Abstract
India has one of the largest concentrated of tribal population in the world. Most of the tribes live mostly in well-defined but isolated hill area, which are often inaccessible and relatively under- developed and poorly integrated with the rest of the nation .since ages, in Tamilnadu state, there are 36 scheduled tribes Irulas community is one of the major scheduled tribe of Tamilnadu. On the basic of the territory they occupied. The Irulas derived into southern Irulas and northern Irulas. The life cycle rituals of the Irulas are unique in nature. They observe pure and post-delivery rituals, naming ceremony etc. this paper discuses about the socio and cultural dimension of the Irula tribe in Kanchipuram district of Tamilnadu.
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How to Cite
P.Puratchiselvi, & S. Kamaladevi. (2023). xSocio and Culture Dimension of the Irula Tribes in Kanchipuram District of TamilNadu: P.Puratchiselvi Research Scholar, Department of History, Queen Mary’s College, Chennai, TamilNadu, ppsammu08@gmail.com, 9087781421. KALANJIYAM - International Journal of Tamil Studies, 2(02). https://doi.org/10.35444/
