Chozhia Vellalar

Chozhia Vellalar / Sozhia Vellalar
ReligionsHinduism, Christianity
LanguagesTamil
RegionTanjore (Chola Nadu) in current-day Tamil Nadu and Puducherry
Feudal titlePillai, Chettiar
Related groupsVellalar, Indian Tamils

Chozhia Vellalar (also spelt as Sozhia, Choliya or Sholiya Vellalar) is a caste or a subcaste of Southern India, related to the Vellalar community.

They traditionally used Pillai as a title or surname, up to the political hegemony of Dravidianism in the state of Tamil Nadu, where they essentially come from.

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