Gattara

Gattara

The Gattara are a minority community of Sri Lanka's past. Though now nearly nonexistent, they were classed as a sub-caste of the Govigama during the British period.

"Gattara"' is also the word used in ancient Sri Lankan rock inscriptions and literature to refer to serfs.

See: Demalagattara


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