Pattanavar (also spelled Pattinavar) is a Tamil caste found in Tamil Nadu, India.
They are a maritime community dominating Chennai, Kanchipuram, Cuddalore, Villuppuram, Thanjavur and Nagapattinam districts of the Coromandel Coast, who have traditionally been involved in fishing, shipment, navy, and trade.[2][3][4]
^Pārati, Paktavatcala (1999). Coromandel fishermen: an ethnography of Paṭṭaṇavar subcaste. Pondicherry Institute of Linguistics and Culture. p. 7. ISBN 9788185452098.
^Sudarsen, V.; Selvaraj, B.; Raj, A. Xavier (1995). Knowledge of the Sea: Some Maritime Communities in India. PPST Foundation. p. 4.
^Grewal, J. S.; Culture, Project of History of Indian Science, Philosophy, and (2005). The State and Society in Medieval India. Oxford University Press. p. 206. ISBN 9780195667202.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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