What is the caste of Tamil?

Tamil Brahmins are divided into three groups – Iyers, Iyengars and Gurukkal. Iyers form the majority of the Tamil Brahmin population and are Smarthas, while Iyengars are Vaishnavas and Gurukkals are Saivas.

Who can wear a janeu?

Janeu is a sacred strand of threads worn by orthodox male Hindus, which includes Brahmins, Kshatriyas, and Vaishyas. Janeu has been a part of the Hindu culture for a very long time now. Temples are one of the most common places, in Indian society, where one can observe brahmin or the priest wearing a Janeu.

Can shudra wear janeu?

The spiritual symbols for the top three varnas such as the janeu (sacred thread) can’t be worn by all Hindus. The Shudras, Dalits and Adivasis were and are not supposed to wear the janeu that the men of top three varnas wear.

Is shudra a Hindu?

Shudra or Shoodra (Sanskrit: Śūdra) is the lowest ranked of the four varnas of the Hindu caste system and social order in India. Various sources translate it into English as a caste, or alternatively as a social class. Theoretically, Shudras have constituted the hereditary labouring class serving others.

Does Shiva wear janeu?

Granthi literally translated into a knot. This is generally a set of three knots each for God Brhama, Vishnu and Mahesh. Shiva are often represented wearing naga as his sacred thread instead of the cotton threads. This Ganesha panel from Sindhudurga in Maharastra is shown wearing naga-janeu like his father God Shiva.

What is the Tamil view on the caste system?

” The Tamil nation is a political community, a grand solidarity. To maintain its solidarity, the Tamil nation has to remove all sorts of divisions that causes dissension and discord among its members. The Caste System is such a pernicious division that has plagued our society for thousands of years.”

What is the caste of Idaiyar?

Konar or Idaiyar or Tamil Yadavar is a Chandravanshi Kshatriya caste from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is a sub-division of the Yadava community. They are also known as Ayars. Konars are distributed throughout the state of Tamil Nadu. They are one of the ancient Tamil castes.

Which caste is called low born in Tamil?

Tudiyan caste is addressed as low born (Izisina in Tamil) in the verses 82 and 287 of Purananuru by poet Sathanthaiyar. Poet Damodaran of verse 170 and Kazathalaiyar of verse 289 also used this word “low born” (Izisina). Mangudi Kizar of verse 335 mentioned all the four lower castes :Tudiyam Panan, Paraiyan and Kadampan.

Are non-Brahman cultivating castes of sastric rank?

The most striking aspect of this anomaly is the enigmatic status of certain non-Brahman cultivating castes, which are traditionally of the Sudra (or Servant) rank in Sastric terms and which are epitomized by the cultivating Vellalars of the Tamil hinterland.