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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Karumuttu Thiagarajan Chettiar
		Vinaitherthal achi(Sivakami achi) was born on 16 June 1893 at A.Thekkur in Sivagangai district of Tamil Nadu.He was the tenth and last child in his family.
		Nagarathars also known as Nattukkottai Chettiars were an important trading class of the 19th and 20th century South East Asia and spread to Ceylon or Sri Lanka, Burma or Myanmar, Malayasia, Singapore, Java, Sumatra, and Saigon.
		Dr Alagappa Chettiar, the founder of the various educational institutions in Karaikudi and its surroundings.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Karumuttu-Thiagarajan-Chettiar (579 words)

	India Today Magazine
		At the end of this turbulent phase, the Chettiar population is only 1,25,000 and claim as their home only 75 villages in the southern part of Tamil Nadu.
		Muthuraman and his camera have gone into the villages and homes of the Chettiars to capture in brilliant colour the sculpture of the temples, the architecture of the mansions, the ancient paintings, the village festivals, the family rituals, the glitter of metal and stone and the artifacts gathered over the years.
		He has also captured the contemporary Chettiar village affected by migration and now, like any other village with crumbling houses, neglected tanks, old women-folk and families struggling to reconcile their rich heritage with their poor economic status.
	www.india-today.com /itoday/20010129/books.shtml (692 words)

	Dr. Rajah Sir Annamalai Chettiar
		Annamalai Chettiar was born at Kanadukathan, in the district of Ramnad, on the 30th of September 1881.
		Annamalai Chettiar's natural bent was for finance, and his appraisement of the forces which influence the turns and twists of the world of finance was sound and sure.
		The Rajah's second son, Sri R. Ramanathan Chettiar, was Sheriff of Madras in 1950, its Mayor in 1950-51, a member of Parliament for several terms and a Director of the Reserve Bank of India.
	www.tamilnation.org /hundredtamils/annamalai.htm (3351 words)

	Chettiar's Hindu Temple (Aka The Tank Road Temple) - Singapore Singapore - Review of Chettiar's Hindu Temple (Aka The ...
		Chettiar's Hindu Temple (Aka The Tank Road Temple) - Singapore Singapore - Review of Chettiar's Hindu Temple (Aka The Tank Road Temple)
		Chettiar's Hindu Temple (Aka The Tank Road Temple) - Singapore, Singapore
		Chettiar's Hindu Temple (aka the Tank Road Temple)
	www.sidestep.com /travel-attraction-s23769-chettiars_hindu_temple_aka_the_tank_road_temple_singapore (328 words)

	THE CHETTIAR HERITAGE - www.coimbatorebest.com
		This book, of the Chettiars and by the Chettiars, makes for a beautiful coffee table read, though it is priced on the expensive side (Rs.3,000/-).
		Of special interest is attention given to the jewellery; for instance, the traditional thali (sacred thread tied at Hindu wedding).
		" We chose Muthuraman because he is a Chettiar and with this inside knowledge of the community he would be able to deliver the goods without us having to be behind him, as the case would have been if we had to get a photographer from Delhi or any other place.
	www.coimbatorebest.com /cityresources/books_and_hobbies (325 words)

	Shaadionline - Rituals and customs: Tamil Chettiar Wedding
		Marriage alliances among the Tamil Chettiars of Tamil Nadu are traditionally fixed within a group of villages.
		It is not surprising therefore that all Chettiars are related and marriages within first cousins are common.
		The traditional jewellery worn by the Chettiars is renowned for its breathtaking beauty; diamonds, rubies and emeralds intricately set in gold.
	www.shaadionline.com /sol/asp/rnc/rituals-customs.asp?ComID=74 (535 words)

	Contributions of the Chettiars in Malaya
		However there were also Chettiar who operated as small moneylenders, who "by their usury, drive poor families to ruin".
		But strict code of honour was practised and a Chettiar explained to a member of the Straits Legislative Council in 1929 that "ostracism or excommunication from our society befalls anyone caught transgressing that code." But neither the Chettiar himself nor his commercial system was static.
		The Chettiar also started to seek representation in official bodies after they began to form the Chettiar Chamber of Commerce in the bigger Malayan Towns; the first was founded in Singapore in 1931.
	members.tripod.com /Nagarathar/contributions_chettiars_malaya.htm (786 words)

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		The way in which [Chettiar] was discharging his duties as a car salesman in a competitive environment created by the employer "increased his risk of falling on this occasion and directly contributed to cause his fall.
		In finding that Chettiar proved a causal relationship between his September 7, 1995 injury by accident and his Charcot foot condition, the commission found the medical records and opinions of Dr. William P. Grant, a board certified foot and ankle surgeon, to be persuasive.
		Dr. Grant testified in his deposition that Chettiar suffers from a Charcot deformity in his left foot, which is a condition where the bony and joint structure is destroyed because neural damage causes the patient to be unaware of injury to the area.
	www.courts.state.va.us /txtops/1290991.txt (688 words)

	Kshethragnan - Sathya Sai Baba
		Chettiar came to know the significance of this installation only later on, when he got a copy of Viswamitra Naadi, wherein this event of installation of Lord Muruga by Lord Himself, had been mentioned.
		Chettiar was not to live that day and witness his great ambition coming true.
		During installation ceremony, Bhagavan Baba created a small "Lingam" and directed Srinivasan Chettiar to insert the same in the small pit wherein the idol of Rama is to be installed.
	www.saibaba.ws /articles/kshethragnanbaba.htm (1634 words)

	KOLAM-4 : Chettiar Temples, Part 2 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Not only this, but it was also a Chettiar convention that the property of a Chettiar woman was inherited only by her daughters, and in the event of a wife dying issueless, her property went back to her parents and her sisters.
		By Chettiar convention it would be indicated as (ten, four) varahans, meaning ten varahans to the girl and four to the mother of the bridegroom.
		The aversion of the Chettiars to give their daughters in marriage to non-Chettiars is thus easily understandable in virtue of the colossal amount of the dowry involved.
	www.uni-koeln.de /phil-fak/indologie/kolam/kolam4/indira03.html (0 words)

	G. APPASWAMI CHETTIAR AND ANR v. R. SARANGAPANI CHETTIAR & ORS [1978] INSC 71; [1978] 3 SCR 520; [1978] 3 SCC 55; ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Chettiar and the question as to whether the 2nd defendant was entitled to claim under the Will of G. Chettiar.
		Re- garding Ramasami Chattiar and Kuppusamy Chettiar the High Court found after reference to the evidence of one of the appellants land P.W. 5 examined on their behalf that the two agnates were not proved to be dhayadis of Sethu Chattiar.
		From this the High Court inferred that the intention of the testator was that after the failure and in the absence of male is-sue the property is to be succeeded by the daughters of 1 Ramathilakam Ammal.
	www.austlii.edu.au /~andrew/CommonLII/INSC/1978/71.html (5903 words)

	The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum
		The Chettiar community was so wealthy in the 19th and the early 20th centuries that often their mansions were built on a rectangular transversal plot, which enveloped across two streets.
		Chettiars were mostly very loyal to then British Government, although there were quite a number of martyrs, who had laid down their lives for Indian freedom.
		But then Chettiars are known to make a success of whatever business they do and it is a matter of time, before Chettinad becomes a must for foreign tourists to India.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2006/20060319/spectrum/main3.htm (0 words)

	St. Paul Pioneer Press \| 04/02/2006 \| Case reveals lives of illegal immigrants
		A tearful Amatitla-Pavon said Chettiar was going to let her visit her ailing father in Mexico, but her father died before she could go.
		Chettiar housed the seven employees rent-free in a duplex he owned about two blocks from the restaurant.
		Chettiar was indicted in January by a grand jury on charges of aiding, abetting, harboring and transporting illegal immigrants.
	www.twincities.com /mld/pioneerpress/news/local/14238135.htm (0 words)

	Clerk - He started out as law clerk - DEC 13, 2006
		Mr Chettiar remembered vividly the day he was called to the bar - 19 Sep 1973 - his 39th birthday.
		Mr Chettiar's quick rise to the top triggered jealousy among the more senior lawyers in the firm, but he said it was his hard work and legal skills that catapulted him to the top of his profession.
		Today, Mr Chettiar's trademark booming voice is no longer what it used to be, after he suffered a mild stroke three years ago.
	newpaper.asia1.com.sg /printfriendly/0,4139,119286,00.html (885 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Chettinad is the homeland of the Nattukottai Chettiars (Nagarathar), a prosperous banking and business community, many of whose members migrated to South and Southeast Asia, particularly Ceylon and Burma, in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
		Alagappa Chettiar College of Engineering and Technology (Accet), located in Karaikudi, is one of the premier educational institutions in Tamil Nadu.
		R.M. Alagappa Chettiar a man of rare wisdom and forethought, founded Alagappa Chettiar Educational Trust with the sole aim of developing the backward area of Karaikudi into a centre for higher education and provided necessary funds for the establishment of educational institutions.
	www.gamecheatz.net /games.php?title=Karaikudi (0 words)

	R. M. Alagappa Chettiar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alagappa Chettiar had his primary education at the SMS Vidyasala in Karaikudi and went on to obtain his M.A. from the Presidency College in Madras.
		Being a businessman himself, Dr. Alagappa Chettiar is aware of the industrial possibilities of our country and the need for scientific, technical and technological education in his lifetime he has built a monument for himself you have only to look around.
		Chettiar was full of compassion and gave whatever he had at the moment to the various causes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/R._M._Alagappa_Chettiar (0 words)

	KOLAM-3 : Chettiar Temples (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Chettiars to stop migrating further and to make even the most barren land endowed to them by the Pandya king their permanent home could have been prompted only by the greater and newer prospects of money making they saw in the temples.
		Chettiars for maintenance as their family deity over 400 years ago.
		The temple has 40 acres of agricultural land, 165 acres of fl soil and is managed by a Committee of twenty eight appointed by the Government, out of which five are the traditional Chettiar trustees (15).
	www.uni-koeln.de /phil-fak/indologie/kolam/kolam3/indira02.html (0 words)

	Murugappa Group \| Media Centre \| Features \| (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Vatsala Raghu recalled the philanthropist in Shri A M M Murugappa Chettiar and on behalf of the postal department expressed her pleasure in being associated with the Murugappa Group for such a prestigious activity viz.
		Shri A M M Murugappa Chettiar (1902 - 1965) was born at Pallathur, on January 22, 1902 in Ramnad District, in the distinguished family of Dewan Bahadur A M Murugappa Chettiar.
		Shri A M M Murugappa Chettiar was one of the earliest President of the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).
	murugappa.com /0_media_centre/features/AMM_stamp_release.htm (0 words)

	Nagarathar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Nagarathars also known as Nattukkottai Chettiars were an important trading class of the 19th and 20th century South East Asia and spread to Ceylon or Sri Lanka, Burma or Myanmar, Malayasia, Singapore, Java, Sumatra, and Saigon.
		Chettiars were traditionally involved in occupations such as money-lending and wholesale trading.
		Alagappa Chettiar, the founder of the various educational institutions in Karaikudi and its surroundings.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nagarathar (0 words)

	Welcome to Annamalai University
		It was founded by the munificence of the farsighted and noble hearted philanthropist and patron of letters the late Hon'ble Dr. Rajah Sir Annamalai Chettiar of Chettinad, Kt, LL.D., D.Litt.
		After him, his illustrious son Padma Bhushan Dr. Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiar of Chettinad, was the Pro-Chancellor from 1948 to 1984 and he sedulously nurtured the growth and development of the University.
		The present Pro-Chancellor Dr.M.A.M. Ramaswamy, a philanthropist and a patron of sports, is the distinguished son of Dr.Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiar.
	annamalaiuniversity.ac.in /aboutus.htm (0 words)

	ALAGAPPA SCHOOLS, CHENNAI, INDIA
		Alagappa Chettiar was born on 6th April 1909 in Kottaiyur, Sivaganga district.
		He had his primary education at the SMS Vidyasala in Karaikudi and went on to obtain his M.A. in Literature from the Presidency College in Madras where he had the fortune of befriending Dr..S. Radhakrishnan, a model teacher who later on became the President of India.
		Being a businessman himself, Dr. Alagappa Chettiar is aware of the industrial possibilities of our country and the need for scientific, technical and technological education in his lifetime he has built a monument for himself you have only to look around.
	www.alagappaschools.com /alagappa.htm (573 words)

	Nagarathar History by PL. Chidambaram (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Ramanathan Chettiar and AL.AR.RM.Arunachalam Chettiar the edition were printed by Sadavadanam Subramania Iyer of Tanjore at the Desabimani Press at Tanjore.
		In 1953, the compilation by A.Ramanathan Chettiar of Vayinagaram and the edition of that by Pandithamani was called "Nattukottai Varalaru" (history).
		The Nattukottai Chettiars are divided among themselves on the basis of temples called "Nagara Kovils" (Temples of Lord Shiva, since they are Saivaites).
	engr.smu.edu /~gouri/history.html (0 words)

	'I beat girls because they were disobedient' (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Chettiar says he took the step to correct the girls’ behaviour.
		The girls, instead of waiting for their teacher Amar Varma, went to the vice-principal Clara Chettiar, who is also the principal’s wife, to complain against Bahadursingh.
		Said Wagal, “Chettiar madam did not listen to us and all of a sudden started beating us with a wooden ruler.
	ww3.mid-day.com /news/city/2006/august/142170.htm (0 words)

	About Nattukottai Chettiars
		Some of these respectable traders could have been members of the Nattukottai Chettiar community as word had gone to Penang and India that there were business opportunities in Raffles' trading post Singapore, and that there was a need for merchants and money-lenders to provide the much needed finance for the newly established shop-keepers and businessmen.
		The kittangis at Market Street, where the Nattukottai Chettiars had concentrated their trading and money lending business, were acquired for urban renewal in the 1970s and almost immediately the Chettiars found themselves displaced.
		Because the Nattukottai Chettiars hailed from the Pandia district of Tamil Nadu,they refer to Lord Sivan as Chockalinga and Shakti as Meenakshi.
	www.sttemple.com /STT/english/chettiars.asp (1227 words)

	Murugappa Group \| Media Centre \| Features \| (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Vatsala Raghu recalled the philanthropist in Shri A M M Murugappa Chettiar and on behalf of the postal department expressed her pleasure in being associated with the Murugappa Group for such a prestigious activity viz.
		Shri A M M Murugappa Chettiar (1902 - 1965) was born at Pallathur, on January 22, 1902 in Ramnad District, in the distinguished family of Dewan Bahadur A M Murugappa Chettiar.
		Shri A M M Murugappa Chettiar was one of the earliest President of the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).
	www.murugappa.com /0_media_centre/features/AMM_stamp_release.htm (548 words)

	Industrial Economist - the business magazine from South - Editor's glimpses (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Chettiar with his wife and five sons shifted from Anupapalayam to Chennai.
		The native genius of Chettiar enabled him to sharpen the traditional skill and experience of several generations and he ventured boldly into the manufacture of stainless steel utensils which was just surfacing, in 1959: “we stepped up production per day that gave us a margin of Rs.2 per piece.
		Chettiar set up the Butterfly Group of Companies that rapidly diversified into manufacturing gas stoves, pressure cookers and a vast range of appliances and kitchen equipments.
	www.indeconomist.com /301104_edit.html (1932 words)

	A V Meiyappa Chettiar birth centenary
		Chamber president K C N Chandrasekhar, Meiyappa Chettiar's relatives including A V Meiyappan, and a large number of film celebrities would be present at the function.
		Born on July 28, 1907, to Avichi Chettiar and Lakshmi Achi, Meiyappan was a legend.
		Nattukottai Chettiars are money lenders by profession but young Meiyappan's father ran a general store called AV and Sons at Karaikudi.
	www.chennaionline.com /film/News/2006/07avm.asp (1269 words)

	Temples & legends Of Tamilnadu/vadapalani-(page4)
		On the appointed day Ratnavel Chettiar went to Annaswamy Nayagar who was ready to leave the world and go to the feet of God.
		A tomb was constructed for him at a distance of a furlong from the temple and Ratnavel Chettiar continued the work of worship to Lord Subrahmanya's picture.
		Ratnavel Chettiar converted the house of Annaswamy Nayagar into a temple and ordered a sculptor to make an image of Lord Subrahmanya according to the specifications given by the latter.
	www.hindubooks.org /temples/tamilnadu/vadapalni/page4.htm (0 words)

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