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'''Mazhavaraayas''' or '''Mazhavars''' were the [[Palaiyakkarar|Polygar]]s of [[Ariyalur]].They belong to the Padaiyachi sub-division of the '''Palli''' or '''[[Vanniyar|Vanniyan]]''' Caste.<ref>{{cite book|title=Madras District Gazetteers,Trichinopoly Vol. 1|author= Hemingway, F. R,p.344|year=1907|url=https://archive.org/stream/trichinopoly01madr#page/344/mode/2up}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Oriental Historical Manuscripts Vol.2|author=Taylor,William,p. 165|year=1835|url=https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.90932/2015.90932.Oriental-Historical-Manuscripts--Vol-2#page/n177/mode/2up}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Gazetteer of South India, Volume 2|author= W.Francis,p.192|year=2002|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vERnljM1uiEC&q=ariyalur+poligar&pg=PA192}}</ref>.The title of this polygar was Nayanar.<ref>https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.90932/2015.90932.Oriental-Historical-Manuscripts--Vol-2#page/n177/mode/2up</ref>

In 1735, Rangappa Mazhavaraaya of Ariyalur donated {{convert|175|acres|ha}} of land to a church.<ref>{{cite book|title=Caste, Catholic Christianity, and the Language of Conversion: Social Change and Cultural Translation in Tamil Country, 1519-1774|author=S. Jeyaseela Stephen|year=2008|isbn=9788178356860|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fxeK0JLjnsgC&q=mazhavarayar&pg=PA157}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Palaiyakkarar]]

==References==
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[[Category:Social groups of Tamil Nadu]]

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