- Porowakara
The Porowakara were a minority community of wood cutters from
Sri lanka . They were a part of the feudalland tenure system of Sri Lanka but eventually became absorbed into larger communities.This community was classed as a sub-caste of the
Govigama during the British period.References
* Ryan Bryce 1953 Caste in Modern Ceylon, Rutgers University Press
* Ceylon Gazetteer 1855
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