arya vysya comes under the category of komati chettiars in tamilnadu.
arya vysya comes under the category of komati chettiars in tamilnadu.
arya vysya comes under which category in tamilnadu?
komati chettiars
arya vaishya (arya vysya) is a subset of the komati caste. orthodox arya vaishyas follow rituals prescribed in the "vasavi puranam", a religious text written in the late middle ages.









































the community were formerly known as komati chettiars but now prefer to be referred to as arya vaishya.









































section::::arya vaishya.:inclusion in the vaishya varna.









































the nellore choda kings in the 13th century are said to have established the varnashrama dharma in the telugu country. the court poet and minister tikkana treated komatis as being equivalent to vaishya in his andhra mahabharatam.
komati caste
she is elevated with heavenly stature as a goddess amongst some sections of the komati community and for some of these sections has become the "kula daivam" or the caste goddess. she is the caste goddess for the arya vysya, kalinga vysya, arava vysya, marathi vysya, beri vysya and trivarnika vysya community as per the various versions of vasavi puranamulu written in telugu during the 18th century ad.









































the many versions of vasavi puranas aren't restricted to komatis alone but are also sung by various castes like veera mushtis, jakkali-vandlu, mailaris and other bards.
vasavi kanyaka parameswari