-
called Valanjiyar belonging to left-hand
caste group in the past. However, now
Saliyas conduct this ritual. But
relationship between Valanjiyar and Saliya...
- Ayyavole, Ainnurruvar, Vira Balanju, vira banajigaru, vira balanjya, vira
Valanjiyar, vira balija, Nanadesi, etc. They were a
group of 500
Swamis who constituted...
-
Manigramam and
Ayyavole guilds though other guilds such as
Anjuvannam and
Valanjiyar were also in existence.
Members of the
Vellalar caste were sent to northern...
- Bananja, Bananju,
Banajiga and Banijiga, with
probable cognates Balijiga,
Valanjiyar, Balanji,
Bananji and
derivatives such as Baliga, all of
which are said...
- Balanjas. The term Vira-balija in Telugu, Vira-Banajiga in
Kannada and Vira-
Valanjiyar in Tamil, all of them mean
valiant merchants.
These merchants styled themselves...
- were
called Vira-Balanjas. The term Vira-Balanja in
Kannada and Vira-
Valanjiyar in Tamil, Vira-Balija in Telugu, all of them mean "valiant merchants"...
- Lord
Vishnu from a
Vishnu temple built in 1283 by the
Tamil Ainnurruvar Valanjiyar Merchant community in Quanzhou. The
carvings are dis****d
across five...
- Bananju, Banajiga, and Banijiga, with
probable cognates such as Balijiga,
Valanjiyar, Balanji, Bananji, and Baliga, as well as
derivatives like Vani (in Maharashtra)...
- were
called Vira-Balanjas. The term Vira-Balanja in
Kannada and Vira-
Valanjiyar in Tamil, Vira-Balija in Telugu, all of them mean "valiant merchants"...
