Vellala Street, also known as Vellalar Street, is a residential street in Purasawalkam in Chennai in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Vellalar is supposedly a caste name crediting to the early residents who belonged to this caste. Later these distinctions vanished and led way to more diverse residents. One of the leading figures of early literature in English R. K. Narayan and his youngest brother R. K. Laxman, an Indian cartoonist, illustrator, and humorist were living at Number 1, Vellala Street.
VellalaStreet, also known as Vellalar Street, is a residential street in Purasawalkam in Chennai in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Vellalar is supposedly...
Ayanavaram Ayanpuram Neighbourhood Panorama of Ayanavaram near VellalaStreet at Sunset Ayanavaram Ayanavaram (Chennai) Show map of Chennai Ayanavaram...
1895 CE notes: "Many of these Kondaikatti vellala Dubashes were connected by kinship to Kondaikatti vellala Mirasdars in the Poonamallee and other rural...
Vallal Pachaiyappa Mudaliar was born to Visvanatha Mudaliar of thuluva vellala Agamudaya Mudailar community in Periyapalaiyam in Thiruvallur district...
also seen in South India among the Todas tribes of Nilgiris, Nanjanad Vellala of Travancore. While polyandrous unions have disappeared from the traditions...
more control by the kings or the brahmanas. The Odhuvars were from the vellala community and were trained in ritual singing in Tevaram schools. Periya...
Tirunavukkaracar, was born in the late 6th century or the early 7th century in a Vellala peasant family. From the Shaiva Shudra caste, he was an orphan raised by...
Brahmin community, Kulashekhara Alvar was a kshatriya, Nammalvar was a Vellala, Thiruppaan Alvar was a paanar and Thirumangai Alvar was a kallar. The...
Local caste based political outfits Kongunadu Munnetra Kazhagam and Kongu Vellala Goundergal Peravai also supported the demand. Kongu Nadu generally refers...
Kongar tribes still exist in modern days; they are referred as Kongu Vellala Gounder (Kongunadu) and Gangadhikar Vokkaliga Gowda (Erumainad). The Mukkuvar...
up and down. All people of the village belong to the same caste – Malai Vellala Gounders. This caste is considered [by whom?]as a Backward Class and is...
formation] (in Malayalam). Pazhani, Dr. T. (2003). Social Change among the Vellalas of Nanchinad. Aluva: Pen Books. Menon, B.K (1936). Marthanda varma (First ed...
rain. Ukrama did not believe him; in consequence Indra sent a man of the Vellala caste to become security for rain, (hence called காரைக்காத்தவெள்ளாளர்,...
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