About Vellalar Community
The history of the Vellalar community is deeply rooted in ancient Tamil society, where they were known as skilled agricultural leaders, landowners, warriors, and protectors of culture. From the Sangam age, Vellalars were respected as the backbone of the farming economy and held a high social position next to the kings.
They managed lands, supported temples, promoted education, and contributed to local governance. Their traditions, generosity, and discipline made them an essential pillar of Tamil civilisation.
Learn MoreOver time, Vellalars spread across Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka, and other regions due to agriculture, administration, and migration supported by various rulers like the Pandyas, Cholas, and Pallavas.
Many prominent clans such as Tuluva Vellalar, Arcot Mudaliar, Poondi Vellalar, Nadu Mudaliar, Veerakodi Vellalar, and others established themselves as local leaders. They built villages, supported workers (uzhavar), protected their lands, and created strong community structures.
Our Heritage
The Vellalar community also focused on social support, offering guidance, welfare programs, and cultural initiatives for families and youth.
Their reputation for charity, honesty, and fair leadership is well recorded in literature, inscriptions, and folklore.
Community SupportEvents
Velalar Events celebrate our culture, traditions, and community. Each gathering brings people together to honor our heritage and enjoy meaningful moments
Cultural Festival
Celebrating the traditions, rituals, and cultural heritage of the Velalar community.
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Community Gathering
Meetings of sub-divisions and social gatherings with friends and relatives.
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Cultural Programs
Music, dance, and traditional games are performed during festive events.
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Velalar Subgroups
The Velalar community has preserved its tradition and cultural values for generations. Even today, the Velalars remain rooted in heritage, maintaining unique subgroups based on regions, titles, customs, and lineage.
- Saiva Vellalar (Pillai)
- Thondai Mandala Aadhi-Saiva Vellalar
- Thondai Mandala Saiva Vellalar (Mudaliyar)
- Saiva Gurukkals (Priests)
- Saiva Odhuvar (Temple singers)
- Saiva Desikar
- Thondai Mandala Saiva Vellalar Nayanar
- O.B.C. Vellalar
- Saiva Kaanaadiyar
- Saiva Kavirayar
- Saiva Chettiyar
- Saiva Vellalar (Samaṇa / Jain Saiva Tradition)
The Thuluva Vellalars (also known as Mudaliyar) migrated to North Tamil Nadu from the Thondaimandalam region, and over time, due to social and occupational growth, they received various titles
- Mudhaliyar
- Goundar
- Pillai
- Udayar
- Naayakar Rettiyar Pattangal
- Pillai, Mudaliyar Pattam
Associations Actively Functioning in the Five Regions
Thondai Region
- Tamil Nadu Thuluva Vellalar – 40 Associations
- AAll India Thuluva Vellalar Federation
- All India Thuluva Vellalar Mudaliyar Association, Chennai
- Thondai Region Veerakodi Vellalar Association
- Thondai Region Vellalar Association, Thiruttani
- Tulu Velalar Sangam, Thanalnai, Tirupattur
- Thondai Region Saiva Vellalar Association, Thiruttani
- Thuluva Vellalar Association – Headquarters, Tiruppattur
- Chithira Mezhu Vellalar Peravai, Chennai
- World Vellalar Association
- Tamil Nadu Thondai Mandalam Vellalar Welfare Association, Kanchipuram
- Agamudayar (Thuluva Vellalar – Agamudayar) Mudaliyar Association, Sholinghur
- Arakkonam Thuluva Vellalar Trust, Arakkonam
- Sankarapuram Regional Thuluva Vellalar Association, Sankarapuram
- Thuluva Vellalar Association, Arani, Tiruvannamalai District
- Thuluva Vellalar Mudaliyar (Agamudayar) Association, Vengali Village, Vaniyambadi Taluk, Vellore District
- Kalpattu Thuluva Vellalar Association, Viluppuram District, Kalpattu (Viluppuram)
- North Arcot District Thuluva Vellalar Association, Gandhi Nagar, Vellore
- Thondaimandalam Poovirundhavalli Thuluva Vellalar Sangam, Pozhichalur, Chennai
- Thuluva Vellalar Peravai, Vijayapuram, Chinna Salem, Kallakurichi Taluk, Villupuram District
- Thuluva Vellalar Youth Association, Chinnasalem
- Chennai Kargath Vellalar Sangam, Chennai
- Rani Petta District Veerakudi Vellalar Sangam
- Thondaimandalam Veerakudi Vellalar Sangam
- Integrated Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, Tirupathur District Thuluva Vellalar Gownders, Kongu Vellalar Gownders, Veerakodi Vellalar Gownders Sangams
- Covers Kanchipuram District, Chennai, Thiruvallur, Chengalpattu, Villupuram, Cuddalore, Kallakurichi, Thiruvannamalai South & North, Ranipettai, Vellore, Tiruppur, and Tirupathur Districts
- All Mudaliar Vellalar Sangam Federation, Chennai
Kongu Mandalam
- Kongu Vellalar Gownder Peravai
- Kongu Vellalar Youth Federation – Tamil Nadu
- Kongu Vellalar Gownder Sangam, Salem
- Kongu Youth Federation, Karuvur
- Thiran Chinnamalai Gownder Peravai
- Kongu Vellalar Charitable Trust
- Thiran Kongu Friends Sangam, Tiruchengode
- Krishnagiri Vellalar Gownders
- Oothangarai Vellalar Federation (West, East, North Sangams)
- Saiva Perumakkal Peravai, Tiruppur
- Pal Vellalar Sangam
- Moondru Mandai 84 Chozhiya Vellalar Sangam
- Thuluva Vellalar Social Welfare Trust, Gukai, Salem
- Thuluva Vellalar Literary Service Forum, Salem
- Salem City Thuluva Vellalar Advancement Sangam, Sevvaipettai, Salem
- Thuluva Vellalar Sangam, Kaveripattanam, Krishnagiri District
- Thuluva Vellalar Welfare Sangam, Erode
- Thuluva Vellalar Welfare Sangam, Kaveri Nagar, Karungal Palayam, Erode, Erode District
- Tamil Nadu Cherakul Vellalar Welfare Sangam, Coimbatore
- Aaru Naattu Vellalar Peravai, Senthamangalam Taluk, Namakkal District
Other Vellalar Subdivisions
Chola Mandalam
- Tamil Nadu Chozhiya Vellalar Sangam, Tamil Nadu
- Kargathar Vellalar Welfare Sangam, Tiruchi
- Kargathar Vellalar Welfare Sangam, Thanjavur
- Kargathar Vellalar Welfare Sangam, Pattukkottai
- Musukundanadu Vellalar Sangam
- Ootru Valanadu Vellalar Sangam
- Tamil Nadu Vellalar Samudhaaya Peravai, Kajapettai, Tiruchi (Activities – Kunrakudi)
- Pudukkottai All India Vellalar UC Peravai, Head Office Pudukkottai
- Makkal Thalaivan Vellalar UC Welfare Peravai, Tiruchi
- Delta District Thuluva Vellalar Sangam
- Pudukkottai District Vellalar Vellalar Sangam, Pudukkottai and the following branch Sangams for social welfare:
- Naman Samuthiram
- Thirumayam
- Andakulam
- Athanakottai
- Keeranur
- Alangudi
- Ramudayanpatti
- Ramudayanpatti
- Veerakudi
- Sempattur
- Aranthangi
- Kattiyavayal
- Thirukokarnam
- Tamil Nadu V.V.C. Social Welfare Peravai, Thanjavur
- Nankudi Vellalar Social Welfare Trust, Oorkudi, Thiruvarur District
- V.V.C. Trust, Ammapettai, Thanjavur
- Chola Nadu Vellalar/Vellalar Welfare Peravai, Thanjavur
- Achukkara Vellalar Sangam, Velanganni
- Chola Mandalam Thozhuv (Thuluva) Vellalar, Thanjavur (Includes Kaverippadugai Districts)
- Thiruneetru Vellalar Sangam, Pudukkottai
- Vellalar Community Peravai, Nagapattinam
Pandiya Mandalam
- All Vellalar Maha Sabha, Paramakudi
- South India Pandiya Vellalar Sangam, Palani
- V.O.C. Sevathalam, Palani
- Tamil Nadu Vellalar Samudhaaya Peravai, Kunrakudi
- Thirupathur Themmampattu/Thambipatti Chozhiya Vellalar Welfare Sangam
- Thirupathur Vellalar Pillaimar Sangam, Head Office Thirupathur
- Tamil Nadu V.U.C. Youth Federation, Madurai
- V.U.C. Peravai, Devakottai
- 44 Thuluva Vellalar Sangam, Tirupparankundram
- Tamil Nadu Vellalar Vellalar Federation, Theni
- Devakottai V.U.C. Chidambaram
- Devakottai Pillai Peravai
- Aadhi Kaarala Vellalar Perumakkal Sangam, Dindigul
- V.U.C. Trust, Karaikudi
- Karaikudi Taluk Vellalar Sangam
- Pillaiyarpatti Vellalar Sangam
- Kunrakudi Nema Nagar Pillaimar Welfare Sangam
- Pandiya Vellalar Sangam (Madam), Palani (Kaniyur-Udumalai Patti, 35 villages)
- Kodikar Vellalar Sangam, Dindigul
- Tamil Nadu V.V.C. Sevathalam Sangam, Palani (Registered – Chennai)
- Thiruthangal All Vellalar Federation, Thiruthangal (Virudhunagar)
- Vedasandur Veer Vellalar Iyakkam, Vedasandur, Dindigul District
Nanjil Mandalam
- All India Saiva Vellalar Sangam, Thoothukudi
- Kanyakumari Vellalar Sangam, Chennai
- Kumari District Vellalar Sangam, Kanyakumari District
- Kumari District Saiva Vellalar Sangam, Kanyakumari District
- Bharathiya United Vellalar Sangam, Kanyakumari District
- Kanyakumari District Vellalar Peravai, Kanyakumari
- Kanyakumari District Integrated Vellalar Federation, Kanyakumari
- Vellalar Education Trust, Kanyakumari
- Kanyakumari (Nanjil) District Thuluva Vellalar Sangam
- Tirunelveli Kargathar Makkal Welfare Sangam
- Tiruchelvelli Saiva Vellalar Sangam, Tirunelveli
- Kanyakumari District Integrated Vellalar Federation, Aralvaymozhi, Kanyakumari District
- Kumari District Vellalar Sangam, Vellalar Education Trust
Other States (Thondai Mandalam – Northern Region)
- Agamudi Mudaliyar (Thuluva Vellalar) Sangam, Badravathi Taluk, Shimoga District, Karnataka (Agamudi Mudaliyar Sangam, Gandhi Nagar, Badravathi Taluk, Shimoga District)
- Agamudian Thuluva Vellalar Sangam, Hanumanpet, Malkajgiri, Hyderabad (Telangana)
- Agamudian Thuluva Vellalar Sangam, Hanumanpet, Malkajgiri, Hyderabad (Telangana)
- Tuluva Vellala Educational and Charitable Trust, Secunderabad, Telangana
- Aariya Vellalar Sangam – Tamil Nadu
- Aadhi Saiva Vellalar Sangam – Tamil Nadu
- Arumpugatti Vellalar Sangam – Tamil Nadu
- OPS Vellalar Sangam – Tamil Nadu
- Kaniyalar Vellalar Sangam – Tamil Nadu
- Kondhalar Vellalar Sangam – Tamil Nadu
- Chera Mudaliyar Vellalar Sangam – Tamil Nadu
- Kondaikatti Vellalar Sangam – Tamil Nadu
- Kottai Vellalar Sangam – Tamil Nadu
- Saiva Othuvar Sangam – Tamil Nadu
- Saiva Desikar Sangam – Tamil Nadu
- Saiva Vellalar Sangam – Palakkad, Tamil Nadu
- Senthalai Vellalar Sangam – Tamil Nadu
- Thirumudi Gounder Vellalar Sangam – Tamil Nadu
- Narampukatti Vellalar Sangam
- Nattukounder Vellalar Sangam – Tamil Nadu
- Nankudi Vellalar Sangam – Tamil Nadu
- Pavallakatti Vellalar Sangam – Tamil Nadu
- Padaithalai Vellalar Sangam – Tamil Nadu
- Paiyur Vellalar Sangam – Tamil Nadu
- Mottai Vellalar Sangam – Tamil Nadu
- Veera Saiva Vellalar Sangam – Tamil Nadu
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