Sri Lankan Vellalar (Tamil: இலங்கை வெள்ளாளர், lit. 'Ilaṅkai veḷḷāḷar') is a caste in Sri Lanka, predominantly found in the Jaffna peninsula and adjacent...

numerically strong Arunattu Vellalar, Chozhia Vellalar, Karkarthar Vellalar, Kongu Vellalar, Thuluva Vellalar and Sri Lankan Vellalar. The earliest occurrence...

Vellalar Kongu Vellalar, commonly known as Kongu Gounder Nankudi Vellalar or Narkudi Vellalar (also known as Sivakalai Pillaimar) Sri Lankan Vellalar...

Sri Lankan Pallar is a Tamil caste found in northern and eastern Sri Lanka. They are traditionally involved in agriculture and were also involved in toddy...

rest of the country. 70% of Sri Lankan Tamils in Sri Lanka live in the Northern and Eastern provinces. Modern Sri Lankan Tamils descend from residents...

The Sri Lankan Civil War (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ සිවිල් යුද්ධය, romanized: śrī laṁkāvē sivil yuddhaya; Tamil: இலங்கை உள்நாட்டுப் போர், romanized: Ilaṅkai...

society has mainly the castes of the Sri Lankan Panar, Sri Lankan Pallar/Vellalar, Nalavar and Koviyar, where the Vellalar and the Koviyar castes are the dominating...

Sri Lankan Paraiyar is a Tamil caste found in northern and eastern Sri Lanka. They are traditional parai-drummers who were also involved in weaving and...

regarded as the "cousin" caste of the more numerical dominant caste, Sri Lankan Vellalar. The name "Koviyar" can be used exchangeably with the names Kovilar...

the castes of the Vellalar, Nalavar and Koviar, where the Vellalar caste is the dominating one, particularly in Northern Sri Lanka. They approximately...

caste found mainly in the northern part of Sri Lanka. Found today as a subcaste of the Sri Lankan Vellalar, the Madapallis were considered an independent...

The Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora refers to the global diaspora of Sri Lankan Tamil origin. It can be said to be a subset of the larger Sri Lankan and Tamil...

The Sri Lankan Tamil dialects or Ceylon Tamil or commonly in Tamil language Eelam Tamil (Tamil: ஈழத் தமிழ், īḻat tamiḻ) are a group of Tamil dialects used...

killed in the civil war, of which many were Sri Lankan Tamils. 800,000 Sri Lankan Tamils also left Sri Lanka for various destinations, including Europe...

Loan words in Sri Lankan Tamil came about mostly due contact between colonial powers and the native population. Linguists study a language's lexicon for...

communities, mainly in the Sri Lankan Vellalar community, considered a subcaste known as Chetty Vellalar. The Chetties of Western Sri Lanka converted to Roman...

Ponnambalam–Coomaraswamy family are mainly from Manipay, Jaffna and were of the Sri Lankan Vellalar caste. They have been politically active since 18th century, with...

is one of Sri Lanka's oldest religions, with temples dating back over 2,000 years. As of 2011[update], Hindus made up 12.6% of the Sri Lankan population...

as Vellalars or Karaiyars. Sri Lankans in India India – Sri Lanka relations Indrapala, K The Evolution of an ethnic identity: The Tamils of Sri Lanka, p...

Vellalars are a group of numerically dominant landowning Tamil caste who traditionally pursued agriculture as a profession in the Indian states of Tamil...

Sri Lankan Tamil militant groups rose to prominence in the 1970s to fight the state of Sri Lanka in order to create an independent Tamil Eelam in the north...

parts of Sri Lanka. Since they historically used the Mudaliar title, they are sometimes referred to as Thondaimandala Mudaliar. Thuluva Vellalar (Thondaimandala...

populated areas of Sri Lanka. However, the area's population figures have been highly volatile due to massive displacement caused by the Sri Lankan Civil War....

commentary Ken Balendra - Sri Lankan corporate leader and executive; holds and has held many corporate positions in Sri Lanka and the region Chandran Rutnam...

common surname among various Vellalar subcastes. It is also used by many Tamil-speaking castes, including Rowther, Isai Vellalar, Agamudayar, etc and less...

Nadu, India Sri Lankan Tamil Vellalar, the dominant caste of Sri Lankan Tamils List of Vellalar sub castes, a list of sub castes Isai Vellalar, a new identity...

of Sri Lanka, they arrived in the Jaffna Kingdom as attendants of warriors. Since they came without their wives, they married Sri Lankan Vellalar women...

generally seen as the start of the Sri Lankan Civil War between the Tamil militants and the government of Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan Tamils fled to other countries...

History of Eastern Tamils of Sri Lanka is informed by local legends, native literature and other colonial documents. Sri Lankan Tamils are subdivided based...

developed during the British Raj. There are also Sri Lankan Tamils that arrived during the Sri Lankan Civil War and these Tamils are mostly Hindus. The...