Rajapalayam (TN)

Tam: இராசபாளையம் irācapāḷaiyam ‘Raju Cantonment’    City/Taluk, Tamil Nadu From Tam: pāḷaiyam, ‘fort’, ‘camp’, ‘cantonment’. The Rajus, a Telugu speaking community, migrated here from Andhra Pradesh following the collapse of the Vijayanagara Empire  in the 17thC. They...