The Vanniyar, also spelled Vanniya, formerly known as the Palli, are a Dravidian community or jāti found in the northern part of the Indian state of Tamil...

Ramadoss founded the Vanniyar Sangam in the late 1970s, bringing together a coalition of Vanniyar caste organisations. The Vanniyar Sangam is PMK's parent...

The 1987 Vanniyar reservation protest was week-long a protest organized by the Vanniyar Sangham headed by S. Ramadoss in Tamil Nadu in September 1987 demanding...

Assembly in Tamil Nadu. He was the president of a caste organisation, the Vanniyar Sangam. Guru was known for his inflammatory speeches and faced several...

Chairman for Kolathur, Salem Dt under the Vanniyar Sangam Banner. He is the first political representative from Vanniyar Sangam even before the PMK party was...

party. In 1987, the Vanniyar Sangham under Ramadoss organized the 1987 Vanniyar reservation agitation demanding MBC status for Vanniyars. At the peak of the...

Thevars and Gounders, as well as the Brahmins, the Vanniyars have been virtually ignored. For Vanniyar zealots, this is a watershed event since, after Marumalarchi...

Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party. He started a Vanniyar(vanniyar kula sathriyan) caste based party called Veera Vanniyar Peravai in 2004, which became Jananayaga...

of the populous Vanniyar community of Tamil Nadu, India, during the 1950s. In 1951, Vanniyars convened a conference of the Vanniyar Kula Kshatriya Sanga...

In the 2012 Dharmapuri violence, a Vanniyar caste mob set fire to about 268 Dalit houses in Natham, old and new Kondampatti and Annanagar Dalit colonies...

State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India. The Vanniyar community is the majority community in this constituency with around 30%...

publishing news insulting the Vanniyar caste and trying to create caste violence. The article published by Dinamalar read, "Vanniyars do not interact and keep...

leader Ramadoss has resulted in frequent clashes between Dalits and the Vanniyars. Both parties have accused each other of instigating violence against...

and 2 percent reservations in the federal government for the Vanniyar Caste. 21 Vanniyars were killed in Police firing. MG Ramachandran convened a meeting...

Constituencies in Tamil Nadu in India. The population of other communities are: Vanniyar 26%, Nadar 10%, Brahmins 8 %, Christians 5 %, Reddy 5% and Muslims 4%....

The Vanniyar is a river that rises in the Shevaroy Hills in the Salem district in India, flows through the Dharmapuri district and then into the South...

legislature introduced a law that sought to provide reservations for the Vanniyar community as a sub-classification within SEBCs. This was challenged on...

25, 2013, the Pattali Makkal Katchi and the Vanniyar Sangam called Veerappan a youth icon at the Vanniyar Youth Cultural Festival at Mamallapuram. The...

was assaulted and barred from getting a Scheduled Tribe certificate by Vanniyar community in her village. In Dharmapuri, Irula people were trashed and...

but was not nominated. Jai Bhim attracted opposition by the Vanniyar caste group Vanniyar Sangam, the parent organisation of Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK)...

published his autobiography in Tamil named ‘en vazhkai payanam’. He is from Vanniyar community. Shri Velu now is a retired IAS officer. He is still active in...

contested by the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), S. Ramadoss, the leader of the Vanniyar caste organisation which demanded proportional reservation in education...

Nayanars. The Nayanars were from various backgrounds, including Channar, Vanniyar, Vellalas, Idayars, Kurumbars, Thevars, oilmongers, Brahmins, Vannar, and...

vehicle convoy taking PMK members to a youth festival organized by the Vanniyar Sangam at Mamallapuram. The PMK members attacked the Dalit colony and burned...

mangala sutra A mangala sutra of the Gounda community A mangala sutra of the Vanniyar community A mangala sutra with images of Lakshmi A mangala sutra with 21...

Padayatchiyar and members of the Vanniyar caste during the 1950s. In 1951, Vanniyars convened a major conference of the Vanniyar Kula Kshatriya Sangam. M. A...

Vettuva Gounder,Kongu Vellalar, Thuluva Vellalar, Urali Gounders, Kurumba, Vanniyars, Vokkaligas. There are a number of derivations for the title. One theory...

original on 28 November 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2012. "Arumugam was DMK's Vanniyar face". The New Indian Express. 24 November 2012. Archived from the original...

fighter, poet, author and journalist. He is known for his prominent role in Vanniyar politics. Varma was born to Sugavana Padayatchi and Lakshmi Ammal on 27...

at night, she would travel to the villages of Vanniyar in the form of a fierce looking Goddess. Vanniyars would offer her prayers and barley, which pleased...