Vellalar
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Vellalar is a group of castes in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala, and northeastern parts of Sri Lanka. The Vellalar are members of several endogamous castes such as the numerically strong A
Vellālars worshipping lingam, snake-stones and Ganēsa from Castes and Tribes of Southern India (1909).
Velir
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The Velir were aristocratic nobility in Tamilakam in the early historic period of South India and Sri Lanka. They had close relations with Chera, Chola and Pandya rulers through ruling and coronation
Vellalar
…it is used in the sense of a landowner. The term Velaalar (வேளாளர்) can be derived from the word Vel (வேள்), Vel being a title that was borne by the Velir chieftains of Sangam age among other things. The word Vellalar (வெள்ளாளர்) may come from the root Vellam for flood, which gave rise to various rights…
A statue of the Sangam period Velir king
A 12th-century statue of Agastya
Tamilakam in the Sangam Period
Moovar Koil Temple Complex built by Irunkovel chieftain Boothi Vikramakesari