Castes and Tribes of Southern India/Belli

by Edgar Thurston

Belli.—Belli or Velli, meaning silver, has been recorded as an exogamous sept of Badaga, Korava, Kuruba, Mādiga, Okkiliyan, Toreya, and Vakkaliga. The Belli Toreyas may not wear silver toe-rings. Vellikkai, or silver-handed, has been returned as a sub-division of the Konga Vellalas.