Talk:Nagarathar

Left-hand caste motif
I suppose, Nagarathars were part of left-hand caste in the old days. There was a migration myth from the region of Kaveripoompattinam for their community. Could somebody please add that to the article? Thanks.

Manjunatha (21 Apr 2006)

Under the last section I have repeatedly written Chettiar philately. Jim Forte postal philately I have noticed it has been removed.I would like an explaination for this.I am not annoyed or angry but I want to know why this has been deleted.There has to be a valid reason.can someone explain in the computer language.thank you. Or can let me know how you can add this page as it has it has remarkable pictures of envelopes sent by the chettiars from Saigon,Rangoon singapore and all other countries successfully traded by the nattukkotai chettiarsto their native villages. Also this is an invaluable site that othere need to know.It has historical written and chronological documentation value for the history of Chettiars and Indiansfor the 18th and 19th century. user :ettipedia/Muthu (2nd Aug 2006)

OTRS permission problem
I'm afraid that, on review, the OTRS ticket referenced above is not usable for text on Wikipedia because the correspondent deliberately withheld the right to modificawtion: "Yes i do allow, without changing the version or defacing and removing my name". This is not compatible with the license. Any content remaining from the original will need to be removed, accordingly. I'm hoping that there isn't any, but will see what I can find. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 11:47, 28 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Fortunately, it is indeed all gone:, . --Moonriddengirl (talk) 11:58, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

Proposed merge with Nattukottai Nagarathar
Not sure which title these articles should be merged under but they do appear to be discussing the same community. Sitush (talk) 18:14, 31 August 2017 (UTC)


 * Nagarathar and Nattukottai Nagarathar are known to be a same community in tamil nadu. as the Nagarathar term means that a community which created the 96 Cities/Villages. they are given by Pandya kings to them in and around 800 AD, in which these community developed a one of the wealthiest cities/villages in tamil nadu. so the name was given


 * Nagar = City or Village and Athar (also Kown as Amaithar) means Constructed or Established which gives the name Nagarathar with Meaning community which established new cities or villages. Nattukottai term means that fort like houses build by Nagarathar in the region of karaikudi region of tamil nadu where


 * Nattu (also known as Nadu ) means Country Kottai means = Fort which means houses like countries fort


 * So the Nattukottai Nagarathar was the correct name which provides complete explanation for the community. Nattukottai Nagarathar= Community which build Fort like houses and Established new villages. so i would like to give some pictorial examples for the Fort like houses build in Karaikudi region you can verify it in Karaikudi region of Tamil Nadu, India.

Image of Fort like houses build by nagarathar interior of other fort like building build by the Nattukottai Nagarathar Community


 * So the Name of the Merged article should be Nattukottai Nagarathar


 * looking at the resources and further readings of both articles and the content, they look the same. I will merge both into Nattukottai Nagarathar as suggested. --Xaiver0510 (talk) 09:21, 19 December 2018 (UTC)

Sourcing
Wikipedia requires that cited sources are reliable. There is a long-standing consensus that sources affiliated with castes are not reliable, and indeed often turn out also to be self-published. This is why I have been removing some content.

Equally, if something is said in a reliable source and it is relevant to the article subject then we should show it. In the event that there are several reliable sources and they say different things about a particular issue, our policy regarding neutrality means that we should show all of those opinions. It is for this reason that I have reinstated some words removed today but sourced to Pamela G. Price, who is an reliable academic. - Sitush (talk) 12:22, 20 January 2018 (UTC)

Article should contain many sources
most of the content added to this article is deleted stating the reliability without any details. person who are interested in deleting the content should try to add content with own research. without any research sitush is deleting content for long time. article deserve content which are not available in internet. offline sources must be valuated before deleting — Preceding unsigned comment added by 182.65.45.255 (talk) 12:37, 20 January 2018 (UTC)


 * I am unsure what relevance this may have to improvement of the article but please note that we cannot base our statements on things that you have heard. Please read WP:V. - Sitush (talk) 03:18, 11 June 2018 (UTC)

Removing image
I remove this image. Although the picture file's name is "Nagarathar-colombo-chetty.jpg", the Colombo Chetties are according to this source ;
 * The Colombo Chetties must also receive mention in a racial description of the people of Ceylon. The term does not include the Nattukottai Chetties, who have formed themselves into a guild for carrying on business in Ceylon and are only temporary residents of the Island.

Xenani (talk) 23:41, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

Psychological facts
The ugly thruth and possibilities 188.150.78.232 (talk) 12:41, 13 March 2024 (UTC)