06-11-2009, 05:33 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->the karaiyar caste also exists in TN and is a sub-set of Maravan caste ( a subset of the martial Thevar caste )
The other tamil militants and TULF was run by velalas<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The Karaiyars in Lanka are also considered to be a subgroup of Thevars?
I thought there were no Thevars in Lanka or Vanniyars (though historically there must have been Vanniyars there since a region called Vanni exists, maybe they assimilated into Vellalars over time).
The other tamil militants and TULF was run by velalas<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The Karaiyars in Lanka are also considered to be a subgroup of Thevars?
I thought there were no Thevars in Lanka or Vanniyars (though historically there must have been Vanniyars there since a region called Vanni exists, maybe they assimilated into Vellalars over time).