Arunattu Vellalar

The Arunattu Vellalar (Tamil: ஆறுநாட்டு வெள்ளாளர்) or Arunadu Vellalar or Arunadu Velalar (Tamil: ஆறுநாடு வெள்ளாளர்) (Tamil: ஆறுநாடு வேளாளர்)is a subcaste of the Vellalar caste from India. The Vellaalas originally belonging to six 'naadus' (equivalent to taluqs of today) near Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu bonded themselves into a sub-caste named as Arunattu Vellalar. For reasons unknown they migrated to the Tiruchirapalli district over time. Their defining characteristic is that it is absolutely mandatory that the men should not marry the daughter of one's own sibling-sister. An equally defining practice of this sub-caste is the entire mangalasuthra is mandated to be in gold wrought into the shape of a string; until recently the mangalasutra was a circle of gold rod to which the 'thaali' coins were attached at the front. Until a few years ago, widows of any age were allowed only to wear pure white sarees. A large proportion of these vellalars live in and around Thuraiyur town and surrounding villages, of Tiruchirapalli district. They are also concentrated in villages around Musiri town. Apart from these, they live in many villages near Manachanallur.They live in various villages such as valayapatti, potireddy patti,erumapatti, ponneri etc in and around Namakkal District. They also live in Natham Kovilpatti in Dindigul District. Many of them have migrated to Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Canada and USA:

Arunattu Vellalar - Kothra / Gothra / Gowthram

Kothra/Gothra/Gowtharam traces to one's origin in the family tree and determines the inter-gowtharm relationship. It is also used to determine marriage ability between two members of Arunattu Vellalar. The different Gowthrams, Prime God of Worship (Kula Theivam in Tamil) for the families of that gowthram, the location (Town/Village) of the Temple (Kula Theiva Koil in Tamil) are:

No.	Kothram	God of Worship	Location of temple of God of worship
1	Alattutaiyan	Arulmigu Mangayee Amman	Alattutaiyanpatti
2	Ethumalaiudayan	Arulmigu Neelavanathi Amman	Edhumalai
3	Kaarudaiyan	Arulmigu Sellaye Amman	Karukudi
4	Kalappalan	Arulmigu Aadaykalam Katha Amman	Oomanthur
5	Kalathudayan	Arulmigu Iyalamman&Pappathi Amman	Samayaburam
6	Konnakudaiyan	Arulmigu Anagalaparameswari	Serukudi
7	Koonudaiyan	Arulmigu Periyandavar Kovil Muthaiyan	Vadakkuthathamangalam
8	Koothudaiyan	Arulmigu Sellaye Amman	Pungaisanganthi
9	Kunakathudaiyan	Arulmigu Papathi Amman	Sathanur/Abinimangalam
10	Kuruvaludaiyan	Arulmigu Sappaani Karuppu	Oomanthur
11	Kuthudaiyan	Arulmigu Sellandi Amman	Sirukanur
12	Marudhudaiyan	Arulmigu Thatichi Amman	Sathanur
13	Mathurdaiyan	Arulmigu Ulaga Nayagi Amman/ Arulmigu Venkatachalapathy	Mathur/ Tirupati
14	Mirathudaiyan	Arulmigu Periyakovil Deivangal	Komanthur
15	Murugathudaiyan	Arulmigu Sellayee Amman	Surampatti
16	Muraikara Sathudaiyan	Aruilmigu Thayumanavar Samy	Malaikottai
17	Nalludaiyan	Arulmigu Papathi Amman	Nallur
18	Nathamudaiyan	Arulmigu Meenakshi Amman	Reddiyapatti
19	Nimaludaiyan	Arulmigu Aalai Muthaiyan	Illupayur
20	Panaiyadiyan	Arulmigu Ayyanar	Sirukudi
21	Pavaludaiyan	Arulmigu Ayyanar	Serukudi
22	Pundiludaiyan	Arulmigu Elayee Amman	Surampatti
23	Samayamanthiri	Arulmigu Aravayi Amman	Mangalam
24	Sannamangalathudaiyan	Arulmigu Puthu Karrupannaswamy	Sannamangalam
25	Sathudaiyan	Arulmigu Si Ranga nathar	Srirangam
26	Siruthalandudaiyan	Arulmigu Aeramveeli Amman	Kariyamanickam
27	Thetumangalathudaiyan	Arulmigu Vellankarrupu	Kannangudi
28	Thevangudaitan	Arulmigu Pachai Amman	Sathanur
29	Thirusanggudaiyan	Arulmigu Venkatachalapathi	Siiyampalayam
30	Valavuthirainallathambi	Arulmigu Karrupanaswamy	Palaiyur
31	Velanchakravarthi	Arulmigu Arapalisvara	Kollimalai
32	Vennavaludaiyan	Arulmigu Irrani Amman	Thiruvannaikaval
33	Vilvarayan	Arulmigu Venkatachalapathy	Thirupathi
34	Vazhamudaiyan	Arulmigu Adaikalam Katha Amman	Oomanthur
35	Valavhuserudaiyan	Arulmigu Periyandavar	Thathamanglam

Read more: http://www.everyculture.com/South-Asia/Vellala-Orientation.html#ixzz2sbuyqT7X

The major occupation of the caste used to be agriculture and most of them now concentrate on business and trading.

External links

• Arunattu Vellalar Website