Twenty four Manai Telugu Chettiars

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{{Infobox caste
|caste_name = 24 Manai Telugu Chettiar (24MTC)
|populated_states = [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Chattisgargh]], [[Gujarat]], [[Karnataka]], [[Kerala]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
|languages = [[Telugu language|Telugu ]]
|religions = [[Hinduism]]
}}

The '''24 Manai Telugu Chettiars''' ('''24MTC''') are a Telugu and Tamil speaking [[Hindus|Hindu]] [[Indian caste system|caste]] found predominantly in the states of [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Kerala]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Karnataka]] in India, as well as [[Gujarat]] and [[Sri Lanka]].

== Etymology ==
The title word Chettiar/Shetty is used by many merchant and trading groups who were classified as '''high ranking 'Vaishyas'' '''<ref>{{cite book |last=Diehl|first=Anita|date=1977|title=E. V. Ramaswami Naicker-Periyar: A Study of the Influence of a Personality in Contemporary South India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1CduAAAAMAAJ&q=vellalar+sudra|location=Stockholm; Göteborg; Lund |publisher=Esselte studium|page=16|isbn=9789124276454}}:”In Tamil Nadu the traditional caste society is in practice reduced into Brahmins and Sudras, kith a large third group classified in administrative terms as Scheduled and Backward classes.) Prominent among the Sudras are Vellalar, Chettiar and Gounder”</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Prakash |first=Gyan |date=1956 |title=The Hindu Marriage Act, Act No. XXV of 1955|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e6JCAAAAIAAJ&q=chettiar+shudra|location=Allahabad |publisher=Allahabad Law Agency |page=46|isbn=}}: “In the case of a Nattukottai Chettiar”, who is shudra, the Madras High Court held that he could legally marry ...”</ref><ref>{{cite journal |date=1909|volume=12|title= The Dawn and Dawn Society's Magazine|publisher=Lall Mohan Mullick |location=Calcutta|page=124|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o7Q5AQAAIAAJ&q=chettiar+sudra}}:”A Chettiar or Chetty is a high - caste Sudra; in most cases he will be well - to - do; very often wealthy indeed.”</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Belle|first=Carl Vadivella|year=2017 |title= Thaipusam in Malaysia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kB1qDwAAQBAJ&q=chettiar+sudra&pg=PT126 |location=Singapore|publisher=ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute|isbn=9789814695756}}:”Although the Chettiars were originally a Sudra caste, in more recent times they have made claim to be considered as Vaisyas.”</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Chitaley |first=D. V. |author-link= |date=1922|title=All India Reporter, Volume 4; Volume 9, Part 8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jXwwAQAAMAAJ&q=nagarathar+sudra |location= |publisher= |page=231}}:”The Chetties are in generally deemed to be Sudras.”</ref>''' and sometimes they claim Vaishyas status {{clarify|reason=please can we have a translation|date=May 2021}} <ref name="Pārttacārati2008">{{cite book|author=Intirā Pārttacārati|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-T4aAQAAIAAJ|title=Ramanujar: The Life and Ideas of Ramanuja|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2008|isbn=978-0-19-569161-0|page=98|quote=The Chetti, Vaisya, or merchant caste}}</ref> in the south-indian states'''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Nwu3AAAAIAAJ|title=Population Review|date=1975|publisher=Indian Institute for Population Studies|pages=26|language=en}}</ref>'''

== Titles ==
This community is known by a number of variants and spellings of their name, and is divided into twenty-four subdivisions (manai). This community is also known by different names and spelling variants. They may be called "Sadhu Chetty", "Telugu chettiar", "Telugu chetty", "24 Mane telugu shetty" and "Telungapatty chetty".

== Gothras ==
'''16 Veedu Gothiram :''' Mummudiar, Chennaiyor, Kavalavar, Vammaiyor, Kanithiyavar, Thillaiyavar, Paliviriyar, Kandhavangaravar, Maratiyavar, Kappavar, Thariyavar, Wajyavar, Kanthiyavar, Naliviriyavar, Suragayor, Kolayavar.

'''8 Veedu Gothiram :''' Mathalaiyavar, Thavalaiyavar, Koragayar, Soppiyavar, Rajabairavar, Makkadaiyar, Pillivangaravar, Pasupathiyar Pachaiyar, Iratayavar.

== See also ==
* [[Chettiar]]

==References==
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[[Category:Chettiar]]
[[Category:Social groups of Gujarat]]
[[Category:Social groups of Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Indian castes]]

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