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'' maruthuvar/vaithiyar (also known by many other names) is a Tamil caste found in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and northeastern part of Sri Lanka. The maruthuvars have traditionally worked as physicians, but also as musicians and their women's were worked asmidwives.

In Sangam period,The Maruthuvar/vaithiyar,were doctors to kings and Nobel's.They were well known for the art of healing and mostly they practised siddha Maruthuvam.It was believed that Many siddhars attained "sidhi " from this community.The person who is treating the kings were refered as "raja vaithiyar".and their women's were called as "maruthuvachi".only this community women's were allowed to carry their caste title after their names.As their profession was being doctor they enjoyed high social status during moovendar periods.but after the invasion of Britishers and English medicines ,they were deemed to darkness.And many started to do other jobs and forgot thier traditional siddha vaithiyar.

They were also referred as pandithar (knowledged persons) ,[this name came since because they were once minsters in king courts] ,pariyari ('pari ' means 'horse' .'yari' means 'rider'just a horse riders) this title came since during war times they act as 'messengers' between kingdoms and often doctors use horses to treat their patients across states and they always treated the warriors who were injured in wars so they had extreme importance in wars.

Besides this they were also known for their music art.they play pipes(Nadaswaram) And drums (melam) in temples and marraiges.so they also refered as "melakarars". CURRENT STATUS:

Even though they were well educated and working as doctors ,engineers, academician s,software professional s ect .Many were economically poor and policatly they are weaker. Many times they had requested for seperate reservation s in medical field ,the government has consistently denied since they were numerically less.

HISTORICALLY NOTABLE PEOPLES
1."paramjothi " popularly known as "siruthondar".(Great warrior and medicional practitioner ,one among 63 nayanmars)

2. மாவீரன் கருப்பன் சேர்வை(cheif warrior[போற்படை தளபதி] in "Deeran chinnamalai gounder" Army -for reference one may see தீரன் சின்னமலை வரலாறு பாகம் 5 by குழந்தை புலவர்-http://karuppanservai.blogspot.com/2020/06/blog-post_64.html )

3.vishwanadha das (drama artist,freedom fighter)

4.kambar ( one who wrote kamba Ramayanam)

IN MOVIES :

movies like 7 AM ARIVU and 5 THALAIMURAI SIDDHA VAIDYA SIGAMANI depict this people.

They were referred as vaidyar,vaidya ,baidya, ambastha,Dhanvantari Brahmins,vaidya Brahmana,nayee Brahmana ,maran, Tagore ect in different parts of India.

CONSPIRACIES
In north,Some say they were offspring of brahmin father and vaishya mother and some say they were descendants of "susrutha" one who found ayurveda and a great surgeon.

But however tamil and Kerala vaithiyar s / maruthuvars trace their lineage from northeastern part of Sri Lanka which was once part of Jaffna kingdom.so they don't share any common s since the Dravidian were completly different from Aryans.

RELATED ETHINIC GROUPS:

ISAI VELLALAR, NAVITHAR, NASSUVAN, Mangala, Velakathala Nair's of Kerala.

Along with these groups vaithiyars also share their ancestory from ambastha community.which was later rendered as ambattar.

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Early history
The Siddhars, the ancient Tamil physicians who claimed to have attained siddhi, hailed mostly from the Ambattar community.