Castes and Tribes of Southern India/Kattukudugirajāti

by Edgar Thurston

Kattukudugirajāti.— The name, meaning the caste which allows living together after marriage of an informal kind, recorded * ^[1]as the caste name of Turuvalars (Vēdars) of Salem, derived from a custom among them, which authorises temporary matrimonial arrangements.

1. * Manual of the Salem district.