Valuvadi.--The Valuvadis are returned, in the Madras Census Report, 1901, as cultivators in the Pudukottai State. I am informed that the Valuvadis are a section of the Valaiyan caste, to which the Zamindar of Nagaram belongs. The name Valuvadi was originally a title of respect, appended to the name of the Nagaram Zamindars. The name of the present Zamindar is Balasubramanya Valuvadiar. Thirty years ago there is said to have been no Valuvadi caste. Some Valaiyans in prosperous circumstances, and others who became relatives of the Nagaram Zamindar by marriage, have changed their caste name, to show that they are superior in social status to the rest of the community. Vamme.--A gotra of Janappans, the members of which abstain from eating the fish called bombadai, because, when some of their ancestors went to fetch water in the marriage pot, they found a number of this fish in the water contained in the pot. Vana Palli.--A name, meaning forest Palli, assumed by some Irulas in South Arcot. Vandikkaran.--An occupational name for Nayars who work as cartmen (vandi, cart) for carrying fuel. Vandula or Vandi Raja.--A sub-division of Bhatrazu, named after one Vandi, who is said to have been a herald at the marriage of Siva. Vangu (cave).--A sub-division of Irula. Vani.--"The Vanis or Bandekars," Mr. H. A. Stuart writes, [107] "have been wrongly classified in the census returns (1891) as oil-pressers; they are in reality traders. They are said to have come from Goa, and they speak Konkani. Their spiritual guru is the head of the Kumbakonam math." In the Census Report, 1901, it is noted that Vani, meaning literally a trader, is a Konkani-speaking trading caste, of which Bandekara is a synonym. "They ape the Brahmanical customs, and call themselves by the curious hybrid name of Vaisya Brahmans." Hari Chetti has been returned as a further synonym.