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	==Literary evidence==		==Literary evidence==
	The original name of these people is said to be Ilai Vaniyar. <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> The earliest literary evidence about the word Senaithalaivar occurs in ''Adhi Diwakaram'', a Tamil lexicon written by Sendan Diwakarar.{{citation needed\|date=July 2020}} At olden days this title were used by many communities. It meant the profession of Senaithalaivar (commander-in-chief)<ref>{{cite book \|title=Tamil Nadu, Part 3 Volume 40 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9XLiAAAAMAAJ&q=The+original+name+of+the+caste+is+said+to+have+been+Elai+Vaniyan \|author=K. S. Singh \|publisher=Affiliated East-West Press\|year=1997 \|isbn=8185938881 }}</ref>		The original name of these people is said to be Ilai Vaniyar.<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> The earliest literary evidence about the word Senaithalaivar occurs in ''Adhi Diwakaram'', a Tamil lexicon written by Sendan Diwakarar.{{citation needed\|date=July 2020}} At olden days this title were used by many communities. It meant the profession of Senaithalaivar (commander-in-chief)<ref>{{cite book \|title=Tamil Nadu, Part 3 Volume 40 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9XLiAAAAMAAJ&q=The+original+name+of+the+caste+is+said+to+have+been+Elai+Vaniyan \|author=K. S. Singh \|publisher=Affiliated East-West Press\|year=1997 \|isbn=8185938881 }}</ref>

	==Distribution==		==Distribution==

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{{infobox caste
| caste_name = Senaithalaivar
| region = [[Indian state]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]
| languages = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| religions = [[Hinduism]]
| related = Velalar
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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]</ref> They are also known by the names Senaikudiyar, Ilaivaniar.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}And they use the title Pillai, Chettiar and. Moopanar .

==Literary evidence==
The original name of these people is said to be Ilai Vaniyar. <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> The earliest literary evidence about the word Senaithalaivar occurs in ''Adhi Diwakaram'', a Tamil lexicon written by Sendan Diwakarar.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} At olden days this title were used by many communities. It meant the profession of Senaithalaivar (commander-in-chief)<ref>{{cite book |title=Tamil Nadu, Part 3 Volume 40 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9XLiAAAAMAAJ&q=The+original+name+of+the+caste+is+said+to+have+been+Elai+Vaniyan |author=K. S. Singh |publisher=Affiliated East-West Press|year=1997 |isbn=8185938881 }}</ref>

==Distribution==
They are mainly populated in [[Tirunelveli District]], 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> T

==Society and caste organisation==
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]</ref>

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

Senaithalaivar - Revision history

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