▁G undert , ▁they ▁were ▁originally ▁w are house - keep ers ▁at ▁Pal g hat . ▁Th ar ak ans ▁are ▁K sh et ram ▁O oral ans ▁of ▁many ▁famous ▁tem ples ▁like ▁Th ir u var a ik kal ▁temple ▁and ▁V ay ily am k un nu ▁temple . ▁Th ar ak an ▁houses ▁are ▁called ▁Th ar av ads . ▁Each ▁th ar av ad ▁has ▁a ▁unique ▁name . ▁Most ly ▁th ar av ad ▁names ▁ends ▁with ▁‘ A th ’ ▁or ▁‘ A th u ’ - ▁which ▁means ▁home ▁in ▁T amil . ▁The ▁Mar ri ages ▁between ▁the ▁members ▁from ▁same ▁Th ar av ad ▁is ▁prohib ited ▁in ▁this ▁cas te . Th ar ak ans ▁follow ▁Mak k ath ay am ▁tradition . ▁ ▁Th ar ak ans ▁were ▁trad ers ▁in ▁ancient ▁days . ▁However ▁they ▁turned ▁to ▁agricult ure ▁sector ▁after ▁they ▁migr ated ▁into ▁Mal ab ar ▁land . ▁Famil ies ▁without ▁even ▁a ▁small ▁p addy ▁field ▁was ▁very ▁rare ▁in ▁those ▁times . ▁The ▁cross ▁section ▁of ▁the ▁community ▁was ▁a ▁bl end , ▁r anging ▁from ▁poor ▁far mers ▁to ▁big ▁fe ud al ▁land ▁l ords . ▁Most ▁of ▁their ▁houses ▁were ▁called ▁" K al am " ▁( ക ള ം ) ▁which ▁means ▁the ▁place ▁for ▁after ▁– ▁har vest ing ▁activities ▁of ▁p addy . ▁After ▁the ▁land ▁re forms , ▁the ▁att raction ▁of ▁agricult ure ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁down