Toddy tapping became a near-forgotten craft after 1948, when Tamil Nadu responded to a plea by Mohandas Gandhi to save Indians-and their pay envelopes -from

According to the trustees, the suit temple is an ancient temple belonging to Sivakasi Hindu Nadars and no outsider of the community can claim the

the sentiment of the higher castes against the Shanars is not of the same uniformity of harshness in all villages and is modified by the

The local tradition believes in cremating the dead. This goes back to the belief that the human body is made up of the five elements

Kshathriya Census Campaign by Nadars:Nadar, the once very low and impure - but not untouchable caste of toddy-tappers met with some socio-economic success in the

But when Kamarajar left Tamil politics to become president of the Congress Party in 1963, the Congress lost its base in society. After Kamarajar, the

Organisation and Management of Nadar InstitutionThe Virudhunagar Hindu Nadars’ Senthikumara Nadar College, Virudhunagar was established way back on August 11, 1947 in pursuance of the