Castes and Tribes of Southern India/Kallankanadōru

by Edgar Thurston

Kallankanadōru (stone). — A sub-division of Kōmati, said to be descended from those who sat on the stone (kallu) mantapa outside the Penukonda Kanyakamma temple, when the question whether to enter the fire-pits or not was being discussed by the caste elders.