24 Manai Telugu Chettiars

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24 Manai Telugu Chettiars is an Indian caste.

[edit] Origins

24 Manai Telegu Chettiars community is believed to have originated from the trader communities who descended from Vijayanagar Kingdom and settled around Madurai(1530-1781 CE) and Thanjavur (1530-1674 CE).

Thanjavur was the heart of the Chola dynasty (from the 9th century to the 13th), but in the second quarter of the sixteenth century a Telugu Nayak viceroy (Raghunatha Nayaka) was appointed by the emperor of Vijayanagar, thus establishing a court whose language was Telugu. Telugu Nayak rulers acted as the governors in the present day Tamil Nadu area with headquarters at Madurai(1530-1781 CE) and Thanjavur (1530-1674 CE).

After the collapse of Vijayanagar, Thanjavur and Madurai Nayaks became independent and ruled for the next 150 years until they were replaced by Marathas. This was the period when several Telugu families migrated from Andhra Pradesh and settled down in Thanjavur and Madurai. There are few groups of people who moved to Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

[edit] See also

• Udumalai Narayana Kavi

[edit] External links

• 24manai.com