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{{short description|Indian caste}}<br />
'''Mudiraju''' or '''Mudiraj''', earlier recorded as '''Mutracha''', is a [[Telugu language|Telugu]] community from [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Telangana]] and also some portion of [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{cite book|editor1=Eveline Masilamani-Meyer |title=Kattavarayan Katai<br />
|publisher=Otto Harassowitz Verlag|year=2004|page=19|isbn=9783447047128<br />
|quote=Among the Telugu castes that came to Tamilnadu were the Mutturajas or Mutrāchas. | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iw7SL2QrgcQC&pg=PA19}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|editor1=L. D. Sanghvi |editor2=V. Balakrishnan |editor3=Irawati Karmarkar Karve |title=Biology of the People of Tamil Nadu |year=1981|page=21|quote=Mutracha (MT) Mutracha is primarily a Telugu caste found in the southern districts of Andhra Pradesh. They were employed by the Vijayanagar kings to defend their frontiers when they entered Tamil Nadu and were honoured with the title of Paligar. They speak Telugu. In Tamil Nadu, they are more numerous in Tiruchirappalli than elsewhere |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bxiAAAAAMAAJ&q=%2C+++++andhra+Pradesh+frontiers++honoured++paligar++vijayanagar++more+numerous+++Tiruchirappalli}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|editor1-first=Venkatesh B. |editor1-last=Athreya |editor2-first=Göran |editor2-last=Djurfeldt |editor3-first=Staffan |editor3-last= Lindberg |title=Barriers broken: production relations and agrarian change in Tamil Nadu |publisher= Sage Publications|year=1990 |page=25 |isbn=9780803996397 |quote=The Muthurajas are descendants of the soldiers which the poligars recruited in their homeland, the Telugu-speaking areas of contemporary Andhra Pradesh, north of Tamil Nadu. Like other castes originating from Andhra, they are bilingual, often speaking Telugu in family circles and Tamil outside the house |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VwbtAAAAMAAJ}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|editor1=K. M. Venkataramaiah |title=A handbook of Tamil Nadu<br />
|year=1996|page=425|isbn=9788185692203<br />
|quote=Muthuracha: A Telugu caste found in some districts of Tamil Nadu, the Muthuracha (muthurācha) is also called Muttaraiyan. Some are talaiyāris or watchmen of villages. They seem to be a major sect in the coastal villages of Andhra Pradesh| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2pAMAQAAMAAJ&q=Muthuracha}}</ref> It is categorised among the [[Other Backward Classes]] by the [[Government of India]].<ref>[http://ncbc.nic.in/User_Panel/GazetteResolution.aspx?Value=mPICjsL1aLvYBtdZSrP4uO%2bploAhiJHMitEMCkgxxsH%2f7oa9L5Zf2o2HH3BmrgcE Central List of OBCs]</ref> They were once armed retainers in Telugu villages, and many were ''[[Polygar|palaigars]]''. They are a dominant community and claimed Kshatriya status. There are two divisions: ''Paligiri'' and ''Oruganti'', and several ''intiperlu''.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=September 1910|title=The Castes and Tribes of Southern India|journal=Nature|volume=84|issue=2134|pages=365–367|doi=10.1038/084365a0|issn=0028-0836|doi-access=free}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Gangaputra (Besta)]]<br />
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