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The Kunnuva Vellalar of India

The Kunnuva Vellalar of India, numbering approximately 19,000 people, are Engaged yet Unreached.
They are described as a cultivating community of the Palani hills in Tamil Nadu, also called Mannadiyar. The Kunnuvar trace migration from Kunnur in Coimbatore centuries ago. Agriculture remains their occupation, and Murugan is their principal deity.
They are an Indigenous people in the Tamil people cluster of the South Asian Peoples affinity bloc.
Tamil is their primary language and Hinduism is their primary religion.

Unengaged and Unreached

The Kunnuva Vellalar are Unengaged and Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Unreached yet Engaged

The Kunnuva Vellalar are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

No longer Unreached

The Kunnuva Vellalar are No Longer Unreached, which means there are more than 2% evangelical Christian populations and there are churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice. There is still more to be done among them.

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“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.”
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