Porowakara

The Porowakara were a minority community of wood cutters from Sri lanka. They were a part of the feudal land 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