List of Kongu Vellala kootams

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[edit] Lineage (Gothram) and Subgroups

The Gounders are followers of the traditional form of Tamil Hinduism. In earlier times a sizeable population followed seems to have followed a syncretism of Jainism (Vijayamangalam, Jinapuram)and later reconverted by the Siddhar traditions (most of the Siddhars lived in Kongunadu). The Gounders follow the system of Gotram, popularly called "Kootam/Kulam" in which persons from the same Kootam do not marry one another as they are considered to have descended from the same ancestor. Each Kootam has its own Kulaguru.Every Kootam also has one or more Kuladeivams or a Clan Deities. Some of the Kootams/Kulams are:

Adhitreya Kumban Ādai Ānthai Ādhi Adhirai Āvan Andai Agni Āvan Anangan Andhuvan Ariyan Alagan Bharatan Bramman Cheran Devendran Dananjayan Danavantan Eenjan Ennai Indran Kādan Kādai Kāri Kāvalar Kadunthuvi Kalinji Kambakulathān Kanakkan Kanavālan Kannan Kannandhai Karunkannan Kauri Kavalan Kiliyan Keeran Kodarangi Koorai Kuruppan Kotrandhai Kottārar Kovar Koventhar Kumarandhai Kundali Kungili Kuniyan Kunnukkan Kuyilan Kuzhlāyan Mādai Mādhaman Māthuli Māvalar Maniyan Mayilan Mazhluazhlagar Medhi Meni Meenavan Moimban Moolan Mooriyan Mukkannan Munaiveeran Muthan Muzhlukkadhan Nārai Nandhan Neelan Neerunni Neidhali Neriyan Odhālar Ozhukkar Pāliyan Pāmban Pānan Pāndian (Pandya dynasty) Pādhari Padaithalaiyan Padhuman Padukkunni Paidhali Panaiyan Panangadai Panjaman Pannai Pannan Pāmaran Pavalan Payiran Periyan Perunkudi Pillan poondhai Podiyan Ponnan Poochadhai Poochandi - Kuladeivam - Nasiyanur,Erode Poodhiyan Poosan Porulthantha Punnai Puthan Sākadai Sathandhai Sathuvarāyan Sanagan Sedan Sellan Sempoothan Semvan Sengannan Sengunni Seralan Sevadi Sevventhi Sevvayan Silamban Soman Soolan Sooriyan Sothi Sowriyan Surapi Thanakkavan Thavalayan Thazhinji Themaan Thodai Thooran Thorakkan Thunduman Uvanan Uzhavan Vānan(Vāni) Vannakkan Veera Kumar Veliyan Vellamban Vendhan Venduvan Viliyan Villi Vilosanan Viradhan Viraivulan

[edit] References

[1] See Koottam Tab list.