Maravar
Maravar (also known as Maravan and Marava) are a Tamil community of the state of Tamil Nadu, southern India, and are one of the three branches of the Mukkulathor confederacy.
Members of the Maravar community often use the honorific title Thevar.[1][2][3]
Etymology
The term Maravar has diverse proposed etymologies;[4] it may come simply from a Tamil word maravar (warrior),[5] or a term meaning "bravery/ruthlessness".[6]
More complex etymological legends include descent from Indra through a mortal woman, with the child hidden in a maravu idam (secret place). Alternately, legends derive it from marani (sin), for the Maravar's sin of killing without pity.[5]
Notables
- Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar, politician active in the Indian Independence Movement, colleague of Subhas Chandra Bose
- Puli Thevar (1726-1767)
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