Seniyan.--The name Seniyan is generally used to denote the Karna Sale weavers, but at Conjeeveram it is applied to Canarese Devangas. Elsewhere Canarese Devangas belong to the left-hand section, but at Conjeeveram they are classed with the right-hand section. Like other Devangas, the Conjeeveram Seniyans have exogamous house-names and gotras, which are interesting inasmuch as new names have been, in recent times, substituted for the original ones, e.g., Chandrasekhara rishi, Nilakanta rishi, Markandeya rishi. The Devangas claim Markandeya as their ancestor. The old house-name Picchi Kaya (water-melon: Citrullus vulgaris) has been changed to Desimarada, and eating the melon is tabu. A list of the house-names and gotras is kept by the headman for reference. The Conjeeveram Seniyans are Lingayats, but are not so strict as the Canarese Lingayats. Jangams are respected, but rank after their own stone lingams. In the observance of death rites, a staunch Lingayat should not bathe, and must partake of the food offered to the corpse. These customs are not observed by the Seniyans. Until quite recently, a man might tie a tali (marriage badge) secretly on a girl's neck, with the consent of the headman and his relatives, and the girl could then be given in marriage to no other man. This custom is said to have been very common, especially in the case of a man's maternal uncle's or paternal aunt's daughter. At Conjeeveram it was extended to girls not so related, and a caste council was held, at which an agreement was drawn up that the secret tali-tying was forbidden, and, if performed, was not to be regarded as binding. The priest of the Conjeeveram Seniyans is a Vellala Pandaram, who is the head of the Tirugnana Sambanda Murti mutt (religious institution) at Conjeeveram. Servai.--Servai, meaning service, has been recorded as the title of Agamudaiyans and Valaiyans. Servaikaran or Servaigaran (captain or commander) is the title of Agamudaiyan, Ambalakaran, Kallan, Maravan, and Parivaram. It further occurs as the name for a headman among the Vallambans, and it has been adopted as a false caste name by some criminal Koravas in the south.