The tribal deity of the Tsakalas is Madivalayya, in whose honour a feast, called Mailar or Mailar Pandaga, is held in January immediately after the Pongal festival. Small models of pots, slabs of stone such as are used for beating the wet clothes on, and other articles used in their work, are made in rice and flour paste. After they have been worshipped, fruits, cooked vegetables, etc., are offered, and a sheep or goat is sacrificed. Some of its blood is mixed with the food, of which a little is sprinkled over the pots, stones, etc., used during washing operations. If this ceremonial was not observed, it is believed that the clothes, when boiling in the water pot, would catch fire, and be ruined. The festival, which is not observed by the Desa and Golkonda Tsakalas, lasts for five or seven days, and is a time of holiday. At the first menstrual ceremony, the maternal uncle of the girl has to erect a hut made of seven different kinds of sticks, of which one must be from a Strychnos Nux-vomica tree. The details of the marriage ceremony are very similar to those of the Balijas and Kammas. The distribution of pan-supari, and the tying of the dhornam to the pandal must be carried out by an assistant headman called Gatamdar. On the last day, a goat or sheep is sacrificed to the marriage pots. Liberal potations of toddy are given to those who attend the wedding. The Tsakalas have a caste beggar called Mailari, or Patam, because he carries a brass plate (patam) with the figure of a deity engraved on it. He is said to be a Lingayat. Tsalla or Challa (butter-milk).--An exogamous sept of Mala. Tsanda or Chanda (tax or subscription).--An exogamous sept of Kamma and Medara.