Note 10 — A

Of the three castes, Kallan, Maravan and Agamudaiyan, the last are said to have “alone been greatly influenced by contact with Brāhmanism. They engage Brāhman priests, and perform their birth, marriage, and death ceremonies like the Vellālas.”10 I am told that the more prosperous Agamudaiyans in the south imitate the Vellālas in their ceremonial observances, and the poorer classes the Maravans.