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'''Palayakkara Naidu'''<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=N . Hari Bhaskar, Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu Government|author2=|title=backward classes and most backward classes welfare department G.O.Ms.No :15|volume= |publisher=Tamil Nadu Government |date=1996-02-22 |quote=WELFARE OF BACKWARD CLASSES - Mutharaiyar community and its Sub-sects calling the main community and its Sub-sects as Mutharaiyar - Orders - Issused Mutharaiyar caste have 29 subcaste in tamilnadu such as Palayakkaran, Palayakkara Naidu, Palayakkara Naicker, Muthiriya Naidu and Muthiriya Naicker etc |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/10_byl51s8I3RPuF3Rd1Y4PCiGnImnRgB}}</ref> is a [[Telugu people|Telugu]] caste that commonly resides in the [[India|Indian]] states of [[Tamil Nadu]] (Palayakkars) [[Andhra Pradesh]] (Pala Ekari) and some parts of [[Karnataka]].<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Christine M. E. Matthews |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qz6zAAAAIAAJ&dq=Naickers%2C+Palyakarars+or+Mutrachas+are+originally+Telugu+%28i.e.+from+Andhra+Pradesh+State%29.&q=Naickers%2C+Palyakarars+++Mutrachas+++originally++++Andhra+Pradesh+State%29.|title=Health and Culture in a South Indian Village |location= |publisher= Sterling |year=1979|page=63|quote=Naickers, Palyakarars or Mutrachas are originally Telugu (i.e. from Andhra Pradesh State). They were employed by Vijayanagar kings to defend the frontiers of their dominions, and were given the title of Paligars, Mutracha comes from mudi raja ( old king)<br />
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Their ancestors administered as [[polygar]]s near Andhra - Arcot area.<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Christine M. E. Matthews |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qz6zAAAAIAAJ&dq=Naickers%2C+Palyakarars+or+Mutrachas+are+originally+Telugu+%28i.e.+from+Andhra+Pradesh+State%29.&q=Naickers%2C+Palyakarars+++Mutrachas+++originally++++Andhra+Pradesh+State%29.|title=Health and Culture in a South Indian Village |location= |publisher= Sterling |year=1979|page=63|quote=Naickers, Palyakarars or Mutrachas are originally Telugu (i.e. from Andhra Pradesh State). They were employed by Vijayanagar kings to defend the frontiers of their dominions, and were given the title of Paligars, Mutracha comes from mudi raja ( old king)<br />
}}</ref> Thus, many still speak the Telugu language at home and the [[Tamil language]] outside.<br />
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==Variations==<br />
They are variously known as Palayakkara Naidu, Palayakkaran, PalaEkari.<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=N . Hari Bhaskar, Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu Government|author2=|title=backward classes and most backward classes welfare department G.O.Ms.No :15|volume= |publisher=Tamil Nadu Government |date=1996-02-22 |quote=WELFARE OF BACKWARD CLASSES - Mutharaiyar community and its Sub-sects calling the main community and its Sub-sects as Mutharaiyar - Orders - Issused Mutharaiyar caste have 29 subcaste in tamilnadu such as Palayakkaran, Palayakkara Naidu, Palayakkara Naicker, Muthiriya Naidu and Muthiriya Naicker etc |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/10_byl51s8I3RPuF3Rd1Y4PCiGnImnRgB}}</ref><br />
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==Distribution==<br />
The community are mostly distributed in the Chengalpattu and North Arcot <ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Huguette Ly-Tio-Fane Pineo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aqyxAAAAIAAJ&dq=PALAIYAKKARAN+%E2%80%93+Telugu+caste&q=PALAIYAKKARAN+%E2%80%93+Telugu+caste|title=Lured Away: The Life History of Indian Cane Workers in Mauritius|location= |publisher= Mahatma Gandhi Institute|year=1984|page=121|quote=PALAIYAKKARAN -This is a Telugu caste most numerous in Mrishna, Nellore, Cuddapah and North Arcot districts in the South}}</ref> districts of [[Tamil Nadu]] but were originally from chittoor, nellore, tirupati, Annamayya districts what is now the state of [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Christine M. E. Matthews |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qz6zAAAAIAAJ&dq=Naickers%2C+Palyakarars+or+Mutrachas+are+originally+Telugu+%28i.e.+from+Andhra+Pradesh+State%29.&q=Naickers%2C+Palyakarars+++Mutrachas+++originally++++Andhra+Pradesh+State%29.|title=Health and Culture in a South Indian Village |location= |publisher= Sterling |year=1979|page=63|quote=Naickers, Palyakarars or Mutrachas are originally Telugu (i.e. from Andhra Pradesh State). They were employed by Vijayanagar kings to defend the frontiers of their dominions, and were given the title of Paligars, Mutracha comes from mudi raja ( old king)<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Social groups of Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:Indian castes]]<br />
[[Category:Social groups of Karnataka]]<br />
[[Category:Social groups of Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:South Indian communities]]</div>XMCplNewsRSSPortal