| Agamudayar | |
|---|---|
 The Marudhu Pandiyars (Periya Marudhu and Chinna Marudhu) | |
| Kuladevta (male) | Muthaiyah [ karuppasamy] , 18m padi karuppasamy, Andavar [ Iyanar samy] |
| Religions | Tamil religion |
| Languages | Tamil |
| Region | Tamil Nadu |
| Ethnicity | Tamils |
| Population | 1981-1982: 5 per cent of the Backward Class population of Tamil Nadu[1] |
Agamudayar (otherwise Agamudaiyar, Akamudayar, Agamudayan) are a Tamil community found in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.[2] In Southern parts of Tamil Nadu, they are considered as one of the three castes which make up the Thevar or Mukkulathor community. According to the anthropologist Zoe E Headley, the three communities (Agamudayar, Kallar and Maravar) are the " Dominant rural backward castes of the southern districts of Tamil Nadu".[3] Agamudayars are listed in the national commission of backward caste lists for Tamil Nadu.[4]
Etymology
The term Agamudayar is derived from a Tamil word 'Agambadi' meaning "guard".[5]
Demographics
They are concentrated in Villupuram, Tiruvanamalai,Sivagangai, Ramanathapuram, Nagapattinam, Madurai, Tirunelveli Thoothukudi and Pudukkottai districts.
Titles of Agamudayar
- Thevar
- Servai
Notable people
- Vijaya Bhaskar
- S. S. Chandran
- P. U. Chinnappa
- Dhivyadharshini
- V. L. Ethiraj
- S. P. Jananathan
- Karunas
- Kovi Manisekaran
- A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar
- Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar
- C. Natesa Mudaliar
- Pachaiyappa Mudaliar
- V. M. Muralidharan
- Sangili Murugan
- Maruthu Pandiyar
- S. S. Rajendran
- V. Ravichandran
- K. S. Ravikumar
- P. U. Shanmugam
- Simbuthevan
- Thengai Srinivasan
- Kalaipuli S. Thanu
- Sandow M. M. A. Chinnappa Thevar
- V. Thiruselvam
- Vasanthabalan
- Vivek
References
- ↑ Radhakrishnan, P. (10 June 1989). "Ambasankar Commission and Backward Classes". Economic and Political Weekly. 24 (23): 1265–1268. JSTOR 4394921.
- ↑ Das, Biswajit; Majhi, Debendra Prasad (2021). Caste, Communication and Power. SAGE Publishing India. p. 157. ISBN 978-93-91370-90-9.
- ↑ Headley, Zoe E. (2011). "Caste and Collective Memory in South Asia". In Clark-Decès, Isabelle (ed.). A Companion to the Anthropology of India. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 1982, 1985. ISBN 978-1-44439-058-2.
- ↑ "National Commission for Backward Classes". www.ncbc.nic.in. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
- ↑ Madras (India : State); B. S. Baliga (1967). Madras District Gazetteers: Salem. by Ramaswami, A. Printed by the Superintendent, Govt. Press. p. 124.