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===Temple Car Festivals=== |
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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> |
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> |
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===Indra Vizha Festival=== |
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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> |
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===Aravan Festival=== |
===Aravan Festival=== |
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Devendrakula Velalar is a modern umbrella term for seven agricultural communities native to the southern, central and 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.[1]
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,[2] the Koniamman Temple,[3] the Vandiyur Mariamman Teppakulam[4] and the festival at Thenthiruperai.[5]
Aravan Festival
The Devendrakula Velalars play a major part in the Aravan Festival in Coimbatore especially in Singanallur, Kurichi and Vellalore and share the adoption and death stage of Aravan, since he is believed to be the son of Arjuna and grandson of Devendra according to Hindu mythology.[6][7]
Occupation
Their traditional occupation is that of cultivation, although by the 1990s large minority of them were employed in government or private services.[8]
See also
References
- ^ "Lok Sabha passes bill to place seven castes under Devendrakula Velalars in Tamil Nadu". The Hindu. 19 March 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
- ^ "Seedling Planting Festival at Perur Pateeswarar Temple in Coimbatore". Maalai Malar. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ^ "Koniamman car festival". Thamizhe. 9 February 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ "Grandeur marks float fest in Madurai". Times Of India. 9 February 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ^ "Thenthiruperai car festival-2022". Maalaimalar. 26 March 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
- ^ "Aravan festival in the city of Coimbatore". The Hindu Tamil. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ "Unraveling myth of newlyweds staying away from Aravaan worship". The Covai Post. 19 November 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
- ^ Wyatt 2012, p. 141.
Sources
- Venkatasubramanian, T. K. (1986). Political change and agrarian tradition in South India (c. 1600-1801): a case study. Delhi, India: Mittal Publications.
- Wyatt, Andrew (2012). "The PT and caste politics in southern Tamil Nadu". Party system change in South India: political entrepreneurs, patterns & processes. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-53315-7. OCLC 773428836.