaiyar have much later origins. Although the names are attested later in literature the societies and the culture is indigenous to the area and are ancient in origins.
Some believe these castes formed as part of Pallava military formation of Kallap Padai or hustlers, Marap Padai or soldiers and Agap Padai or defenders. Although no evidence has been put forward towards this theory. Pallava, were a South Indian dynasty who established their capital at Kanchipuram in the 4th cent. ...
Current status They have a reputation for violence as violence is seen as a method by which to maintain their high social status viz. a vie the Dalits. They are have also used their collective voting strength to politically dominate the southern regions of Tamil Nadu[1]. Members of these castes are also found in the Tamil diaspora across the world and have fused as part of the dominant Vellalars amongst Sri Lankan Tamils. Manay use the honorific title Pillai once they reach certain level of prosperity. The Tamil diaspora is a term used to denote people of Tamil Nadu and Sri Lankan Tamil origin who have settled in many parts of rest of India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, Reunion, South Africa, Mauritius, Fiji, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, French Caribbean islands, Europe, Australia and North America // Early...
Vellalars are a dominant caste of agriculturalists of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Sri Lanka. ...
Sri Lankan Tamils also known as Eelam Tamils, Ceylonese or Ceylon Tamils and Jaffna Tamils are today a trans-national minority, and are Tamil people from Sri Lanka. ...
Pillai(Savarna), Pillay(Avarna), Pulle or Pilli is a popular title of Tamil and Malayalam speaking people of India and others living in Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, South Africa, Fiji (See Tamil diaspora and Sri Lankan Tamils) // Predominant usage Though this surname is predominantly used by Vellala caste population among...
Reference ↑ *Untouchability and Inter-caste relations in Rural India: The case of Southern Tamil Villages by A. Ramaiah Journal of Religious Culture, No 70 (2004)
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