Tondaman.--It is stated, in the Madras Census Report, 1901, that the Tondamans are "also called Sunnambukkaran (q.v.), a Tamil caste of lime (chunam) burners found only in the Tinnevelly district. They are said to be a branch of the Kallans who migrated to Tinnevelly from Pudukkottai, or the Tondaman's country. Its members are now drummers and pipers as well as lime-burners. Brahmans are their purohits, but they are not allowed to go into Hindu temples. They will eat in the houses of Maravans. Their title is Solagan." It is noted, in the same report, that the Semman caste "has two sub-divisions, Tondaman and Tol-mestri, and men of the former take wives from the latter, but men of the latter may not marry girls of the former." Tondaman is the family name of the Raja of Pudukkottai, a Native State surrounded by the British districts of Tanjore, Madura, and Trichinopoly. The Raja is the head of the Kallan caste. Copper coins, called amman kasu, are current only within the State, and their greatest distribution is during Navaratri or Dusserah, when they are issued to the people with a dole of rice every day during the nine days of the festival. They bear on one side the word "Vijaya," meaning victory, or more probably having reference to our faithful ally Vijaya Ragunatha Tondaman, in whose reign they were first struck, it is said in 1761, after the surrender of Pondicherry to the British. Tondamandalam.--The name of a sub-division of Vellala, derived from Tondanadu, the ancient Pallava country. Tonti.--The Tontis are said to be cotton-weavers of Bengal, who have settled in Ganjam. [56] The name denotes threadmen, and the weaving of rough white cloths is the traditional occupation of the caste. All Tontis belong to a single gotra named after Kasyapa, one of the seven important rishis, and the priest of Parasurama. Various bamsams or exogamous septs, the names of some of which occur also as titles, exist, e.g., Biswalo, Dasso, Palo, Bono, Chondo, Parimaniko, Korono, Behara, and Mahapatro. The marriage and death ceremonies conform to the standard Oriya type. On the fourth day of the marriage rites, a Bhondari (barber) is presented with some beaten rice and sugar-candy in a new earthen pot. These are sold to those who have assembled, and the proceeds go to the Bhondari. The corpse of a dead person is washed at the burning ground, instead of, in accordance with the common custom among other castes, at the house. Toppa Tali.--A name applied to certain Vaniyans in the North Arcot district, owing to the peculiar tali (marriage badge) which married women wear. Torai.--A title of various Oriya castes.