Parivaram.--It is noted, in the Census Report, 1891, that "this is a caste, which presents some difficulty. Parivaram means 'an army, a retinue,' and it is alleged that the people of this caste were formerly soldiers. Parivaram is found as a sub-division of Maravan and Agamudaiyan, and the Parivaras of Madura and Tinnevelly are probably either a sub-division or an offshoot of the Maravans. In Coimbatore, the only other district in which the Parivaras are numerous, they seem to be a sub-division of Toreyas, a fishing caste, and Mr. Rice, in his Gazetteer (of Mysore), says that Parivara is a synonym of Besta." Further, in the Census Report, 1901, it is stated that "the word Parivaram means 'a retinue,' and was probably originally only an occupational term. It is now-a-days applied to the domestic servants and the Tottiya zamindars in the districts of Coimbatore, Trichinopoly, Madura, and Tinnevelly, who are recruited from several castes, but have come to form a caste by themselves. The Kotaris of South Canara are a somewhat parallel case, and probably in time the Paiks among the Oriyas, and the Khasas, who are servants to the Telugu zamindars, will similarly develop into separate castes. The caste is said to require all its members of both sexes to do such service for its masters as they may require. Persons of any caste above the Paraiyas are admitted into its ranks, and the men in it may marry a woman of any other caste with the permission of the zamindar under whom they serve. They do not habitually employ Brahmans as priests, and in places the head of the Tottiyan caste conducts their ceremonies. Their titles are Maniyagaran and Servaigaran. The latter is also used by the Agamudaiyans." The title Servaigaran or Servaikaran indicates that members of the caste do servai, or service, and the further title uliyakkaran is a sign that they do uliyam, or menial work. Servaikaran is also a title of the Tamil Ambalakarans, Agamudaiyans, Kallans, and Maravans, and the Canarese Toreyas, some of whom have settled in the Tamil districts of Madura and Coimbatore. It also occurs as a synonym of the Canarese Kotegaras. The illegitimate offspring of Maravans, Kallans, and Agamudaiyans, are said to become members of the mixed Parivaram caste.