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'''Devendrakula Velalar''' is a modern umbrella term for seven agricultural communities native to the [[Pandya Nadu|southern]], [[Chola Nadu|central]] and [[Kongu Nadu|western districts]] of [[Tamil Nadu]], India. These communities are the Devendra Kulathar, Kudumbar, Kadaiyar, Kaladi, Pallar, Pannadi and Vathiriyar. The term was legally recognised in 2021.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/lok-sabha-okays-putting-seven-castes-under-devendrakula-vellalars/article34109785.ece
| newspaper=The Hindu| title= Lok Sabha passes bill to place seven castes under Devendrakula Velalars in Tamil Nadu| date= 19 March 2021 | first= | last=| access-date=20 March 2021}}</ref>

==Temple festivals==
===Temple Car Festivals===
The Devendrakula Velalar community traditionally celebrate and initiate the temple car festivals at numerous locations, including the [[Perur Pateeswarar Temple]],<ref>{{cite news|date=20 June 2018|title=Seedling Planting Festival at Perur Pateeswarar Temple in Coimbatore|newspaper=Maalai Malar|url=https://maalaimalar.com/devotional/devotionaltopnews/2018/06/20085626/1171330/perur-patteeswarar-temple-festival.vpf |access-date=2021-03-31}}</ref> the [[Koniamman Temple, Coimbatore|Koniamman Temple]],<ref>{{cite news|date=9 February 2020|title=Koniamman car festival|newspaper=Thamizhe|url=https://tamilinews.com/spirituality/covai-koniyamman-kovil-festivel-first-importance-devendrakulavelalar-community/471/ |access-date=2021-02-15}}</ref> the [[Vandiyur Mariamman Teppakulam]]<ref>{{cite news|date=9 February 2020|title=Grandeur marks float fest in Madurai|newspaper=Times Of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/grandeur-marks-float-fest-in-madurai/articleshow/74036052.cms |access-date=2021-03-29}}</ref> and the festival at [[Thenthiruperai]].<ref>{{cite news|date=26 March 2022|title=Thenthiruperai car festival-2022|newspaper=Maalaimalar|url=https://www.maalaimalar.com/news/district/2022/03/26151719/3616106/Thoothukudi-News--Thenthirupparai-Makara-Nedungukulaikkadar.vpf |access-date=2022-05-14}}</ref>
===Indra Vizha Festival===
The [[Indra Vizha (festival)|Indra Vizha]] is conducted at [[Tripura Sundari|Kamatchi Amman]] temple at Kallimadai locality near [[Singanallur, Coimbatore|Singanallur]] in [[Coimbatore]] every year by the Devendrakula Velalar community.<ref>{{cite news|date=2015-01-16|title=Kallimadai Indra Festival|newspaper=Dinamalar|url=https://m.dinamalar.com/detail.php?id=1434219|access-date=2022-04-22}}</ref>

===Aravan Festival===
The Devendrakula Velalars play a major part in the [[Aravan Festival in Coimbatore]] especially in [[Singanallur, Coimbatore|Singanallur]], [[Kurichi]] and [[Vellalore]] and share the adoption and death stage of [[Iravan|Aravan]], since he is believed to be the son of [[Arjuna]] and grandson of [[Indra|Devendra]] according to [[Hindu mythology]].<ref>{{cite news|date=17 November 2013|title=A Koothandavar fest without TGs in Coimbatore|newspaper=The New Indian Express|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2013/nov/17/A-Koothandavar-fest-without-TGs-in-Coimbatore-538361.html |access-date=2022-01-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=9 November 2016|title=Aravan festival in the city of Coimbatore|newspaper=The Hindu Tamil|url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/spirituals/86563-.html |access-date=2022-01-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=19 November 2017|title=Unraveling myth of newlyweds staying away from Aravaan worship|newspaper=The Covai Post|url=https://www.covaipost.com/coimbatore/unraveling-myth-of-newlyweds-staying-away-from-aravaan-worship/ |access-date=2022-10-22}}</ref>

== Occupation ==
Their traditional occupation is that of cultivation, although by the 1990s large minority of them were employed in government or private services.{{Sfn|Wyatt|2012|p=141}}

==See also==
* [[Thiru Sri Thiagu Vayakkarar|Thiagu Vayakkarar]], Member of [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Council|Madras Provincial Legislative Council]]
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==References==
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=== Sources ===
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*{{Cite book |last=Venkatasubramanian |first=T. K. |title=Political change and agrarian tradition in South India (c. 1600-1801): a case study |date=1986 |url=https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001075877 |publisher=Mittal Publications |location=Delhi, India}}
*{{Cite book |last=Wyatt |first=Andrew |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/773428836 |title=Party system change in South India: political entrepreneurs, patterns & processes |chapter=The PT and caste politics in southern Tamil Nadu |date=2012 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-415-53315-7 |oclc=773428836}}
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