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I dont think that the article contains anything important. If you would go through the entire and compare it with the references on the Nadar article, you will understand my point. This line(one has to climb the trees step by step, "Saan" after "Saan". One "Saan" is equal to half Muzham, a step one can climb on a tree) is the only line from a book. The book is Castes and tribes by Edgar Thurston. However this explanation or hypothesis is not based on the point of view of the author, Edgar, but on the point of view of the census superintendent of 1901. Thus the hypothesis is not based on anthropology. A similar term 'Channar' was used by the Ezhavas, a toddy tapping caste, of Kerala. The term channar meant literally meant headman and it was considered as a seperate subcaste of ezhavas. families[1]. However there is very little evidence to support the association between the nadars of tamil nadu and the ezhavas of Kerala. The subsect Nadar climbers were into toddy tapping like most of the ezhavas. But the relationship between the two communities is completely unknown due to lack of evidence. The origin of the Nadars is also another mystery. According to the Gazetter of Tuticorin and nadar historians, Saanar is a corruption of the tamil word Saantror(meaning noble). However this is also another hypothesis. So the real meaning of the term,Saanar,is unknown. Thank you..Lindamd90 (talk) 04:46, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
Edgar Thurston's account is not correct because he was given information about nadars by one Iyer, a Brahmin, totally prejudiced against the growth of Nadar community. Thurston collaborated with this Iyer to give a description of Nadars and therefore it is biased. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.199.2.209 (talk) 04:19, 15 April 2014 (UTC)Reply
