Castes and Tribes of Southern India/Turuvalar

Turuvalar. — Recorded in the Salem Manual as a caste name, by which some of the Vēdans call themselves. "The Turuvalar are distinguished as the Kattu-kudugirajāti, a name derived from a custom among them which authorizes informal temporary matrimonial arrangements."

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