Mazhavaraayas

Vijaya Opilladha Mazhavaraya Nayinar

Mazhavaraayas or Mazhavars were the Polygars of Ariyalur.They belong to the Padaiyachi sub-division of the Palli or Vanniyan Caste.[1][2][3].The title of this polygar was Nayanar.[4]

In 1735, Rangappa Mazhavaraaya of Ariyalur donated 175 acres (71 ha) of land to a church.[5]

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References

  1. ↑ Hemingway, F. R,p.344 (1907). Madras District Gazetteers,Trichinopoly Vol. 1.
  2. ↑ Taylor,William,p. 165 (1835). Oriental Historical Manuscripts Vol.2.
  3. ↑ W.Francis,p.192 (2002). Gazetteer of South India, Volume 2.
  4. ↑ https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.90932/2015.90932.Oriental-Historical-Manuscripts--Vol-2#page/n177/mode/2up
  5. ↑ S. Jeyaseela Stephen (2008). Caste, Catholic Christianity, and the Language of Conversion: Social Change and Cultural Translation in Tamil Country, 1519-1774.
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