Panna caste is a minority community of grass cutters from
It has been absorbed into larger communities and is virtually non-existent now. They were a part of the feudal
References
* Bryce Ryan, "Caste in Modern Ceylon", Rutgers University Press, 1953.
* 1855 Ceylon Gazetteer
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