tamildhesiyam

The Valanjiyars/Gavaras are a famous Tamil Trading Guild along with Nanadesis and Nagarathars. They dominated the trade routes of South East Asia.They are present in Coastal Andhra regions and Inner Tamilnadu region. The people of Valanjiyar guild are said to be highly courageous and were popularly known as Veera Valanjiyar in Tamil Counry, Veera Balanjiya in Kannada and Veera bhanju in canareese.They have very strict mercantile code of conduct which they refer it as veera dharma sasthram. Due to their complete trading activity they were uniformly settled in entire south india including srilanka to conduct trading activities. ORIGINS The Valanjiyars now referred as Gavara people living in Tamil Nadu has their origins in the Tamil Country even though some historians claim they have their origins in Srilanka but it wasn't proved since most of the available records clearly shows they migrated to srilanka from Tamil Country to access Trade operations. The Valanjiyars are one ...

Kammavars: The Kamma caste are popular caste in andhra pradesh and has significant population in Tamilnadu. Infact 80% of the chief ministers of Andhra pradesh so far ruled were kammavars. There are popularly called as Vadugar Community in Tamilnadu. The villages kammavars settled in Tamilnadu are called as Vadugapalayam. They were recruited by many nayaka rulers as their commanders which led to the increase in population of kammavars in Tamilnadu.The name vaduga was obtained since they were considered people who came from north in kongnadu. Origins:   Kamma people can be traced to their historic origin in the place of kammanadu. Kammanadu is a historical place found in Andhra Pradesh which got its name by the river gundalakamma river. The people originated from this kammanadu place are referred by their caste as kammavars both in Andhra and Tamilnadu. The kammavars are initially small landlords and rulers of kammanadu with their own sovereignty. There are recorded proofs in ...

The Telugu speaking people living in Tamilnadu are basically divided into many caste sectors.Let us see their true history and where they actually belong to. The Telugu speaking people living in Tamilnadu roughly consists of 10-20% of the population.The major caste sectors in telugu speaking people are (Click the name for more details) 1)Kammavars also known as vadugars 2)Raja Kambalathar also known as kambalathars 3)Gavara also known as valanjiyars All the three castes usually have naidu/nayakkar as their sur names. All the three caste has their own individual identities and origins. Kammavars have their origins from Andhra Pradesh, Kambalathars from Karnataka and Gavaras from Tamil Nadu. Kammavars: The Kamma caste are popular caste in andhra pradesh and has significant population in Tamilnadu. Infact 80% of the chief ministers of Andhra pradesh so far ruled were kammavars. There are popularly called as Vadugar Community in Tamilnadu. The villages kammavars settled in Tam...