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A caste in Tamil Nadu. The people belonging to the caste suffix their names with 'Pillai'. For instance, the name Thangiah becomes Thangiah Pillai. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Vellalars are a dominant caste of agriculturalists of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Sri Lanka. ... 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. ...

The people of the caste are traditionally landlords or clerks. A large number migrated to Kerala in order to perform clerical work for the King of Travancore and later to Burma during British rule. Kerala (IPA: ; Malayalam: കേരളം — Keralam) is a state on the southwestern tropical Malabar Coast of India. ... Travancore (real name Thiruvithaamkoor in Malayalam) was a princely state in India whose capital was Thiruvananthapuram. ...

The Vellala strongholds in Tamil Nadu are Tirunelveli and Tanjore. Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் நாடு, Land of the Tamils) is a state at the southern tip of India. ... Tirunelveli is a city in Tamil Nadu state of southern India. ... Thanjavur, also known as Tanjore, is a city in Tamil Nadu, in southeastern India. ...

Vellalas are predominantly Sivates and are vegetarians, although some Vellalas have converted to Christianity, and these are mostly non-vegetarians. Vedanayagam Pillai, a poet in the Royal Court of Tanjore is a well renowned Christian Vellala. Christianity is a monotheistic religion centered on the life, teachings, and actions of Jesus, the Christ, as recounted in the New Testament. ...