Volume 4 — Velama
Reading edition
1. Origin and social status
2. Marriage and social customs
Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · North Arcot Manual, i. p. 216.Note 2 · Indian Antiquary (1879), p. 216.Note 3 · Velama, Elama, Yelama.—A Telugu cultivating caste found in large numbers in Vizagapatam and Ganjām, while in 1911 about 700 persons were retNote 4 · The caste are said to have 77 exogamous groups descended from the 77 followers or spearsmen who attended Rāja Rudra Pratāp of Bastar when he