The ordinary Tsakalas are called Bana Tsakala, in contradistinction to the Guna or Velama Tsakala. Bana is the Telugu name for the large pot, which the washermen use for boiling the clothes. [64] The Guna Tsakalas are dyers. In a note on the Velamas, Mr. H. A. Stuart writes [65] that "some say they form a sub-division of the Balijas, but this they themselves most vehemently deny, and the Balijas derisively call them Guni Sakalavandlu (hunchbacked washermen). The pride and jealousy of Hindu castes was amusingly illustrated by the Velamas of Kalahasti. The Deputy Tahsildar of that town was desired to ascertain the origin of the name Guni Sakalavandlu, but, as soon as he asked the question, a member of the caste lodged a complaint of defamation against him before the District Magistrate. The nickname appears to have been applied to them because in the northern districts some print chintz, and, carrying their goods in a bundle on their backs, walk stooping like a laden washerman. This derivation is more than doubtful, for, in the Godavari district, the name is Guna Sakalavandlu, guna being the large pot in which they dye the chintzes." Like other Telugu castes, the Tsakalas have exogamous septs or intiperu, among which chimala (ant) is of common occurrence. Members of the gummadi sept do not cultivate, or eat the fruit of Cucurbita maxima (gummadi), and those of the magili pula gotra avoid the fruit of Pandanus fascicularis. In like manner, sword beans (Canavalia ensiformis) may not be eaten by those who belong to the thamballa gotra. Among the sub-divisions of the caste are Reddi Bhumi (Reddi earth), Murikinati, Pakanati (eastern country), Desa, and Golkonda. Of these, some are also sub-divisions of other Telugu classes, as follows:-- Desa or Desur Balija--Kapu. Murikinati or Murikinadu--Kamsala, Mangala, Mala and Razu. Pakanati--Balija, Golla, Kamsala, Kapu, and Mala. Reddi Bhumi--Mala, Mangala. At the census, 1891, Odde was recorded as a sub-division of the Tsakalas, and it is noted in the Vizagapatam Manual (1869) that the Vadde or Odde Cakali wash clothes, and carry torches in that district. The name Odde Tsakala refers to Oriya-speaking washermen. Telugus call the Oriya country Odra or Odde desam and Oriyas Odra or Odde Vandlu.