Castes and Tribes of Southern India/Salangukāran

by Edgar Thurston

Salangukāran. — In the Madras Census Report, 1901, Salangaikāran is returned as a synonym of Karaiyān or Sembadavan fishermen. The word salangu or slangu is used for pearl fisheries, and Salangukāran is, I imagine, a name applied to pearl divers.