At the present day, some Pulluvans work at various forms of labour, such as sowing, ploughing, reaping, fencing, and cutting timber, for which they are paid in money or kind. They are, in fact, day-labourers, living in huts built on the waste land of some landlord, for which they pay a nominal ground-rent. They will take food prepared by Brahmans, Nayars, Kammalans, and Izhuvas, but not that prepared by a Mannan or Kaniyan. Carpenters and Izhuvas bathe when a Pulluvan has touched them. But the Pulluvans are polluted by Cherumas, Pulayas, Paraiyans, Ulladans, and others. The women wear the kacha, like Izhuva women, folded twice, and worn round the loins, and are seldom seen with an upper body-cloth. [116] Puluvan.--The Puluvans have been described [117] as "a small tribe of cultivators found in the district of Coimbatore. Puluvans are the learned men among the Coimbatore Vellalas, and are supposed to be the depositaries of the poet Kamban's works. One authority from Coimbatore writes that the traditional occupation of this caste is military service, and derives the word from bhu, earth, and valavan, a ruler; while another thinks that the correct word is Puruvan, aborigines. Their girls are married usually after they attain maturity. In the disposal of the dead, both cremation and burial are in vogue, the tendency being towards the former. They are flesh-eaters. Their customs generally resemble those of the Konga Vellalas." The Puluvans call themselves Puluva Vellalas. Punamalli.--The name of a division of Vellalas derived from Poonamallee, an old military station near Madras. Puni.--A sub-division of Golla. Punjala (cock, or male).--An exogamous sept of Devanga. Puppalli.--See Unni. Puragiri Kshatriya.--A name assumed by some Perikes. Puramalai, Puramalainadu or Piramalainadu.--A territorial sub-division of Kallan. Puranadi.--Barbers and priests of the Velans of Travancore, who are also called Velakkuruppu. Purattu Charna.--A sub-division of Nayar. Purusha.--See Jogi Purusha. Pusa (beads).--A sub-division of Balija. A sub-division of the Yerukalas is known as Pusalavadu, or sellers of glass beads. Pusali.--A title of Occhans, or pujaris (priests) at temples of Grama Devatas (village deities). Pusapati.--The family name of the Maharajahs of Vizianagram. From the Kshatriyas in Rajputana people of four gotrams are said to have come to the Northern Circars several centuries ago, having the Pusapati family at their head. [118] The name of the present Maharaja is Mirza Rajah Sri Pusapati Viziarama Gajapati Raj Manya Sultan Bahadur Garu. Pushpakan.--A class of Ambalavasis in Malabar and Travancore. "As their name (pushpam, a flower) implies, they are employed in bringing flowers and garlands to the temples." [119] See Unni. Puthukka Nattar (people of the new country).--A sub-division of Idaiyan.