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THE BHADRACHELLAM AND REKAPALLI TALUQAS.
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V. Gollalu.-The herdsmen caste. but municipal law has proved stronger in this
16. Gollalu.-These form the highest sec- | respect than Brâ hmaņical prejudice. tion.
VIII. Tailors. 17. Pûja Gollalu.
31. Jangamvandlu; 32. Mêrilu. 18. Erra Gollalu, ie. Red Gollalu. IX. Fishermen. These are chiefly cultivators, and some few are 33. Vajralu.-These will not carry a palki. peons.
34. Jalarlu.- Do. 19. Basava Gollalu. See Vol. V. p. 35. Palliln.- Do. 359.
36. Bestavandln-Fishermen and bearers. VI. Various other Sûdra castes.
X. Cultivators purely. 20. Vantaralu; 21. Nagarilu; 22. 37. Kamma vandlu. As a rule, these are Telagalu. --These are often called simply a fine well-built class of cultivators, very proud Telagalu. They are a most respectable and exclusive, and have a great aversion to class of Sûdras, and follow a variety of opcupa- town life. Many of them never allow their tions.
wives to leave their compounds, and it is said 23. Bondilu. These often arrogate to that many never do any field work on Sundays, themselves the title of Rajputs, and say they but confine themselves on that day to their came originally from Bundelkaņd.
house work. 24. Mutarasulu.-Cultivators and peons. 38. Motadu Reddivandlu. 25. Sutarlu.-Bricklayers and masons.
39. Panta Red divandlu. 26. Gavaralu.-Cultivators.
40. Konda Reddivandlu, i.e. the hill VII. Kamsalilu or goldsmith caste.
Reddis. These live on the Eastern Ghâts on 27. Kamsililu.-Goldsmiths and jewel. the banks of the Godavari. They have lers.
been compelled to leave off their former warlike 28. Kammar & vandlu.-Blacksmiths. habits, and they now confine themselves to cul. 29. Vadlavand! 1.-Carpenters.
tivation and trade in timber. 30. Kansara vandlu.-Workers in brass,
XI. Artisans and labourers. tin, and other metals.
41. Oddila.-These are principally raftsAll the above eat with one another, and inter- men, and the village marked Woddegudem marry. Some years ago two or three members of (i. e. Oddigudem) on most maps of this district this caste married women of the Idige caste, is so called from the number of Oddilu who live and were accordingly excommunicated, and there. Some who have raised themselves in life for some time their descendants had to be con
call themselves Sishti Karanamalu. . tent to intermarry amongst themselves. Last 42. Sunkara vândlu.--Cultivators and year, however, they were all received back into raftsmen. They came from some part of the the Kamsali caste after paying Rs. 3,000 to Central Provinces, and their language and the leading Kamsalilu at Dhavaleśvaram, and
customs seem to shew that they are one of the distributing Rs. 2,000 amongst those resident original races. They are not regarded as outin Dummagudem. To strengthen the reunion castes as stated in the C. P. Gazetteer p. 500. intermarriages immediately took place. The 43. Arilu.-Shoemakers who confine them80-called right-hand castes object most strongly selves to the manufacture of the ornamental to the Kamsalilu being carried in a palki, and kinds of shoes, and are consequently regarded three years ago 'some of them threatened to get as Sudras. up a little riot on the occasion of a marriage in 1 44. Gaandla vandlu; 45. Idige van. the Kamsali caste. They were deprived of this du-Toddy drawers and bearers. opportunity, for the palki was a borrowed one, 46. Salilu.-Weavers. and its owner more anxious for the safety of 47. Devangulu.-Weavers. These are his property than the dignity of the Kamsali lingam worshippers. caste recalled the loan on the third day. A 48. Te11& kalavandlu.-These are ring leader of the discontented was a Madras really washermen who in consequence of having Pariah. The Kamsalilu were formerly for obtained employment as peons in Government bidden to whitewash the outside of their houses, offices feel themselves to be superior to their
