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The Coast Veddas, found mainly in Eastern Sri Lanka are considered a Tamil caste among the Sri Lankan Tamils. [52] The village deities of the Sri Lankan Tamils are also shaped by the caste structure. The Sri Lankan Moors don't practice the caste system, however, follow a matriclan system which is an extension of Tamil tradition. [53]
Pages in category "Surnames of Sri Lankan origin" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D.
Pages in category "Surnames of Sinhalese origin" The following 171 pages are in this category, out of 171 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Patti Radala is a traditional caste of Herdsmen from Sri Lanka's feudal past. They were a part of the feudal land tenure system and a sub-caste of the Radala caste. Gopallawa, Kiridena, Kiriella, Panabokke, Walgama and many other names related to caws are common in this third class of the Patti Radala community. [7]
Many of the low country Sinhalese have Portuguese surnames as a result of Portuguese colonial rule in that area during the 16th and 17th centuries. Sinhalese native surnames have a Sanskrit origin. Tamils, Sri Lankan Moors and Sri Lankan Malays have distinctive surnames for their own ethnicities.
The oldest Buddhist sect in Sri Lanka, the Siam Nikaya (established on 19 July 1753) are the custodians of the Tooth Relic, since its establishment during the Kandyan Kingdom. The Siam Nikaya uses caste-based divisions, and as of 1764 grants higher ordination only to the Govigama caste, excluding other castes from its numbers, [ 25 ...
The Coast Veddas, found mainly in Eastern Sri Lanka were considered a Tamil caste among the Sri Lankan Tamils. [40] The village deities of the Sri Lankan Tamils were also shaped by the caste structure. The Sri Lankan Moors don't practice the caste system, however, follow a matriclan system which is an extension of Tamil tradition. [41]
13th Century Salagama Brahakmana Flag. Salagama (also known as Saliya [1]) is a Sinhalese caste found mostly in the southern coastal areas of Sri Lanka.The community was traditionally associated with the cultivation and management of cinnamon and were formerly also involved as weavers and soldiers.