what you fail to realize is in present times historical makeup of a country or part of a country hardly matters. It is the current demographics that matter. That is what decides the future. It is pointless to debate whether Jaffna was a part of Sinhala kings at the current time. Because what matters is demographics and external support. That is how countries loose part of its territory
can you please enlighten us about vellalars? How do they fit the caste system among Tamils? DO you have vellalars in TN? what profession they engaged in history
Vellalars are the elite in Tamizhnadu,there are many people who call themselves Vellalar.basically they are a land owning community.
They are shaivites,they worship the shiva and many of them are staunch vegetarians and count amongst the brahmins when you talk of the elite.
There are many vellalars in TN but the most proper amongst those come from the southernmost point of India,the bottom most 2-3 districts.
we are the only set of people especially the brahmins and the vellalars of southern tamizhnadu,we brahmins are mixed stock of north indian brahmins and south indian brahmins native of tamizhnadu,vellalars also have mixed blood with brahmins,it would be totally cool for a brahmin guy/girl to marry a vellalar girl/guy.
looks wise they look similar but there are differences in food/lifestyle/accent of tamizh used but largely we are close to each other.
The vellalars of northern srilanka are also very close to us in culture/food/lifestyle etc and also the upper castes of southern kerala,we all are very close to each other in temperament and intellect.
Thats why i can say with 100% surety that the dutch did not bring the vellalars to jaffna.
I wonder how do you make such claims,there is a royal family of jaffna and it is so close to rameswaram,where the maravar king sethupathy ruled till 1947.
There have been so many wars between sinhalese people of the south of the island and the jaffna kingdom and the maravrs of ramnad.
the tamizh they speak is very very antique and different from what we and the indian vellalars speak,
the kandy plantation tamils also say that they are vellalars but they are as vellalar as they are a fvckin monkey.