Some people think the name itself is derived from nayaka, an honorific meaning leader of the people, while others believe it stems from the communitys association with the naga cult of serpent worship. They follow mainly writer, kanakku pillai, village karnam jobs in old times. Origin and history illathupillai community kerala religion. Their power and wealth grew until marthanda varma 17061758, the last king of venad and the first king of travancore, defeated them in the 1730s. Some of them converted to christian while under british rule. Christopher fuller, an anthropologist, has said that it is likely that the first reference to the nair community was made by pliny. Some of the communities that identify themselves as a vellalar are the numerically strong arunattu vellalar, chozhia vellalar, karkarthar vellalar, kongu vellalar, saiva vellalar, thuluva vellalar. Join facebook to connect with illathu pillaimar sangam and others you may know. Similarly the havas of tamilnadu now renamed as illathu pillaimars are said to be the immigrants of south travancore. Signup for free to get access to unlimited indian brides and grooms. Audio recordings, story of jesus audio jesus film project. Asaiva pillai are also both forward castes and backward ca. Postgraduate and research department of history, farook college kozhikode kerala 673632. They constitute over nine per cent of the population in the tirunelveli district.
November 2009 a gotra is the lineage or clan assigned to a hindu at birth. History of pillai, origin of pillai, food habits of pillai, vazhavu housing system of pillai, great pillai gallery. Saiva pillai are both forward castes and backward castes. About us tamilnadu illathu pillaimar sangam mumbai. We have brides and grooms from 2000 different communities in india seeking matches from profiles like yours. They claim that they are on par with the brahmins in the social scale. Origin and history of illathu pillai community illathu pillai are tamil speaking community, spread over entire south tamil nadu.
Illathupillai brides and grooms,matrimonial,matrimony. Their origins can be traced back to srilanka also called simhala based on some older inscriptions. They are believed to have migrated to this part of the state from thondaimandalam. Chokalingam avargal now looks after most of his fathers ventu. Hi, everybody, i have already been wrote a detailed history about our saiva vellala, but no body has studied it as quite. The progress scale is derived from people group values for percent evangelical and percent christian adherent. Sivagalai is a village in the tuticorin district of tamil nadu, india. Kolam patterns are most commonly drawn with chalk or rice powder by women on the. Thamotharampillai, publisher of ancient tamil texts arumuka navalar, born as kandar arumugam pillai, a hindu reformer m. Naraina pillai, a social entrepreneur and businessman marimutthu pillai, a musician c. Naan devendrakulathan chera,chola,pandiyaruda ratham.
Community matrimony offers matrimonial services with large database of illathu pillai brides and illathu pillai grooms worldwide. They were associated with the padmanabhaswamy temple in thiruvananthapuram and the ettara yogam. Indian history by vk agnihotri welcome to the department. They are actually related to ezhavas of kerala which is confirmed by their reverence of sri narayana guru. Matchfinder also offers paid matrimony services like personal. The aborigines of africa, north america, europe, australia, newzealand, arctic were all killed by white race for colonization. View the profiles of people named illathu pillaimar sangam. Buy the world renowned research book on kottai pillaimar read it at world library read more. Online shopping on lowest price with the most fashionable range of women,men and kids dress cloths and footwear, apparels, accessories every thing.
Illathu pillai are tamil speaking community, spread over entire south tamil nadu. In 1914, the nair service society nss was founded by mannathu padmanabha pillai. Part of a series on hinduism unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Velalar pottery maker or kuyavargal versus vellalar. She is the author of several books including the popular volume, a history of india, and is currently professor emerita at jawaharlal nehru university jnu in new delhi. Matchfinder is the first online matrimony website to introduce 100 rs memberships.
You can understand who are saiva vellala, one more thing, before vyasa maharshi all the devotion and poojas are done by us. It is said that pandyan princess alii and carnatic king narasimha were the first ancestors of this community. Mallarnum name illatha book illa nanga katta ready. Romila thapar history books pdf download romila thapar. The title is used by different castes such as the agamudayars, isai vellalars, karaiyars, nairs,senaithalaivar and vellalars. Introduction history the ilavan are also known as izhava or ezhavas. Veerabahu avargal founder of tuticorin voc college of arts, apc college for women, apc high school, apc b. There was also a book called karuneegar puranam they believe they are descendants of chitra guptha, whose wife is karnagi amman. There are large gaps in the known early history of the kerala region, which in the. This means they extract sap from palms such as coconut and palmyra to make an alcoholic beverage. E d college and many more educational institutions. Vellalar is a generic tamil term used primarily by various castes who traditionally pursued agriculture as a profession in the indian states of tamil nadu, kerala and northeastern parts of sri lanka. The joshua project progress scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster, country or language.
The term pillai literally means child in the tamil language. Pillai or pillay is a surname found among the malayalam and tamilspeaking people of india and sri lanka origin. Clinikk provides personalized awareness building information through whatsapp, sms and ivr calls. The district capital tuticorin is 30 km from the village and srivaikundam and eral is 10 km and 6 km from the village respectively. Can you give a book with name of castes pillaimar,gounder or any vellalar caste name. Sri mutharamman,sri uchinimahali amman, sri kodikalpathu sudalaimadasamy are the famous temples here for illathu pillaimar community people. Apart from doctor consultations, if any medical information is required for eg. Culture and heritage of tamil people advent of european. Illathu pillai or illathu pillaimar is a community of south indian state tamil nadu. Pillaimar, kottai pillaimar and illathu pillaimar in the district. Welcome to the most affordable matrimonial site in india matchfinder.
Ilavan in india ethnic people profile joshua project. Universal history, from the creation of the world to the beginning of. The title occur both as a single name or as a suffix to the name. Origin and history of illathu pillai community illathu pillai ezhava called in tirunelveli regionthe ruler of ay kingdom are tamil speaking community, spread over entire south tamil nadu. Simple search result illathupillai,illathu pillai, best. Pillai are divided into two 1saiva pillai pure vegetarian 2asaiva pillai nonveg. Sri narayana guru, arattupuzha velayudha panicker, kumaran asan. The kolam is a traditional handdrawn art form in tamil nadu and south india comprised of many subfamilies. The ettuveetil pillamar lords of the eight houses were nobles from eight houses in erstwhile venad in presentday kerala state, south india. Pillai, doctor of divinity, 19001970 a bishopatlarge of the indian orthodox church. Pamphlet about illathu vellalar mantapam at palani. History of illathu pillai communityezhava related facebook.
It is surrounded by small hamlets like paramboo, pottal, parakiramapandi, monkottapuran and aavarangadu. Follower of freedom fighter vo c hidambaram pillai, congress veteran, tuticorin leader his son thiru apcv. Illathu pillai matrimony 888 looking for illathu pillai brides and illathu pillai grooms, join the leading matrimonial site in tamil nadu, india. They are believed to be related linguistically or socio linguistically to group of words elu hela seehala simhala salai seilandiba pointing all to the island of srilanka. You can search any of the history books andor wikipedia. Madurai illathu pillai matrimony 100 rs only to contact.
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