It is recorded, in the Gazetteer of the Madura district, that the Parivaram caste "is divided into two endogamous sections; the Chinna Uliyam (little services) who are palanquin-bearers, and have the title Tevan, and the Periya Uliyam (big services), who are called Maniyakaran. The Kombai Parivarams, who are the servants of the Kappiliyan Zamindars of Kombai and Tevaram in the Periyakulam taluk, are a separate community, and do not intermarry with the others. When a girl attains maturity, she is kept for sixteen days in a hut, which is guarded at night by her relations. This is afterwards burnt down, and the pots she used are broken into very small pieces, as there is an idea that, if rain-water collects in any of them, the girl will be childless. Some of the ceremonies at weddings are unusual. On the first day, a man takes a big pot of water with a smaller empty pot on top of it, and marches three times round the open space in front of the bride's house. With him march the happy couple carrying a bamboo, to which are tied in a turmeric-coloured cloth the nine kinds of grain. After the third journey round, these things are put down at the north-east corner, and the marriage pandal is made by bringing three more poles of the same size. Afterwards the wrists of the couple are tied together, and bridegroom's brother carries the pair a short distance. They plunge their hands into a bowl of salt. Next the husband takes an ordinary stone rolling-pin, wraps it in a bit of cloth, and gives it to his wife, saying 'Take the child; I am going to the palace.' She takes it, replying 'Yes, give me the child, the milk is ready.' This has to be repeated three times in a set formula. Several other odd rites are observed. Brahmans officiate, and the bridegroom's sister, as usual, ties the tali. Divorce is allowed to both sides. Adultery within the caste, or with the Zamindar, is tolerated. The husbands accept as their own any children their wives may bear to the Zamindar. Such children are called Chinna Kambalattar, and may marry with Tottiyans. But adultery outside the caste is most rigorously prohibited, and sternly punished with excommunication. A mud image of the girl who so offends is made, two thorns are poked into its eyes, and it is thrown away outside the village." Pariyari (doctor).--A name given to Tamil barbers (Ambattan), who practice as barber-surgeons. Pariyata.--Five individuals were recorded, at the census, 1901, under the name Pariyata or Parit, as members of a Bombay caste of washermen in South Canara. Parvatha.--Parvatha or Parvathala, meaning hill or mountain, has been recorded as an exogamous sept of Gamalla, Kapu, Mala, and Medara.