Thuluva Vellala

Thuluva Vellala (also known as Thuluva Vellalar, Tozhu Vellala), acronym of Thondaimandala Thuluva Vellala[2] is a vellala caste who migrated from Tulu Nadu and settled in northern Tamil Nadu, southern Andhra Pradesh and southern Karnataka. They have many synonyms viz., Arcot Mudaliar,[4] Arcot Vellala, Agamudiar, Agamudi Mudaliar, Agamudi Udayar and Agamudi Reddy.[5]

Thuluva Vellala
ClassificationArcot Mudaliar and Arcot Vellala sects are classified under Forward class [1] [2] and rest under Backward class.
Classified under Group ‘D’ category [3] by Andhra Pradesh Government.
ReligionsPredominantly Shaivism, also Vaishnavism, Jainism and Christianity
LanguagesTamil
RegionTamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka Cities : Chennai, Bangalore, Vellore
Related groupsTulu People, Tamil people & Thondaimandala Vellala

They are predominantly living in erstwhile North Arcot region (Current day Vellore, Tiruvannamalai, Ranipet and Tirupattur districts). They had migrated to several cantonment towns in North India, Burma and Malaya in British times. The Thondaimandala Tuluva Vellala sabha[6] in the chennai city was the oldest of its kind and played the major part in developing Tamil - Carnatic music.

Arcot Mudaliars are generally superior in education and anglophilic[7]

Origin

Thuluva Vellalars are the Velirs, who are said to have migrated into Tondaimandalam from Tulu Nadu (now, south Canara district of Karnataka) during the period of the medieval Cholas.[8]

Thuluva Vellala, settled in Tondaimandalam are of 12,000 clans. The region they dwelled consisted of 24 divisions called as kottams. These kottams were subdivided into 64 naadus, which in turn comprised 999 villages.

They were originally significant landowners.[2] They use Arcot Mudaliar, Mudaliar, Pillai, Udayar and rarely Naicker / Reddy titles .[9]

Notable people
  • Ponneri Mootia Mudaliar[10] - Dubashe of English East India Company.
  • Thaniappa Mudaliar[11] - Dubashe from Poonamallee and served French East India Company along with his grandson Kanakaraya Mudali.

See also

References
  1. "அரசியல் ரீதியாக அங்கீகாரம் கிடைத்தாலும் 10 சதவீத இட ஒதுக்கீடு நிறைவேறுவதில் சிக்கல்". Dailythanthi.com. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  2. Rajadurai, S. V.; Geetha, V. (2004). "Response to John Harriss". In Wyatt, Andrew; Zavos, John (eds.). Decentring the Indian Nation. Routledge. p. 115. ISBN 978-1-13576-169-1.
  3. Reporter, Staff (12 December 2016). "'Mudaliar' title added in BC (D) list". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  4. [lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/6461/1/22101_1961_CHI.pdf "Census of India 1961 - District Handbook of Chingleput"] Check |url= value (help) (PDF). Census of India. Volume 9: 16.
  5. Padmanabhan, Kochappi (2006). "Mudaliars". Socio-economic Status of Widows. New Delhi: Serial Publications. p. 72. ISBN 8186771980.
  6. Krishnamachari, Suganthy (9 September 2010). "Musical notes from history". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  7. [lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/6537/1/22115_1961_NOR.pdf "Indian Census 1961 handbook - North Arcot"] Check |url= value (help) (PDF). p. Chapter 3 page no 16 topic : Cultivators.
  8. Balakrishnan Raja Gopal (1965). The Rashtrakutas of Malkhed: Studies in the History and Culture. Mythic Society, Bangalore by Geetha Book House, 1994. p. 178.
  9. Kanakalatha Mukund (2005). The View from Below: Indigenous Society, Temples, and the Early Colonial State in Tamilnadu, 1700-1835. Orient Blackswan, 2005 - British - 206 pages. p. 101. ISBN 9788125028000.
  10. Susan Neild, Basu. "The Dubashes of Madras". Cambrige university press. Modern Asian Studies: 1–31 – via JSTOR.
  11. Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu and South India under French Rule: From François Martin to Dupleix 1674-1754. Routledge Taylor and Francis group. November 2020. |first= missing |last= (help)
  12. K, Kumaresan (1984). Dravida Thalaivar C. Natesanar. Madras. pp. Introduction, p.4.
  13. Andrew wyatt, John Zavos. Decentring the Indian Nation. p. 115.
  14. Ka, Thiru. Vi. (1944). Valkai Kurippugal. Madras. p. 449.
  15. Salem Cyclopedia: A Cultural and Historical Dictionary of Salem District, Tamil Nadu Busnagi Rajannan Institute of Kongu Studies, 1992 - Salem (India : District) p. 243
  16. "ப உ சண்முகம் பிறந்தநாள் விழா". Dinamani. 16 August 2012.
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