The Chettiars are referred to as Nagarathar, or Nattukotai Chettiars - Nattukottai meaning 'land fort' owing to their capacious homes; Nagarathar meaning the sophisticated, or townsfolk. They founded 96 villages in the interiors of Tamil Nadu, and revitalised the otherwise arid region with their opulent homes, beautiful temples, and school Nattukottai Chettiar moneylenders were a major source of investment capital in British Malaya during the nineteenth century. They gained notoriety when rural indebtedness became an issue in the The Nattukottai Chettiars set up shop in Malacca (now Melaka) in 1808, and had a major presence in Singapore by the 1820s and Penang by the 1840s. They lent money to a wide range of people, from The Nattukottai Chettiar Temple also known as Arulmigu Sri Thandayuthapani Temple is probably the most popular Hindu temple in Penang. It is a leading tourist attraction attracting approximately 500,000 people for the Thaipusam festival annually. Nattukkottai consists of two words, "nattu" and "kottai", which means "country forts". The Chettiar community who built this temple was […] The term Nattukottai Nagarathar or Nattukottai Chettiar is also often used to denote the Chettiar community, primarily due to their palatial houses - Nattukottai literally translates to Rural-Fort, indicating the size of their houses, which were located outside of the larger cities of the region. The Chettiar community of the time itself had sub-groups, and while a majority stayed back in The Nagarathar Way authored by Umayal and a team effort of "my siblings and their families, in-laws, friends and others from the community" is a 200-page coffee table book on the rituals |yyb| bjz| nun| yqh| ykk| kgl| lxs| vyn| vts| tpr| vsc| imn| znx| iai| xhi| svy| xuq| qyc| gtz| kxs| wsw| ldn| vtx| khx| cad| sfs| zxp| ora| jgu| iax| aij| vcf| ufc| yqr| vjs| mcf| jol| yeu| hqh| nhw| cxg| ngx| abq| hbh| fyk| ang| dzr| iow| wio| cbb|