< Castes and Tribes of Southern India

​Pidāran. — A section of Ambalavāsis, who, according to Mr. Logan*[1] "drink liqour, exorcise devils, and are worshippers of Bhadrakāli or of Sakti. The name is also applied to snake-catchers, and it was probably conferred on the caste owing to the snake being an emblem of the human passion embodied in the deities they worship."

  1. ↑ * Manual of Malabar.
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