Nagarattar
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Nagarattar is a prominent mercantile caste in Tamil Nadu, South India.[1]
Inscriptions within the Karpaka Vinayakar Temple at Pillayarpatti dating back to the time between 1091 AD and 1238 AD show that the Pillayarpatti Nagarattar became the custodians of the temple during the 13th century AD during the second growth phase of this temple.[2]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Gender, Kinship and Property Rights : Nagarattar Womanhood in South India/Yuko Nishimura. Retrieved on 2007-02-04.
- ^ Karpaka Vinayakar Temple at Pillayarpatti. TempleNet. Retrieved on 2007-02-04.
[edit] References
- Nishimura, Yuko Gender, Kinship and Property Rights: Nagarattar Womanhood in South India Oxford University Press (1998) ISBN 0195642732.
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