The menarikam system, according to which a man should marry his maternal uncle's daughter, is in force. Girls are usually married before puberty, and a Brahman officiates at marriages. The marriage of widows and divorce are not permitted. The dead are burnt, and the chinna (little) and pedda rozu (big day) death ceremonies, whereat a Brahman officiates, are celebrated. Some members of the caste have acquired a great reputation as medicine-men and druggists. The usual caste title is Pathrulu, indicating those who are fit to receive a gift Nagartha.--Nagarata, Nagarattar, or Nagarakulam is returned, in the Madras Census Report, 1901, as a sub-caste of Chetti. In the Census Report, 1891, it is recorded that the Nagarattu "hail from Kanchipuram (Conjeeveram), where, it is said, a thousand families of this caste formerly lived. Their name (nagaram, a city) refers to their original home. They wear the sacred thread, and worship both Vishnu and Siva. They take neither flesh nor alcohol. As they maintain that they are true Vaisyas, they closely imitate the Brahmanical ceremonies of marriage and death. This sub-division has a dancing-girl and a servant attached to it, whose duties are to dance, and to do miscellaneous work during marriages. The caste servant is called Jatipillai (child of the caste). Concerning the Nagarthas, who are settled in the Mysore Province, I gather [74] that "the account locally obtained connects them with the Ganigas, and the two castes are said to have been co-emigrants to Bangalore where one Mallaraje Ars made headmen of the principal members of the two castes, and exempted them from the house-tax. Certain gotras are said to be common to both castes, but they never eat together or intermarry. Both call themselves Dharmasivachar Vaisyas, and the feuds between them are said to have often culminated in much unpleasantness. The Nagarthas are principally found in towns and large trade centres. Some are worshippers of Vishnu, and others of Siva. Of the latter, some wear the linga. They are dealers in bullion, cloth, cotton, drugs and grain. A curious mode of carrying the dead among the Namadari or Vaishnavite Nagarthas is that the dead body is rolled up in a blanket, instead of a bier or vimana as among others. These cremate their dead, whereas the others bury them. Marriage must be performed before a girl reaches puberty, and widows are not allowed to remarry. Polygamy is allowed, and divorce can be for adultery alone. It is recorded by Mr. L. Rice [75] that "cases sometimes occur of a Sivachar marrying a Namadari woman, and, when this happens, her tongue is burned with the linga, after which she forsakes her parents' house and religion. It is stated that the Sivachar Nagarthas never give their daughters in marriage to the Namadari sect." Among the gotras returned by the Nagarthas are Kasyapa, Chandramauleswara, and Cholendra.