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Valaiyar
Valaiyar are ancient hunters/fishermen of south india and lanka. Currently they are living with many titles such as mutharaiyar, ambalakarar, servai, parathavar, moopanar etc. It is said to be the name valaiyar came from the tamil word *valai* which means net. This shows they were the inventors of net and used net foe hunting/fishing.

In the book caste and tribes of southern india the author Edgar Thurston have wrote that valaiyars are said to be one of the oldest tribes of the land. Navinkumarvalaiyar (talk) 11:26, 15 December 2019 (UTC)