Which is low caste in Tamilnadu?
Which is low caste in Tamilnadu?
Paraiyar, or Parayar or Maraiyar (formerly anglicised as Pariah and Paree), is a caste group found in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala, and Sri Lanka….
| Paraiyar | |
|---|---|
| Country | India, Sri Lanka |
| Populated states | Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry |
| Ethnicity | Tamils |
| Related groups | Sri Lankan Tamils • Other Dravidians |
Why don’t Tamil people use their caste names as their surname?
Therefore a surname/family name is totally different from caste names..Tamils do not follow this system.. Not just Tamil people Telugu, Kannada, Maharashtra and Kerala people who got permanently settled in Tamilnadu don’t use their Caste name as surname instead they use their fathers name/mothers name as their surname.
How many types of surnames are there in India?
There are two types of surname, one is on caste based and another one is forefathers land based or birth place based. The former system was with Tamils till fifty years ago and slowly it got vanished as the society itself did not like this.
Do Tamil surnames still exist in Tamil Nadu?
The former system was with Tamils till fifty years ago and slowly it got vanished as the society itself did not like this. The birth placed surnames are still there, for example Sirkazhi Govindarajan, Madurai Somu, Thiruvarur Thangarasu, and there are no opposition to these surnames in the society as it only identify the person.
What is the history of Mutharayar District in Tamil Nadu?
For instance, when the AIADMK government bifurcated Trichy district, the Mutharayar-dominated area was named Mutharayar district. The Vanniar-dominated Villupuram was carved out as Ramaswamy Padayachiar, where Padayachiar is a caste prefix for Vanniyars. But it took a bus depot in Srivilliputhur to stoke tensions.