The Pandāram caste is composed of respectable people who have settled down as land-holders, and of Sanyāsis and priests of certain matams (religious institutions), and managers of richly endowed temples, such as those at Tiruvādudurai in Tanjore and Mailām in South Arcot.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 6 of 7 by Edgar Thurston
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