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Agamudayar

Agamudayar (otherwise Agamudaiyar, Akamudayar, Agamudayan) are a Tamil community found in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.[2] In Southern parts of Tamil Nadu, they are considered as one of the three castes which make up the Thevar or Mukkulathor community. According to the anthropologist Zoe E Headley, the three communities (Agamudayar, Kallar and Maravar) are the "numerically dominant rural backward castes of the southern districts of Tamil Nadu".[3] Agamudayars are listed in the national commission of backward caste lists for Tamil Nadu as "Agamudayar”. Agamudayar was derived from maravar community. Mukkulathore is Denotified community and Backward Class community. [4][5] [6]

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Agamudayar
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The Marudhu Pandiyars (Periya Marudhu and Chinna Marudhu)
ReligionsHinduism
LanguagesTamil
RegionTamil Nadu
EthnicityTamils
Population1981-1982: 5 per cent of the Backward Class population of Tamil Nadu[1]
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Etymology

The term Agamudayar is a Tamil word of "Agam" which means Palace or Land and "Udayar"means Lord or Holder "Palace Chief " or "Land holder".[7]

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