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Kurumba Gounder

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Kurumba Gounder
ReligionsHinduism
LanguagesTamil
CountryIndia
Original stateTamil Nadu
Populated statesTamil Nadu
RegionSouth India
Related groupsDravidian people

Kurumba Gounder is an Indian caste from the state of Tamil Nadu. A Hindu ceremony characteristic of the Kurumba Gounder are gatheringsat a Mahalakshmi temple for a ceremony of supplication for health and success, during which coconuts are smashed on supplicants' heads.

KINGS AND WARRIORS:

•kings from Pallava dynasity.

Harihara I and Bukka Raya I(founder and emporers of the Vijayanagara Empire).

Kamunda kurumba prabhu(founder and king of puzhal fort).

Kottailinga kurumbar(13th century senji fort king).

Kurumbaraja(king of kalvarayanmalai).

•Kurubaradhithar,Queen pottrinangai(rulers of sathyavedu).

•king Vaanan.

•kepichiammal(freedom fighter).

Sangolli rayanna(18th century freedom fighter karnataka).

SAINTS:

Perumizhalai kurumba nayanar(22nd of 63 Nayanmargal saints of hindusim)

Kanaka dasa(kannada famous poet).

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