Adaviyar the Tamil-speaking weavers

Adaviyar or Ataviyar is the name of a class of Tamil-speaking weavers found in the Tanjore and Tinnevelly districts.

Keywords: Adaviyar, Ataviyar, Tanjore, Tinnevelly.

Reference: Thurston, Edgar; K. Rangachari (1909). Castes and Tribes of Southern India, Volume I – A and B. Madras: Government Press