Mandadanとは 意味・読み方・使い方

The Mandadan Chetty community also spelt Mountadan Chetty is an exquisite community of tribal origins who are indigenous to the East Wynad Vayanad or Nilagiri Vayanad in the Nilagiri area and the adjoining areas of the rest of Vayanad in the present day Kerala. The Nilagiri area has been historically an area of hoary cultural significance and the areas in the Nilagiri are mentioned and referred in the ancient Tamizh Sangam Literature including the Paditruppattu. The Nilagiri area was part of the ancient classical Tamizh Chera i.e. ancient Kerala Kingdom from time immemorial and was also a part of the Chera Kingdom of Cheran Senguttuvan. The community is not only indigenous but also historically endemic to the area . The community is a tribal community and has its own peculiar language culture and traditions which all revolve around the Nambalakod temple, a hoary shrine complex which is situate in the Gudalur Taluk in the Nilagiri District in north western Tamil Nadu, where the tribal deity is the Betarayasvami or ‘lord of the Hunt’ . The Nambalakotta Temple is thus of profound and great significance to the cultural ethos and religious life and rituals of the Mandadan Chettis and historically the said temple had been the property of principal indigenous community residing in the vicinity of the temple area, who are the Mandadan Chettys.