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Tamil and Telugu speaking community in south India
This article is about the Indian caste called Muthuraja. For other uses, see
Muttaraiyar
.
Muthuraja
(also known as
Mutharaiyar
) is a
Tamil
and
Telugu
[1]
speaking community found in the Indian state of
Tamil Nadu
.
Etymology
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The etymology of the community name is unclear. The names Muthuraja and Muthuraiyar may be derived from two words, the
Tamil
name
muthu
meaning "pearl" and
raja
or
raiyar
both meaning "king".
[2]
Muttaraiyar
may also be derived from
mundru
meaning "three" and
tharai
meaning "earth".
[
citation needed
]
Titles
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Their title
Ambalakkarar
is derived from the Tamil word
ambalam
meaning
panchayat
or "village council", as they served as the heads of these councils.
[2]
Demographics
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The
Tamil
Speaking Muthuraja are densely distributed in the
Tiruchirappalli
,
Pudukkottai
,
Thanjavur
,
Karur
,
Madurai
,
Dindigul
,
Perambalur
and
Sivagangai
districts of
Tamil Nadu
.
[
citation needed
]
The
Telugu
speaking Muthuraja Naidu comparatively fewer in number are mostly distributed in the
Chennai
,
Tiruvallur
,
Kanchipuram
,
Vellore
,
Tiruvannamalai
,
Viluppuram
and
Cuddalore
districts of northern
Tamil Nadu
[
citation needed
]
References
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- Athreya, Venkatesh B.; Djurfeldt, Goran; Lindberg, Staffan, eds. (1990).
Barriers broken: production relations and agrarian change in Tamil Nadu
. Sage Publications. p. 25.
ISBN
9780803996397
.
The Muthurajas are descendants of the soldiers which the poligars recruited in their homeland, the Telugu-speaking areas of contemporary Andhra Pradesh, north of Tamil Nadu. Like other castes originating from Andhra, they are bilingual, often speaking Telugu in family circles and Tamil outside the house
- K. M. Venkataramaiah, ed. (1996).
A handbook of Tamil Nadu
. International School of Dravidian Linguistics. p. 425.
ISBN
9788185692203
.
Muthuracha: A Telugu caste found in some districts of Tamil Nadu, the Muthuracha (muthur?cha) is also called Muttaraiyan. Some are talaiy?ris or watchmen of villages. They seem to be a major sect in the coastal villages of Andhra Pradesh
- Eveline Masilamani-Meyer, ed. (2004).
Kattavarayan Katai
. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 19.
ISBN
9783447047128
.
Among the Telugu castes that came to Tamilnadu were the Mutturajas or Mutr?chas.
- L. D. Sanghvi; V. Balakrishnan; Irawati Karmarkar Karve, eds. (1981).
Biology of the People of Tamil Nadu
. p. 21.
Mutracha (MT) Mutracha is also known as Muttiriyan in Tamil Nadu. It is primarily a Telugu caste found in the southern districts of Andhra Pradesh. They were employed by the Vijayanagar kings to defend their frontiers when they entered Tamil Nadu and were honoured with the title of Paligar. They speak Telugu in Tamil Nadu.
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a
b
Kent, Eliza F. (26 March 2013).
Sacred Groves and Local Gods: Religion and Environmentalism in South India
. Oxford University Press. pp. 33?34.
ISBN
9780199895472
.