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Nadar is a Tamil caste of India, predominant in southern districts, with various subcastes and claims of royal ancestry. Learn about their origin, occupation, discrimination, social development and classification as an Other Backward Class.
Nadans are a small endogamous group of landlords and tax collectors among the Nadars, a low-caste Hindu community in southern India. They claim descent from the sun god and have special rights and privileges in some temples, but also faced opposition from Christian missionaries and lower-caste Nadars.
Nadar climbers, or Pannayeri Nadars, are a sub-caste of today's Nadar community. They were regarded as the largest Nadar sub-caste. Their traditional occupation was climbing trees and gathering the sap of coconuts to make palm wine. Due to new economic opportunities, the majority of Nadar climbers have given up their traditional occupation.
The Channar revolt, also called Maru Marakkal Samaram, was a movement from 1813 to 1859 by Nadar climber women in Travancore kingdom of India for the right to wear upper-body clothes covering their breasts. The article covers the background, the grants and withdrawals, the proclamation, and the further emancipation of the Nadar women.
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 considered as a high caste to enter ...
Nadar (caste) (4 P) P. Paraiyar leaders (3 P) S. Scheduled Castes of Tamil Nadu (8 P) Scheduled Tribes of Tamil Nadu (1 C, 7 P) V. Vanniyar (4 P)
Learn about the history, legal position and studies of caste discrimination in the US, a form of social hierarchy based on birth. Find out how caste affects South Asian immigrants in various fields and how some states and cities are banning it.
Learn about the structure and functions of the Texas government, which operates under a unitary democratic system with a plural executive branch and a bicameral legislature. Find out how Texas has 254 counties, each with a Commissioners' Court, and two courts of last resort.