Muthuracha

Muthuracha is a Telugu caste found in some districts of Tamil Nadu. It is also called Muttaraiyan. Some are talaiyaris or watchmen of villages. They seem to be a major sect in the coastal villages of Andhra Pradesh.[1][2][3]

References

K. M. Venkataramaiah (1996). A handbook of Tamil Nadu. p. 425. Muthuracha: A Telugu caste found in some districts of Tamil Nadu, the Muthuracha (muthurācha) is also called Muttaraiyan. Some are talaiyāris or watchmen of villages. They seem to be a major sect in the coastal villages of Andhra Pradesh.
Venkatesh B. Athreya; Göran Djurfeldt; Staffan Lindberg (1990). Barriers broken: production relations and agrarian change in Tamil Nadu. Sage Publications. p. 25. 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.
Eveline Masilamani-Meyer (2004). Kattavarayan Katai. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 19. Among the Telugu castes that came to Tamilnadu were the Mutturajas or Mutrāchas.

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[1] K. M. Venkataramaiah (1996). A handbook of Tamil Nadu. p. 425. Muthuracha: A Telugu caste found in some districts of Tamil Nadu, the Muthuracha (muthurācha) is also called Muttaraiyan. Some are talaiyāris or watchmen of villages. They seem to be a major sect in the coastal villages of Andhra Pradesh.

[2] Venkatesh B. Athreya; Göran Djurfeldt; Staffan Lindberg (1990). Barriers broken: production relations and agrarian change in Tamil Nadu. Sage Publications. p. 25. 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.

[3] Eveline Masilamani-Meyer (2004). Kattavarayan Katai. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 19. Among the Telugu castes that came to Tamilnadu were the Mutturajas or Mutrāchas.