Agamudayar

Agamudayar
Total population
1981-1982: 5 per cent of the Other Backwards Class population of Tamil Nadu[1]
Languages
Tamil

Agamudayar (otherwise Agamudaiyar, Akamudayar, Agamudayan) is a Tamil community found in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Together with the Kallar and Maravar castes, they form the Thevar (Mukkulathor) community, although attempts to create a political coalition comprising the three groups have never succeeded. According to the anthropologist Zoe E. Headley, the three communities are the "numerically dominant rural backward castes of the southern districts of Tamil Nadu".[2]

Thuluva Vellalar or Thozhu Vellalar, whose presence is significant in the Northern part of Tamil Nadu is a sub-caste of Agamudayar.[3]

Etymology

The term Agamudayar is a Tamil word meaning "Householder" or "Landholder". The Agamudayars are chiefly known by their title 'Servai' or 'Servaikkaran' meaning "Captain" in Sangam Tamil.[4]

Notables

Marudhu Pandiyar brothers

Pachaiyappa Mudaliar

Titles

Titles of Agamudayar:

Thevar, Servai, Mudaliar, pillai, Desigar& Udaiyar

References

  1. ↑ Radhakrishnan, P. (10 June 1989). "Ambasankar Commission and Backward Classes". Economic and Political Weekly 24 (23): 1265–1268. JSTOR 4394921.
  2. ↑ Headley, Zoe E. (2011). "Caste and Collective Memory in South Asia". In Clark-Decès, Isabelle. A Companion to the Anthropology of India. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 1982, 1985. ISBN 978-1-44439-058-2.
  3. ↑ http://www.bcmbcmw.tn.gov.in/bclist.htm
  4. ↑ Madras (India : State); B. S. Baliga (1967). Madras District Gazetteers: Salem. by Ramaswami, A. Printed by the Superintendent, Govt. Press. p. 124.
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