Muthuraja

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{{Short description|Tamil and Telugu speaking community in south India}}

{{About|the Indian caste called Muthuraja||Muttaraiyar (disambiguation){{!}}Muttaraiyar}}

{{Infobox caste

|caste_name=Muthuraja

|languages=Tamil{{*}}Telugu

|populated_states=Tamil Nadu

|region=Central Tamil Nadu

|population=

|religions=Hinduism{{*}}Jainism

|country=India

|ethnicity=

|classification=Backward caste}}{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}

{{Use Indian English|date=May 2016}}

Muthuraja (also known as Mutharaiyar) is a Tamil and Telugu

• {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VwbtAAAAMAAJ |title=Barriers broken: production relations and agrarian change in Tamil Nadu |publisher=Sage Publications |year=1990 |isbn=9780803996397 |editor1-last=Athreya |editor1-first=Venkatesh B. |page=25 |quote=The Muthurajas are descendants of the soldiers which the poligars recruited in their homeland, the Telugu-speaking areas of contemporary Andhra Pradesh, north of Tamil Nadu. Like other castes originating from Andhra, they are bilingual, often speaking Telugu in family circles and Tamil outside the house |editor2-last=Djurfeldt |editor2-first=Göran |editor3-last=Lindberg |editor3-first=Staffan}}
• {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2pAMAQAAMAAJ&q=Muthuracha |title=A handbook of Tamil Nadu |author2= |publisher=International School of Dravidian Linguistics |year=1996 |isbn=9788185692203 |editor1-last=K. M. Venkataramaiah |volume= |page=425 |quote=Muthuracha: A Telugu caste found in some districts of Tamil Nadu, the Muthuracha (muthurācha) is also called Muttaraiyan. Some are talaiyāris or watchmen of villages. They seem to be a major sect in the coastal villages of Andhra Pradesh}}
• {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iw7SL2QrgcQC&dq=Among+the+Telugu+castes+that+came+to+Tamilnadu+were+the+Mutturajas+or+Mutr%C4%81chas&pg=PA19 |title=Kattavarayan Katai |author2= |publisher=Otto Harrassowitz Verlag |year=2004 |isbn=9783447047128 |editor1-last=Eveline Masilamani-Meyer  |volume= |page=19 |quote=Among the Telugu castes that came to Tamilnadu were the Mutturajas or Mutrāchas.}}
• {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bxiAAAAAMAAJ&q=Muttiriyan++Tamil+Nadu+primarily++Telugu+caste |title=Biology of the People of Tamil Nadu |author2= |publisher= |year=1981 |editor1=L. D. Sanghvi |editor2=V. Balakrishnan |editor3=Irawati Karmarkar Karve |volume= |page=21 |quote=Mutracha (MT) Mutracha is also known as Muttiriyan in Tamil Nadu. It is primarily a Telugu caste found in the southern districts of Andhra Pradesh. They were employed by the Vijayanagar kings to defend their frontiers when they entered Tamil Nadu and were honoured with the title of Paligar. They speak Telugu in Tamil Nadu.}} speaking community found in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.