Origin of Vellalar
The name Vellalar is derived from two words namely Vellam meaning flood in Tamil and alar meaning ruler or controller. Thus Vellalar means "controller of floods". It is also to be remembered that the word Velanmai means Agriculture in Tamil. Sometimes they are also referred to as Karalar which means "lord of the clouds" in Tamil.
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