Udayar (caste)
Title in Indian caste system
The Udayar is a title used by multiple caste in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.
01Present status
02Religion
In Ramnad and the nearby areas of Pudukottai, Madurai, Salem, Namakkal, Tanjore and Trichy, they and their two fellow Maravar caste groups are prominent in their cult worship of the shrine at Oriyur that commemorates John de Britto, a 17th-century Portuguese Jesuit missionary and martyr. Raj says, "A notable feature of the Britto cult is that it is centered around caste identities rather than religious affiliation", and thus members of the caste-group, irrespective of their religious affiliation regard Britto as their clan-deity.
Some Udayars are Roman Catholic Christians.
03Notable people
- Channaiah Odeyar (died 2007), Indian politician
- N. Karupanna Odayar, Indian politician
- N. P. V. Ramasamy Udayar (1936-1998), Indian industrialist
- T. S. Swaminatha Odayar, Indian politician
- A. T. Pannirselvam , Indian attorney and political leader.
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