First rights

This palm-leaf document details the first right (honour) to the aatiinham (religious head) by the kulam (clan) of caattantai and aanthai from the villages of kantamaapuri, eLumaattuur, muttuur, veLLooTu. A few palm-leaves are damaged and therefore not fully readable.

Physical characteristics/Extent and format of original material: Palmyra leaf (borassus flabellifer); height 3cm, width 36cm; sideline perforation; few palm-leaves are broken. 1 handwritten palm-leaf document (15 palm-leaves).

Creation dates of original material (Gregorian and/or Tamil calendar): no date.