Do Tamils Have Castes?
There Is No Specific and Separate Caste for Tamil People or People of Tamil Nadu (People Whose Mother Tongue Is Tamil). Caste as a Social Institution Divides...
There is no specific and separate caste for Tamil people or people of Tamil Nadu (People whose mother tongue is Tamil). Caste as a social institution divides the Hindus vertically as inferior and superior castes and [forces] them to strictly adhere to certain [arbitrary] rules which are in violation of human rights.
What are the Tamil castes?
- BACKWARD CLASSES. Agamudayar including Thozhu or Thuluva Vellala. Agaram Vellan Chettiar. Alwar, Azhavar and Alavar (in Kanniyakumari District and Shencottah Taluk of Tirunelveli District.) Servai(except Tiruchirapalli, Karur, Perambalur and Pudukottai Districts.) ...
- MOST BACKWARD CLASSES. 144. Ambalakarar. 145. Andipandaram.
What type of people are Tamils?
The Tamil people are an ethnic group from South Asia with a recorded history going back more than two millennia. The oldest Tamil communities are those of southern India and northeastern Sri Lanka.