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| caste_name = Senaithalaivar<br />
| region = [[Indian state]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| languages = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]<br />
| religions = [[Hinduism]], [[Christianity]]<br />
| related = Vaniyar traders<br />
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'''Senaithalaivar''' is a [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-speaking [[caste]] mainly from south [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=2SkbAAAAIAAJ&q=Senaithalaivar&dq=Senaithalaivar Madras District Gazetteers ... - Madras (India : State), B. S. Baliga<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Other names they are referred are Senaiyar, Moopanar(In Tirunelveli District) Mudaliar, Pillai.{{Citation needed|date=September 2025}}<br />
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==Literary evidence==<br />
They belong to the [[Vaishya]] varna.<ref>{{cite book |title=People of India, Volume 40, Part 3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jRIwAQAAIAAJ&q=The+original+name+of+the+caste+is+said+to+have+been+Elai+Vaniyan |author=Kumar Suresh Singh |publisher=Anthropological Survey of India |year=2001 |isbn=8185938881}}</ref><br />
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==Distribution==<br />
They are mainly populated in [[Tirunelveli District]], Tiruvarur District, Chennai, Kanyakumari District, Nagapattinam District, Thanjaur District and Madurai District, including places like Tenmalai, Kayatharu and Seevalapperi.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2SkbAAAAIAAJ&q=Senai|title=Madras District Gazetteers: Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur Districts (erstwhile Chengalpattu District)|publisher=Superintendent, Government Press |year=2002 |first=Rao Bahadur |last=B. S. Baliga}}</ref><br />
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==Society and caste organisation==<br />
They are included in the Tamil Nadu state's list of Backward castes.<ref>[http://www.tn.gov.in/bcmbcmw/bclist.htm List Of Backward Classes Approved<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><br />
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