Nattukottai Chettiars
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Nattukottai Chettiars are a historically influential mercantile and banking community from Tamil Nadu, renowned for their trading networks across South and Southeast Asia and their distinctive palatial architecture.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
banking community
ⓘ
mercantile community ⓘ social group ⓘ trading diaspora ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Nagarathar
NERFINISHED
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Nattukkottai Nagarathar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Chettinad architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Chettinad cuisine
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chettinad temples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | India ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | Chettinad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diasporaPresence |
Indonesia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ Myanmar NERFINISHED ⓘ Singapore NERFINISHED ⓘ Sri Lanka NERFINISHED ⓘ Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economicRole |
credit providers to colonial economies
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financiers of trade in other cash crops ⓘ financiers of trade in rice ⓘ financiers of trade in rubber ⓘ |
| historicalActivity |
financing infrastructure projects
ⓘ
financing plantations ⓘ long-distance trade in South Asia ⓘ long-distance trade in Southeast Asia ⓘ |
| historicalPeriodOfProminence |
19th century
ⓘ
early 20th century ⓘ |
| knownFor |
educational endowments
ⓘ
extensive trading networks ⓘ indigenous banking system ⓘ palatial mansions ⓘ philanthropy ⓘ temple endowments ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
ornate courtyard houses
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use of imported building materials ⓘ |
| philanthropicActivity |
founding colleges
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founding schools ⓘ funding hospitals ⓘ maintaining religious institutions ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | Tamil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryRegion | Tamil Nadu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| socialStructure |
clan-based organization
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endogamous community ⓘ |
| subgroupOf | Chettiar community NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| traditionalOccupation |
banking
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moneylending ⓘ trade ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Kanadukathan