Devangas and Padma Sales never live in the same street, and do not draw water from the same well. This is probably due to the fact that they belong to the left and right-hand factions respectively, and no love is lost between them. Like other left-hand castes, Devangas have their own dancing-girls, called Jathi-biddalu (children of the castes), whose male offspring do achchupani, printing-work on cloth, and occasionally go about begging from Devangas. In the Madras Census Report, 1901, it is stated that "in Madura and Tinnevelly, the Devangas, or Sedans, consider themselves a shade superior to the Brahmans, and never do namaskaram (obeisance or salutation) to them, or employ them as priests. In Madura and Coimbatore, the Sedans have their own dancing-girls, who are called Devanga or Seda Dasis in the former, and Manikkattal in the latter, and are strictly reserved for members of the caste under pain of excommunication or heavy fine." Concerning the origin of the Devanga beggars, called Singamvadu, the following legend is current. When Chaudeswari and Devalan were engaged in combat with the Asuras, one of the Asuras hid himself behind the ear of the lion, on which the goddess was seated. When the fight was over, he came out, and asked for pardon. The goddess took pity on him, and ordered that his descendants should be called Singamvallu, and asked Devalan to treat them as servants, and support them. Devangas give money to these beggars, who have the privilege of locking the door, and carrying away the food, when the castemen take their meals. In assemblies of Devangas, the hand of the beggar serves as a spittoon. He conveys the news of death, and has as the insignia of office a horn, called thuththari or singam. The office of headman, or Pattagar, is hereditary, and he is assisted by an official called Sesha-raju or Umidisetti who is the servant of the community, and receives a small fee annually for each loom within his beat.