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The upward mobility and Kshatriya pretensions of the Nadars of Six towns of Ramanad caused resentment among, castes above them, the Vellalars and especially the Maravars, the military caste just above the Nadars. [9] [10] Part of this change in the Nadar community resulted in some of them converting to Christianity, both Catholicism and ...
Nadar climber in Tirunelveli district in Tamil Nadu. To the south of the Tambraparni, the Nadar climbers constituted the vast majority of the population in the palmyra forests of the Tiruchendur teris, during the 19th century. Majority of the Nadars today come from the south of Thamiraparani river. The Nadar climbers here secured a meager ...
The title Sethupathi is a Sanskrit term meaning "Lord of Sethu ", [10] where Sethu refers to Ram Setu, [11] a chain of limestone shoals from Rameswaram Island in India to Mannar Island in Sri Lanka. [12] The Maravar clan from 5th century CE were patrons of the Ramanathaswamy Temple, which is also known as Sethu and thereupon assumed the title ...
Shiv Nadar University (Institute of Eminence) is a private university located in Greater Noida, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. [3] [4] It was founded in 2011 by Shiv Nadar, the founder and chairman of HCL. [5] [6] [7] It is considered to be one of the premier universities in India and is the youngest institute of eminence.
1897 Kamudi Temple entry agitation. The Kamudi Temple entry agitation was an agitation by the Nadar community to enter the Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple in Kamudi or Kamuthi in 1897. On the night of May 14, 1897 the Nadars forcefully entered the temple and inside the Sanctum Sanctorum and made rituals. The Nadars were opposed as they were not ...
Specialised histories. v. t. e. The Kingdom of Ramnad or Ramnad estate was a permanently settled kingdom and later zamindari estate that existed in the Ramnad subdivision of the Madurai district and later Ramnad district of the erstwhile Madras Presidency in British India from 1601. It was ruled by the rajas also had the title of Sethupathi.
Ramanandi Sampradaya. The Ramanandi (IAST: Rāmānandī), also known as Ramavats (Rāmāvat), [1][2] is one of the largest sects of Vaishnavas. [3] Out of 52 sub-branches of Vaishnavism, divided into four Vaishnava sampradayas, 36 are held by the Ramanandi. [4] The sect mainly emphasizes the worship of Rama, Sita, Hanuman, and the avatars of ...
Shiv and Roshni Nadar in 2005 with the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Roshni Nadar Malhotra (born 1982) is an Indian billionaire businesswoman and philanthropist and the chairperson of HCL Technologies. She is the first woman to lead a listed IT company in India. [2][3] She is the only child of HCL Group founder and billionaire businessman ...