User:Jayagandhi/sandbox

PARKAVAN MANDALAM
Who is Parkavan: The Nathaman, Malayaman, Sruthiman, Moopanar and Nainar castes together called Parkavan. They are populated mostly in Tamil Nadu state and also found in other neighboring states Karnataka, Andra Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Mumbai. - They are all together also called Parkavakulam. They are clan of the Great Tamil King "Raja Raja Cholan".

Parkavan Mandalam: The Districts of Perambalur, Salem, Attur, Kallakurichi, Part of Villupuram, Cudalore, Trichy, Tanjore, Pudukottai, Sivagangai and Ramanathapuram are called Parkavan Mandalam. In Parkavan mandalam, Parkavan community decides the polling results of any election.

In Ramnad and the nearby areas of Pudukottai, Madurai, and Trichy, Udayars worship the shrine at Oriyur that commemorates John de Britto, a 17th-century Portuguese Jesuit missionary and martyr. Some Udayars are Roman Catholic Christians.