Английская Википедия:Agamudayar
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Шаблон:Portal Agamudayar (otherwise Agamudaiyar, Akamudayar, Agamudayan) are a Tamil community found in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.[1] 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".[2] Agamudayars are listed in the national commission of backward caste lists for Tamil Nadu as ‘Agamudayar including Thozhu or Thuluva Vellala ’.[3]
Etymology
The term Agamudayar is a Tamil word meaning "House owner" or "Landholder".[4]
Demographics
They are concentrated in Chennai,Villupuram, Tiruvanamalai,Cuddalore,Sivagangai, Ramanathapuram, Thanjavur, Thiruvarur, Nagapattinam, Madurai, Tirunelveli Thoothukudi and Pudukkottai districts.Шаблон:Cn
Titles of Agamudayar
- Thevar
- Servai
- Mudaliar
- Pillai
- Desigar
- Udaiyar
- Maniakkarar
Notable people
- Vijaya Bhaskar
- S. S. Chandran
- P. U. Chinnappa
- V. L. Ethiraj
- S. P. Jananathan
- Kovi Manisekaran
- A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar
- Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar
- C. Natesa Mudaliar
- Pachaiyappa Mudaliar
- V. M. Muralidharan
- Sangili Murugan
- Maruthu Pandiyar
- S. S. Rajendran
- V. Ravichandran
- K. S. Ravikumar
- P. U. Shanmugam
- Simbuthevan
- Thengai Srinivasan
- V. Thiruselvam
- Kalaipuli S. Thanu
- Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar
- Vasanthabalan
- Vivek
- Dhivyadharshini
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