Kepumari.--It is noted, in the Gazetteer of South Arcot, that "the Kepumaris are one of the several foreign communities from other districts, who help to swell the total of the criminal classes in South Arcot. Their head-quarters is at Tiruvallur in the Chingleput district, but there is a settlement of them at Mariyankuppam (not far from Porto Novo), and another large detachment at Kunisampet in French territory. They commit much the same class of crime as the Donga Dasaris, frequenting railway trains and crowded gatherings, and they avert suspicion by their respectable appearance and pleasant manners. Their house-language is Telugu. They call themselves Alagiri Kepumaris. The etymology of the second of these two words is not free from doubt, but the first of them is said to be derived from Alagar, the god of the Kallans, whose temple at the foot of the hills about twelve miles north of Madura town is a well-known place of pilgrimage, and to whom these people, and other criminal fraternities annually offer a share of their ill-gotten gains." Information concerning the criminal methods of these people, under the name Capemari, will be found in Mr. F. S. Mullaly's 'Notes on Criminal Classes of the Madras Presidency.' Kerala.--Defined by Mr. Wigram [130] as "the western coast from Gokarnam to Cape Comorin, comprising Travancore, Cochin, Malabar, and part of South Canara." Kere (tank).--A gotra of Kurni. Kesari (lion).--A gotra of Kurni. Kethaki (Pandanus fascicularis).--An exogamous sept of Stanika. Kethri.--See Khatri. Kevuto.--It is recorded, in the Madras Census Report, 1891, that "the Kevutas are the fisherman caste of Ganjam, and they are said to be the descendants of the Kaibartas, a fishing caste of Bengal. Besides fishing in rivers, canals and lakes, they ply boats and catamarans, and some are also traders. Uriya Brahmans and Bairagis are their priests. From the fifth day after child-birth till the twenty-first, the Uriya Brahmans read the Bhagavata Purana in the house, and on the last day they give a name to the child. The married girls and widows put a veil over their faces whenever they go out of doors." The Kevutos are low in the social scale, but not a polluting caste. They apparently recognise the following endogamous sub-divisions:--Bhettiya, Bilva, Jonka, Khottia, Koibarto or Dasa, Liyari, Chuditiya, and Thossa. Of these the Thossas are cultivators, the Liyaris make a preparation of fried rice (liya), and the Chudityas are engaged in parching grain (chuda, parched rice). By reason of their change of occupation, the Liyaris and Chudityas have practically become distinct castes, and some deny that there is any connection between them and the Kevutos. Telugu people sometimes call the Chuditiyas Neyyalu, and I am told that there is a street in Parlakimedi almost wholly inhabited by Kevutos, who say that they are of the Neyyalu caste.