• Sri Lankan Vellalar (Tamil: இலங்கை வெள்ளாளர், lit. 'Ilaṅkai veḷḷāḷar') is a caste in Sri Lanka, predominantly found in the Jaffna peninsula and adjacent...
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  • numerically strong Arunattu Vellalar, Chozhia Vellalar, Karkarthar Vellalar, Kongu Vellalar, Thuluva Vellalar and Sri Lankan Vellalar. The earliest occurrence...
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  • Vellalar Kongu Vellalar, commonly known as Kongu Gounder Nankudi Vellalar or Narkudi Vellalar (also known as Sivakalai Pillaimar) Sri Lankan Vellalar...
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  • castes of the Sri Lankan Vellalar who make more than half of the Tamil population in srilanka, Nalavar and Koviyar, where the Vellalar and the Koviyar...
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  • Sri Lankan Pallar is a Tamil caste found in northern and eastern Sri Lanka. They are traditionally involved in agriculture and were also involved in toddy...
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    rest of the country. 70% of Sri Lankan Tamils in Sri Lanka live in the Northern and Eastern provinces. Modern Sri Lankan Tamils descend from residents...
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  • Colombo Chetties, are an ethnicity in the island of Sri Lanka. Before 2001, they were known as the Sri Lankan Tamil ( ශ්‍රී ලංකා දෙමළ) caste, but then after...
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    The Sri Lankan civil war (Tamil: இலங்கை உள்நாட்டுப் போர், romanized: Ilaṅkai uḷnāṭṭup pōr; Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ සිවිල් යුද්ධය, romanized: śrī laṁkāvē...
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  • Koviyar (category Sri Lankan Tamil castes)
    regarded as the "cousin" caste of the more numerical dominant caste, Sri Lankan Vellalar. The name "Koviyar" can be used exchangeably with the names Kovilar...
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  • populated areas of Sri Lanka. However, the area's population figures have been highly volatile due to massive displacement caused by the Sri Lankan Civil War....
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  • the castes of the Vellalar, Nalavar and Koviar, where the Vellalar caste is the dominating one, particularly in Northern Sri Lanka. They approximately...
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    The Sri Lankan Tamil dialects or Ceylon Tamil or commonly in Tamil language Eelam Tamil (Tamil: ஈழத் தமிழ், īḻat tamiḻ) are a group of Tamil dialects used...
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  • Sri Lankan Paraiyar is a Tamil caste found in northern and eastern Sri Lanka. They are traditional parai-drummers who were also involved in weaving and...
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  • Madapalli (category Sri Lankan Tamil castes)
    caste found mainly in the northern part of Sri Lanka. Found today as a subcaste of the Sri Lankan Vellalar, the Madapallis were considered an independent...
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    The Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora refers to the global diaspora of Sri Lankan Tamil origin. It can be said to be a subset of the larger Sri Lankan and Tamil...
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  • script. Sri Lankan Tamil dialects are distinct from the Tamil dialects used in Tamil Nadu, India. They are used in Sri Lanka and in the Sri Lankan Tamil...
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    killed in the civil war, of which many were Sri Lankan Tamils. 800,000 Sri Lankan Tamils also left Sri Lanka for various destinations, including Europe...
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    communities, mainly in the Sri Lankan Vellalar community, considered a subcaste known as Chetty Vellalar. The Chetties of Western Sri Lanka converted to Roman...
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  • as Vellalars or Karaiyars. Sri Lankans in India India – Sri Lanka relations Indrapala, K The Evolution of an ethnic identity: The Tamils of Sri Lanka, p...
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    tamiḻt tēciyakkūṭṭamaippu) was a political alliance in Sri Lanka which represented the Sri Lankan Tamil minority of the country. It was formed in October...
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    Ponnambalam–Coomaraswamy family are mainly from Manipay, Jaffna and were of the Sri Lankan Vellalar caste. They have been politically active since 18th century, with...
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    is one of Sri Lanka's oldest religions, with temples dating back over 2,000 years. As of 2011[update], Hindus made up 12.6% of the Sri Lankan population...
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  • Ambattar (category Sri Lankan Tamil castes)
    of Sri Lanka, they arrived in the Jaffna Kingdom as attendants of warriors. Since they came without their wives, they married Sri Lankan Vellalar women...
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  • Mudaliars The title belongs to the communities like the Kondaikatti Vellalar, Thuluva Vellalar and Senguntha Kaikolar. The title is derived from the Tamil word...
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  • Vellalars are a group of high ranking castes in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and parts of Sri Lanka. Marudhanayagam Pillai (also...
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    that occurred in Sri Lanka during July 1983. The pogrom was premeditated, and was finally triggered by a deadly ambush on a Sri Lankan Army patrol by the...
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    Kachchi (lit. 'Sri Lanka Tamil State Party'; Tamil: இலங்கைத் தமிழரசுக் கட்சி, Sinhala: ඉලංගෙයි තමිළ් අරසු කච්චි; ITAK) is a Sri Lankan political party...
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  • Arunattu Vellalar (also spelt as Arunadu Velalar) is a subcaste of the Vellalar in Tamil Nadu. They are predominantly landlords and agriculturalists.[citation...
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  • History of Eastern Tamils of Sri Lanka is informed by local legends, native literature and other colonial documents. Sri Lankan Tamils are subdivided based...
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    Tamils (redirect from Lankan Tamils)
    Tamils in Sri Lanka are classified into three ethnicities by the Sri Lankan government, namely Sri Lankan Tamils, Indian Origin Tamils and Sri Lankan Moors...
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