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-{{short description|Agricultural Caste in Tamil Nadu, India}}
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-{{Merge to|Pallar|discuss=Talk:Devendrakula_Velalar#Merge|date=March 2023}}
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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==
-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>{{deadlink}} 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>{{deadlink}} 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>{{qn}}
-== 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}}
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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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-[[Category:Indian society by state or union territory]]
-[[Category:Tamil Nadu]]
-[[Category:Agricultural castes]]
-[[Category:Tamil culture]]
-[[Category:Social groups of Tamil Nadu]]
-[[Category:Indian castes]]
-[[Category:Devendrakula Velalar]]