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The '''Udayar''' is a title used by multiple [[caste system in India|caste]] in the state of [[Tamil Nadu]], India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bcmbcmw.tn.gov.in/bclist.htm|title=List of Backward Classes Approved}}</ref> | |||
The '''Udayar''' is a title used by multiple [[caste system in India|caste]] in the state of [[Tamil Nadu]], India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bcmbcmw.tn.gov.in/bclist.htm|title=List of Backward Classes Approved}}</ref> | |||
== Present status == | == Present status == | ||
The Udayar, together with the [[Pallar]] and [[Kallar(caste)|Kallar]], form the Marava castes, which predominate in the region variously known as [[Ramnad]] and the [[Maravar]] country.<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Transgressing Boundaries, Transcending Turner: The Pilgrimage Tradition at the Shrine of St. John de Britto |first=Selva J. |last=Raj |title=Popular Christianity in India: Riting Between the Lines |editor1-first=Selva J. |editor1-last=Raj |editor2-first=Corinne G. |editor2-last=Dempsey |publisher=SUNY Press |year=2002 |page=86 |isbn=9780791455197 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zv42cV5dQmYC |accessdate=2012-05-01}}</ref> | |||
== Religion == | == Religion == | ||
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Some Udayars are [[Roman Catholic]] Christians.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pxdhTsNWzTMC|title=Communities Panchayats and Governance at Grassroots|last1=Palanithurai|first1=Ganapathy|last2=Ragupathy|first2=Varadarajan|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|year=2008|isbn=9788180695636|page=138|accessdate=2012-05-01}}</ref><ref name="Raj2002p87" /> | Some Udayars are [[Roman Catholic]] Christians.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pxdhTsNWzTMC|title=Communities Panchayats and Governance at Grassroots|last1=Palanithurai|first1=Ganapathy|last2=Ragupathy|first2=Varadarajan|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|year=2008|isbn=9788180695636|page=138|accessdate=2012-05-01}}</ref><ref name="Raj2002p87" /> | ||
==Notable people== | |||
*[[Channaiah Odeyar]] (died 2007), Indian politician | |||
*[[N. Karupanna Odayar]], Indian politician | |||
*[[N. P. V. Ramasamy Udayar]] (1936–1998), Indian industrialist | |||
*[[T. S. Swaminatha Odayar]], Indian politician | |||
* [[ A. T. Pannirselvam ]], Indian attorney and political leader. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
{{Portal|Tamils|India|Hinduism}} | |||
==Further reading== | ==Further reading== | ||
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[[Category:Christian communities of India]] | [[Category:Christian communities of India]] | ||
[[Category:Surnames of Indian origin]] | |||
[[Category:Surnames of Hindu origin]] | |||
[[Category:South Indian communities]] | |||
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| Religions | Hinduism, Christianity |
| Languages | Tamil |
| Country | India |
| Populated states | Tamil Nadu |
| Related groups | Tamil people |
The Udayar is a title used by multiple caste in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.[1]
Present status[edit | edit source]
The Udayar, together with the Pallar and Kallar, form the Marava castes, which predominate in the region variously known as Ramnad and the Maravar country.[2]
Religion[edit | edit source]
In Ramnad and the nearby areas of Pudukottai, Madurai, Salem, Namakkal, Tanjore and Trichy, they and their two fellow Maravar caste groups are prominent in their cult worship of the shrine at Oriyur that commemorates John de Britto, a 17th-century Portuguese Jesuit missionary and martyr. Raj says, "A notable feature of the Britto cult is that it is centered around caste identities rather than religious affiliation", and thus members of the caste-group, irrespective of their religious affiliation regard Britto as their clan-deity.[3]
Some Udayars are Roman Catholic Christians.[4][3]
Notable people[edit | edit source]
- Channaiah Odeyar (died 2007), Indian politician
- N. Karupanna Odayar, Indian politician
- N. P. V. Ramasamy Udayar (1936–1998), Indian industrialist
- T. S. Swaminatha Odayar, Indian politician
- A. T. Pannirselvam , Indian attorney and political leader.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "List of Backward Classes Approved".
- ↑ Raj, Selva J. (2002). "Transgressing Boundaries, Transcending Turner: The Pilgrimage Tradition at the Shrine of St. John de Britto". In Raj, Selva J.; Dempsey, Corinne G. (eds.). Popular Christianity in India: Riting Between the Lines. SUNY Press. p. 86. ISBN 9780791455197. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Raj, Selva J. (2002). "Transgressing Boundaries, Transcending Turner: The Pilgrimage Tradition at the Shrine of St. John de Britto". In Raj, Selva J.; Dempsey, Corinne G. (eds.). Popular Christianity in India: Riting Between the Lines. SUNY Press. p. 87. ISBN 978-0-79145-519-7.
- ↑ Palanithurai, Ganapathy; Ragupathy, Varadarajan (2008). Communities Panchayats and Governance at Grassroots. Concept Publishing Company. p. 138. ISBN 9788180695636. Retrieved 1 May 2012.
Further reading[edit | edit source]
- Burkhart, Geoffrey (June 1972). "Ranges of Endogamy in a Tamil Group". Indian Anthropologist. 2 (1): 1–6. JSTOR 41919203.
- Burkhart, Geoffrey (January 1976). "On the absence of descent groups among some Udayars of South India". Contributions to Indian Sociology. 10 (1): 31–61. doi:10.1177/006996677601000102. S2CID 143260084.