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'{{pp-dispute|small=yes}} {{Multiple issues| {{more citations needed|date=July 2019}} {{Original research|date=July 2019}} }} {{short description|Agricultural Caste in Tamil Nadu, India}} {{infobox caste | caste_name = Devendrakula Velalar | image = | caption = | classification = | religions = [[Hinduism]] | country = [[India]], [[Sri Lanka]] | state = [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Northern Province, Sri Lanka|Northern Province]] | languages = [[Tamil language|Tamil]] | region = [[Pandya Nadu]], [[Chola Nadu]], [[Kongu Nadu]] | related = }} '''Devendrakula Velalar''' is a Tamil speaking community prevalent in southern India. == Etymology == The term Devendrakula Velalar resp. Vellalar is used as an umbrella term for the castes which were related. The term means "''farmer of celestial being"'' or ''"Devendra community farmer"'', connoting that they were created by the god Devendra resp. Indra.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Venkatasubramanian|first=T. K.|url=https://books.google.ch/books?id=i8dp_b7GBrEC&pg=PA51&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Political Change and Agrarian Tradition in South India, C. 1600-1801: A Case Study|date=1986|publisher=Mittal Publications|language=en}}</ref>{{Dubious|date=August 2020}}{{Request quotation|date=August 2020}} == History == K. R. Hanumanthan is of the view they were an ancient community of Tamil Nadu who worked under the Pallavas as political chieftains with the title [[Kurumbar]]. <ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZvQtAAAAMAAJ&q|title=Untouchability: A Historical Study Upto 1500 A.D. : with Special Reference to Tamil Nadu|last=Hanumanthan|first=K. R|publisher=Koodal publisher|year=1979|isbn=|location=|pages=101–103|language=en}}</ref>{{qn|date=June 2020}}{{dubious|date=June 2020}} == Devendrakula Velalar nattars == The various [[nattar]]s were:<ref name=":dvk">{{Cite journal|last=|first=|date=1996|title=Chapter II - CASTE AND WOMEN|url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/135469/7/07_chapter%202.pdf|journal=Social conditions in Tamil Nadu|volume=|pages=104|via=INFLIBNET}}</ref> * Kodai Valanattar * Seevantha Valanattar * Paruthikottai Valanattar * Sikka Valanattar * Seluva Valanattar * [[Veeranattar]] * Samudra Nattar As irrigation is vital to the latter must have held a key position. Their occupation being seasonal thy have enjoyed greater mobility and had also served in the army of the Polygars.<ref name=":dvk" /> == Devendrakula Velalar Chola kings == * Tondaiman Ilantirayan * Kopperunarkilli Poets have praised them as Mallar among Mallars.{{Citation needed|date=August 2020}} == Inscription == An inscription of medieval period compares the [[Kudumbar]] with [[Pandya]] kings. According to it there was a severe famine in the [[Chera]], [[Chola]] and [[Pandya]] countries. The Pandya king went to [[Devendra]], sat on the same level with him, demanded equal privileges with him and came to earth with four devakanniar and cultivated sugar canes, plantain, palmyra and several varieties of paddy for which he brought from the heaven. He also dug twelve thousand wells in a single day and solved the problem of drought. In recognition of his services, he was given the title '''Devendra Kudumban''' and bestowed some privileges. This legend is useful to understand that the Devendrakula Velalar were experts in wet cultivation from time immemorial and responsible for the cultivation of wet crops like sugar cane, plantain and paddy.<ref>{{Cite book|url= |title=The Pallas of Tamil Nadu |last=Hanumanthan|first=K.R|publisher=|year=|pages=102–103|language=en}}</ref>{{Request quotation|date=August 2020}}{{Dubious|date=August 2020}} == References == {{Reflist}} [[Category:Indian castes]] [[Category:Tamil society]] [[Category:Agricultural castes]] [[Category:Hindu communities]] [[Category:Social groups of Tamil Nadu]]'