page_title: Nadar (caste)
section_title: Nadars of the 20th century
hierarchical_section_title: Nadar (caste) / Nadars of the 20th century
caption_attribution_description: English: This is the picture rattinasami nadar the founder of the Nadar mahajana sagham.
context_page_description: Nadar is a Tamil caste of India. Nadars are predominant in the districts of Kanyakumari, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli and Virudhunagar.
  The Nadar community was not a single caste, but developed from an assortment of related subcastes, which in course of time came under the single banner Nadar. Nadar climbers were the largest subsect of today's Nadar community. A few subsects of the Nadar community, such as the Nelamaikkarars, were traditionally wealthy landlords and money lenders. Historically, most Nadars were cultivators of palmyra trees and jaggery and a few were also involved in the toddy trade. Nadar climbers had faced discrimination from major upper castes in some regions. The martial art of Varma Kalai was historically practised by the Nadars.
  The socio-economic development achieved by the Nadars in southern India has elicited academic interest. Nadars are classified and listed as an Other Backward Class by the governments of both Tamil Nadu and India.
caption: Rao Bahadur T. Rattinasami Nadar, founder of the Nadar Mahajana Sangam
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