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Karuneegar
The '''Karuneegar''' is a caste in India. They have been found mostly in Tamil Nadu.<sup>[1]</sup>


They have been listed as an [[Other Backward Class]] in [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Central List of OBCs for the State of Tamil Nadu|url=http://www.tn.gov.in/bcmbcmw/obc/faq/tamilnadu.pdf|publisher=Government of [[Tamil Nadu]]|accessdate=30 December 2012}}</ref>

== See also ==
*[[Seer Karuneegar]]

karuneegars are either village accounatant or teachers in local schools and most importantly they are strict vegetarians avoiding all the meat and egg foods.'Karuneegar' is a caste in TamilNadu, India. They are sometimes called as "kanakku pillai" which means "accountant" or "book keeper" in Tamil.

About Karuneegar:

About 2000 years ago,during vallalar Pandiyan period Seer Karuneegar Puranam was written by poet Paarisanadhar. In sanskrit other books about Karuneegar are the following: 
• Bramanda Puranam
• Adithya Puranam
• Saurakadha
• Atharva veda surya sagasandhi
• Kanaka smrithi.

Sub-sectors in Karuneegar: 

• Seer Karunnegar

• Sarattu Karuneegar

• Kaikatum Karuneegar

• Atharva veda suryasagasandhi

• Madhvazhi Karuneegar

==BELIEFS==
Karuneegars believe that they are descendants of Chitragupta. His wife is Karnagi Amman.The history of the Karuneegars are recorded in Karuneegar Puranam. There is a temple for Chitra Gupta in Kanchpuram.

Seer Karuneegar:  
Seer Karuneegar is a sub caste or part of Karuneegar Caste. There are no further divisions of this sub caste.⏎
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==PRACTICES==
The people who belong to the Seer Karuneegar community are devotees of Vallalar, a famous Saint who lived in Vadalur and preached against eating meat. He wrote the Thiru-Arut-pa, which preaches the worship of a divine power in the form of a flame and also teaches self discipline for human beings.

==LOCATIONS==
They are mainly concentrated in Tamil Nadu. But they are also located in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and other states.
===Tamil Nadu===
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He wrote the Thiru-Arut-pa, which preaches the worship of a divine power in the form of a flame and also teaches self discipline for human beings.

==References==
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Karuneegar caste and its Divisions ( Schedule I, Part A, No:53 )- ''Tamil Nadu State And Subordinate'', http://www.tn.gov.in/acts-rules/pandar/tnsssr.web.htm

[[Category:Telugu society]]
[[Category:Social groups of Tamil Nadu]]