Pancharamkatti.--A sub-division of Idaiyan, which derives its name from the neck ornament (pancharam) worn by the women. Pandamuttu.--A sub-division of Palli. The name is made by Winslow to mean a number of torches arranged so as to represent an elephant. The Pallis, however, explain it as referring to the pile of pots, which reaches to the top of the marriage pandal (pandal, booth, mutti, touching). The lowest pot is decorated with figures of elephants and horses. Pandaram.--Pandaram is described by Mr. H. A. Stuart [33] as being "the name rather of an occupation than a caste, and used to denote any non-Brahmanical priest. The Pandarams seem to receive numerous recruits from the Saivite Sudra castes, who choose to make a profession of piety, and wander about begging. They are in reality very lax in their modes of life, often drinking liquor and eating animal food furnished by any respectable Sudra. They often serve in Siva temples, where they make garlands of flowers to decorate the lingam, and blow brazen trumpets when offerings are made, or processions take place. Tirutanni is one of the chief places, in which they congregate." It is recorded, in the Gazetteer of the Trichinopoly district, that "the water for the god's bath at Ratnagiri is brought by a caste of non-Brahmans known as Tirumanjana Pandarams, who fetch it every day from the Cauvery. They say that they are descended from an Aryan king, who came to the god with the hope of getting rubies from him. The god, in the guise of a Brahman, tested his devotion by making him fill a magic vessel with Cauvery water. The vessel would not fill, and the Aryan stranger in a fit of anger cut off the Brahman's head. The dead body at once turned into a lingam, and the Aryan was ordered to carry water for the temple till eternity."