IJFANS International Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences

ISSN PRINT 2319 1775 Online 2320-7876

"Unveiling the Socio-Cultural Fabric: Investigating the Kattunayakan Tribe in the Context of Madurai District"

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N. Vanavarayan, Dr. B. Chitra

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one of the Southern State of India's primitive tribal communities is the Kattunayakkan. Their primary places of residence are Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Tamilnadu, and Karnataka. The Pallava monarchs are thought to have dispatched delegates from this tribe. Among the thirty-six scheduled tribes that call Tamilnadu home, they are one.The meaning of the phrase Kattanayakkan is "The king of the jungle." Kadu, which translates to "forest, wild, or jungle," is the source of the Kattunayakkan people's name. Nayakkan is Chief's leader. The other names given by the inhabitants were Kudukudupunayakkan and Kudukudupuattion. the residents of Tamilnadu's significant hills, including Varshandu Hill in the Theni district, Palanimalai and Sirumalai Hills in Dindigul, and Jawadhu Hills of Dhamapuri? The small Kattunayakkan population migrates to the north and to the Madurai district.

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