Original sentence: There are evidences of the Dvija Gotras being held by the Vellalas, along with the long documented tradition of them wearing the sacred thread or Yajñopavita & the Vaidika Upanayana ceremonies having been performed by the Vellalar community, which are traditionally restricted to the 3 upper varnas, namely Brahmin, Kshatriya and Vaishya respectively
Edited sentence: The evidences of the Dvija Gotras being held by the Vellalas, along with the long documented tradition of them wearing the sacred thread or Yajñopavita & the Vaidika Upanayana ceremonies having been performed by the Vellalar community, which are traditionally restricted to the 3 upper varnas, namely Brahmin, Kshatriya and Vaishya respectively.reaffirms their traditional Dvija Vaishya status & contradicts these additional Shudra classifications of the Vellalars from the colonial period onwards, as Shudras do not have Dvija Gotras & are not given the Vaidika upanayana ceremonies