Mazhavaraayas

Mazhavaraayas or Mazhavars were the Polygars of Ariyalur.They belong to the Padaiyachi sub-division of the Palli or Vanniyan Caste.[1][2][3].The title of this polygar was Nayanar.[4]

In 1735, Rangappa Mazhavaraaya of Ariyalur donated 175 acres (71 ha) of land to a church.[5]

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  1. Hemingway, F. R,p.344 (1907). Madras District Gazetteers,Trichinopoly Vol. 1.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Taylor,William,p. 165 (1835). Oriental Historical Manuscripts Vol.2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. W.Francis,p.192 (2002). Gazetteer of South India, Volume 2.
  4. https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.90932/2015.90932.Oriental-Historical-Manuscripts--Vol-2#page/n177/mode/2up
  5. S. Jeyaseela Stephen (2008). Caste, Catholic Christianity, and the Language of Conversion: Social Change and Cultural Translation in Tamil Country, 1519-1774. ISBN 9788178356860.