Is Muthiryar' subcaste of Vania Kula kshatriya?

Question

If not then under which subcaste it falls

Answer 1

The muthiriyars are not subcaste of Vanniya kula kshatriyas.

The Mudiraju community is found in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu as well. They are today cultivators and village administrative employees, but they were in the past a type of specialised soldiers. Some were also fishermen. They were basically warriors whose primitive professions were hunting and fishing. There is a section of Mudirajus who in ancient times looked after the water reservoirs in granitic areas, and had entered the fish trade long ago.

Mutharayar is the founder of Thanjavur and Perumbidugu Mutharaiyar ruled his kingdom with Thanjavur as the capital. For last several centuries,Mutharayars have been located in and around fertile cauveric plains presently forming part of the state of Tamilnadu,India. Mutharayars are also found in northern districts of Tamilnadu.They have been residing over there for centuries. Mutharayars are also located in andhra pradesh in the name of Mudiraj. Some people say these Mutharayars have migrated from Tamilnadu but there is no recorded proof. The geographical area, where majority of Mutharayar families are presently located, for last several centuries, has a rich historical heritage and is a crystal ball of ancient as well as the modern south Indian civilization.

There exists no credible source of information as regards the period since when the Mutharayars have been residing in South india.

The Telugu Mudiraj and the Tamil Muthuraj are one and the same people. They are also spread into Kerala, Karnataka, Maharastra, Gujarat and other parts of North India. They are known as kolis in North India.

The various names by which these people are known in Tamilnadu are :

Muthuraj, Muthuraja, Muthuracha

Mutharayar, Mutharaiyar

Mutharasan, Mutharayan, Mutharaiyan

Muttiriyar, Muthiriyar, Muthariyar

Mudaliyar, Mudhaliyar, Muttiris

Mahadev Koli.

The following are some of the subcastes of Muthuraja in Tamilnadu state today:

Ambalakaran

Servai, Servaikkaran, Valaiyar, Valayar, Bharatava Valaiyar (Paratava Valayar)

Kannappa Kula, Palayakara, Palayakkaran, Palayakkarar, Palayakara Naiker

Kavalgar, Talaiyari, Vazhuvadiyar, Poosari

Muthuraj, Vanniyarkula Muthuraj, Muthuraja Naidu

Muthiriya, Muthiriya Naidu (Gavara ), Muthiriya Naicker

Muthiriya Moopar (Shanan) , Moopanar (Parkava Kulam) ,

Muthiriya Urali Gounder, Muthiriya Rao

Vettuva, Vettuva Goundan, Vettuva Gounder, Vettuva Pulayar, Pulayavettuva

Vedan, Vetan, Vetar

Arayar, Araiyar

Ambalam, Pillai