Patti caste

Patti caste

The traditional caste of Herdsmen from Sri Lanka’s feudal past. They were a part of the feudal land tenure system and a sub-caste of the Govigama caste. Found in the highlands and the maritime provinces but now mostly merged into the Govigama caste.

The former President of Sri Lanka, Dingiri Banda Wijetunga was from this community.

References

* Ryan Bryce 1953 Caste in Modern Ceylon, Rutgers University Press
* Ceylon Gazetteer 1855


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