Introduction
24 Manai Telugu Chettiars community is a social group that are classed as Vasiyas and found largely in the Southern Indian states of Tamil Nadu (i.e. Coimbatore, Dharmapuri, Dindugul, Erode, Kambam, Krishnagiri, Madurai,Virudhunagar, madurai, kanyakumari, thirunelveli dist ,maharajapuram, mamsapuram Salem, Theni, Thirupur, and north Dharmapuri and krishnagiri district), Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka.they are a section of balijas. they were traditionally weavers of gunny bags corresponding to perike balijas of andhra pradesh.They seem to have been called Janappan, because they manu- factured gunny-bags of hemp (janapa) fibre. In Tamil they are called Saluppa Chettis, Saluppan being the Tamil form of Janappan. Some of them have taken to calling themselves Desayis or Desadhipatis (rulers of countries).Sathu vandlu, meaning a company of merchants or travellers, occurs as a synonym of Janappan.They are considered traditional traders. Modern day 24 Manai Telugu Chettiar community is predominantly the trader community diversified into Business, Industry, and petty trade. Several members of the community are very wealthy businessmen, but most are small traders. The total (24 Manai Telugu chetty) population around one crore plus in south India.And lots of people's living in Mallapuram village,near to Usilampatti in Madurai District.In Mallapuram,that people's are celebrating the Sathayurayan temple festival every year in the month of May first week. The 24 Manai Telugu Chettiar. immigrants, who migrated into Tamil Nadu during the pre-colonial period, underwent various cultural diversities, met difficulties in the patterns of linguistic assimilation, adjustment and other adaptive processes. Bilingualism (Telugu and Tamil) was found tedious among the immigrant households (successive generation children) and they failed to speak Telugu language at home and gained proficiency in Tamil.
The 24 Manai Telugu Chettiar community is called so because it consists of 24 Manais or houses (similar to a gotra). There are various sub castes, sub-sects or clans among the 24 Manai Telugu Chettiars and they are identified with different names:
This community is also known by different names like 24 Manai Telugu Chettiar, 24 Manai Telugu Chetty, 24 Manai Telugu Shetty, 24 Mane Telugu Chettiar, 24 Mane Telugu Chetty, 24 Mane Telugu Shetty, Gonichetty, Goniga, Gonigamane, Janapachetty, Janapan, Janapar, Janapasetty, Janapashetty, Sadhu Chetty, Sadhu Chetty, Sadhu Setty, Sadhu Shetty, Sadu Setty, Salapar, Salaparu, Sanapar, Sanaparu, Telugu Chettiar, Telugu Chetty, Telugu Setty, Telugu Shetty, Telungu Chettiar, Telungu Chetty, Telungupatti Chetty and Telungupatti Chettis.
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