page_title: Kongu Vellalar
section_title: Thaali
hierarchical_section_title: Kongu Vellalar / Culture / Thaali
caption_attribution_description: தமிழ்: a-koundas tradition
context_page_description: Kongu Vellalar is a sub-caste of Vellalar community found in the western region of Tamil Nadu, which is known as Kongu Nadu.
  The Kongu Vellalar were classified as a Forward Caste at the time of Indian independence but they successfully requested to be reclassified as a Backward Class in 1975.
context_section_description: A Mangala Sutra is a necklace that the groom ties around the bride's neck in the Indian subcontinent, in a ceremony called Mangalya Dharanam, which identifies her as a married woman. It is called, thaali (தாலி), maangalyam (மாங்கல்யம்) in Tamil.
caption: Kongu Vellalar thaali
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