Villavar

Villavar was a tribe of hunters lived in Tamilakam, the southern part of ancient India. The word villavar derives from the Tamil word for bow (vil). The villavars lived in hill tracts and forests. Chera kings used the title villavan Kulasekhara Alwar the founder of the later Chera dynasty called himself "Villavar Kon", king of Villavars, in a Tamil work written by him known as Perumal Thirumozhi. Villavar is called Bhil in Central India.

The life style and matrilineal tradition of the Chera kings mentioned in the Pathitrupattu book are followed in the community named Ezhava, Theeyar, Illathar, Illathuppillai, Billava, Edika.

All of them follow Sree Narayana Guru as their Guru...