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{{Infobox ethnic group<br />
| group = Vannar<br />
| native_name = <br />
| native_name_lang = <br />
| image = File:Virabhadra silver plaque.jpg<br />
| caption = [[Virabhadra]] is the primordial god of the Vannar community<br />
| population = 2,072,625<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vikatan.com/vc/2009/pelect/subpage.asp?artid=1482|title=Tamil News - Latest Tamil News - Tamil News Online - Vikatan|website=Vikatan|access-date=7 October 2017}}</ref><br />
| regions = {{flag|India}} {{center|{{small|Other significant population centers:}}}}<br />
{{hlist|{{flag|Sri Lanka}}}}<br />
| langs = {{hlist|[[Tamil language|Tamil]]}}<br />
| rels = {{hlist|[[Hindu]] | [[Muslim]] | [[Christians|Christian]]}}<br />
| related_groups = [[Rajakulathor (caste)|Rajakulathor]], [[Hēna]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Vannar''' is a [[Tamils|Tamil]] caste found primarily in the Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]] and northeastern parts of [[Sri Lanka]]. The community has traditionally been involved in [[laundry]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ButtAAAAMAAJ|title=The Valayar of South India: Society and religion|last=Setty|first=E. Desingu|date=1990|publisher=Inter-India Publications|isbn=9788121002387|pages=304|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dLyAAAAAMAAJ|title=Man in India|last=Bahadur)|first=Sarat Chandra Roy (Ral|date=1986|publisher=A. K. Bose|pages=19|language=en}}</ref> also [[Farmworker|agricultural workers]]<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Nira Wickramasinghe|title=Srilanka in the Modern Age A History<br />
|publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2014|isbn=978-0-19-025727-9<br />
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YNhjDwAAQBAJ&dq=vannars+are+agricultural+labourers&pg=PA275}}</ref><br />
They are in Tamil Nadu classified as [[Other Backward Class|Most Backward Class]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main13.asp?filename=Cr082705Caught_in_the.asp |title=Tehelka - The People's Paper |publisher=Archive.tehelka.com |date=2005-08-27 |access-date=2016-05-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211045717/http://archive.tehelka.com/story_main13.asp?filename=Cr082705Caught_in_the.asp |archive-date=2014-12-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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== Etymology ==<br />
The word ''Vannar'' is thought to be derived from the [[Tamil language|Tamil]] word ''vannam'' meaning "beauty".<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wZI9AAAAMAAJ|title=At the bottom of Indian society: the Harijan and other low castes|last=Fuchs|first=Stephen|author-link=Stephen Fuchs|date=1981|publisher=Munshiram Manoharlal|pages=226|isbn=9788121502054|language=en}}</ref> The chief of this community use the title ''Kattadi'', meaning exorcist.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vp_la9QMGIQC|title=The New Wind: Changing Identities in South Asia|last=David|first=Kenneth|date=2011-06-03|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|isbn=9783110807752|pages=203|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
The Vannars traditionally occupy the [[Sangam landscape]] ''Marutham''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TzxwDQAAQBAJ&q=vannan&pg=PT103|title=Women and Work in Precolonial India: A Reader|last=Ramaswamy|first=Vijaya|date=2016-09-26|publisher=SAGE Publications India|isbn=9789351507406|language=en}}</ref> The Vannars are known as the descendants of [[Virabhadra]] and are considered to be the ancient inhabitants of the state<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=K.S.Singh|title=Peoples of Tamil Nadu Volume XL|publisher=Affiliated East West Press|year=1997|page=1566|url=https://archive.org/details/dli.jZY9lup2kZl6TuXGlZQdjZI8l0Uy/page/1566/mode/1up?view=theater}}</ref> The Vannars were also involved in the practice of [[Ayurveda|Ayurvedic medicine]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EnhAAAAAIAAJ|title=Hinduism in Ceylon|last=Cartman|first=James|publisher=M.D. Gunesena|year=1957|pages=134}}</ref> The Vannars served as ''kudimakkal'' or [[domestic servant]]s, who also gave importance as ceremonial officiators.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h94SAQAAIAAJ|title=Rituals, folk beliefs, and magical arts of Sri Lanka|last=Pranāndu|first=Mihindukalasūrya Ār Pī Susantā|date=2005|publisher=Susan International|isbn=9789559631835|pages=459|language=en}}</ref> The Vannas became the god of their clan [[Kartikeya|Murugan]] is [[worship]]ed and all his [[Temple]]s are decorated with [[Priest]]s<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Edger thurston|title=Castes and Tribes of Southern India|publisher=|year=1909|pages=315–320|url=https://archive.org/details/castestribesofso07thuriala/page/316/mode/2up}}</ref><br />
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== Legacy ==<br />
What is now available are the inscriptions on the famous Vannar monastery at [[Chidambaram]], which are available in two volumes. It is also known to have been established during the reign of [[Vijayanagara Empire|King Vijayanagara]]. It is said that the first book of the three books and the second book of the same book belong to the same period. Among these, the [[Lingam|Shivalingam]], Nandi, Sulaam, [[Surya]], [[Chandra]], Veeramanavalar <br />
[[Devi]], etc. are said to have been carved in the sculptures, and it is said that the Vannarmadam was renovated during the reign of King Vijayanagara Meykirti and [[Krishnadevaraya]]r and [[Achyuta Deva Raya|Achutharayar]]. Datsun, Isan's father-in-law, who was created by [[Shiva|Isan]] to destroy him and the gods and goddesses who volunteered to perform the sacrifice without inviting Isan. Both destroyed the gods and goddesses in the same way. The gods and goddesses who destroyed both were then revived by the Lord and Goddess for the welfare of the world, and the blood of the wounds inflicted on them by [[Virabhadra|Veerapathira]] and [[Kali]] was immortal on them. In order to remove that blood, [[Shiva|Eason]] orders Varuna to rain, and Varuna rains in the same way. However the blood stain remained on the clothes. So Eason ordered the warriors to remove that stain, and he was created one of the lineage. He is named Veeran and is sent to bleach the clothes of the gods and goddesses. Those who came in the way of the heroes and the way of the hero were called Vannar. They came to earth and did the same business<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Geetha Sambavasivam|title=Chidambaram Secret<br />
|publisher=Creative Commens|year=2001|page=70|quote=Chidambaram secret,news about Vannar monastery|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SalqCwAAQBAJ&dq=%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%A3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A3%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D&pg=PT193}}</ref><br />
<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=bagthavatsala bharathi<br />
|title=Tamil Anthropology<br />
|publisher=Meiyappan Tamilaivagam|year=2002|page=109|quote=Tamil anthropologist Veerapathiran came in the way|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=26OAAAAAMAAJ&q=%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%A3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A3%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D+%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D}}</ref><br />
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== Inscriptional sources ==<br />
News about the Vannars has been available since ancient times, but back then the Vannars were not civil servants but paid laborers. such as vannar kanam, vannar karkasu are derived from vannar, vannars were [[Textile arts]], [[Land tenure|landowners]] and [[donor]]s of land and temple artifacts to the temple. It is not known when these people became civil servants, but it is said to have been donated in the 14th century to the Karichunthamangalam Perumal temple as a gift.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://keetru.com/index.php/2010-06-24-04-31-11/ungal-noolagam-oct16/31697-2016-10-21-02-30-43|title=Painted in the history of Tamil society-strip|last=k.kamarajar|work=keetru.com}}</ref><br />
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== Notes of Vannars ==<br />
The castes on the [[Valangai|right]] were castes engaged in [[Agriculture]] work, while the [[Idangai|Left]] were castes were non-agricultural castes engaged in handicrafts such as [[Metalworking|metal workers]] and <br />
[[Weaving|weavers]]. The place followed during the [[Chola dynasty|Chola period]] is about the right-wingers in the history of the right-wing caste<br />
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{{cquote|"Kayvanaval Allitharum and the tiger flag were hoisted<br />
<br/>were Identified"|400px||-Right hand history}}<br />
<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Soundarapandian|title=Right hand history|publisher=Department of Archeology|year=1995|page=108|url=https://www.tamildigitallibrary.in/book-detail?id=jZY9lup2kZl6TuXGlZQdjZt1kxyy&tag=%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%88%20%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D%20%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B1%E0%AF%81#book1/}}</ref><br />
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About Tamil Vannar and Vaduka Vannar<br />
As told in the histories of Bharatavarsha<br />
{{cquote|"with curved <br/> lotus garland <br /> white elephant"|400px||- Inhabitants of india}}<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Gustav oppert|title=On The Original Inhabitants of Bharatavarsha or india|publisher=cornell university library|year=1894|page=64|url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924024065470/page/n87/mode/1up}}</ref><br />
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== Srilankan Vannars ==<br />
In Sri Lanka, the Vannars worship King [[Periyathambiran]], the ruler of the city of Valavai, as their tribal deity<br />
Each community is shown their identities by the "Nikandu Sulamani" in that order<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Dennis B.McGilvray|title=Crucible of Conflict Tamil and Muslim Society on the East Coast of Sri Lanka|publisher=Duke University Press|year=2008|page=238|isbn=978-0822341611|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MTh4pixlifYC&dq=vannar&pg=PA238}}</ref><br />
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{{cquote|"Valavai with a white flag thumbai flower <br/> Are found"|400px||-Nikandu Sulamani}}<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=S.R.Bakshi|title=Sri Lanka Gazetteer|publisher=Cosmo Publication|year=2000|page=176|isbn=8177550144|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6lSiHKZRkssC&dq=vannar&pg=PA173}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Wilmot Horton|title=Ceylon Gazetteer|publisher=Chota church mission press|year=1915|page=235|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=66Hu-9OPWL4C&dq=vannar&pg=RA2-PA232}}</ref><br />
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In the [[Tolkāppiyam]], [[Leucas aspera|Thumbai]] is taken as a department and Thumbai is said to be a separate grammar for the [[War]].<br />
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== Notable peoples ==<br />
* [[Bannari Mariamman Temple|Bannari Amman]] -a powerful goddess from the Tamil and Kannada folklore.<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Perumal Murugan|title=Black Coffee in a Coconut Shell Caste as Lived Experience|publisher=SAGE Publication|year=2018|page=|isbn=9789352804993|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7RpBDwAAQBAJ&dq=vannar&pg=PT79}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Dhobi]]<br />
* [[Muslim Dhobi]]<br />
* [[Panicker]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.Vannarsangam.Com/ Official website]<br />
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[[Category:Social groups of Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:Sri Lankan Tamil castes]]<br />
[[Category:Indian castes]]</div>Ajay Kumar