Pallar
Agricultural Caste in Tamil Nadu, India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Pallar, who prefer to be called Mallar, are an agricultural community from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The Pallars traditionally inhabited the fertile wetland area referred to as Marutham in the literary devices of the Sangam landscape. Today, they are the dominant Dalit community of southern Tamil Nadu and have developed a reputation for being assertive about their rights.[2][3] Due to the demand of the pallar community to classify them under a more dignified generic name Devendrakula Velalar, recently they together with six other related castes have been given the name Devendrakula Velalar; however their original caste name remains valid and they are still part of the Scheduled Caste list.[4][5]
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Regions with significant populations | |
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Southern, Central and Western districts of Tamil Nadu[1] | |
Languages | |
Tamil | |
Religion | |
Hinduism, Christianity | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Tamil people |