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{{Infobox Organization
|name   = Kongu Vellala Goundergal Peravai
|formation   = 1988
|membership   = 
|motto        = Kongu Sezhithaal Engum Sezhikkum
|type         = [[Caste]] association
|language     = Tamil
|headquarters = [[Coimbatore]], [[Kongu Nadu]], [[India]]
|website      = [http://www.konguvellalagoundergalperavai.com]
|image        = KVGP_FLAG.jpg
|size         = 150px
|caption      = KVGP FLAG
}}

'''Kongu Vellala Goundergal Peravai''' is a caste organization in the [[India]]n state of [[Tamil Nadu]]. It exists for the [[Kongu Vellalar|Kongu Vellalar Gounder]] or Vellala Gounder community.

==Origins and platform==
The organization was founded in 1988 at [[Chennai]]. In 2009 it launched its own political party, the [[Kongunadu Munnetra Kazhagam]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/02/16/stories/2009021657550300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219212145/http://hindu.com/2009/02/16/stories/2009021657550300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-02-19 |title=Tamil Nadu / Coimbatore News : Kongu Vellala Gounders launch party |date=2009-02-16 |work=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=2012-05-15}}</ref> (also referred to as the Kongunadu Munnetra Peravai).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/08/stories/2009050854060500.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110128083551/http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/08/stories/2009050854060500.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-01-28 |title=Tamil Nadu / Coimbatore News : Looking to create a Kongu stronghold |date=2009-05-08 |work=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=2012-05-15}}</ref> The organization is known for its strong stance against inter-caste hypogamy. The head of its youth wing Dheeran Chinnamalai Peravai, Kongu Yuvaraj, was accused of murder of a  Dalit boy.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200606001127/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/murder-which-shook-tamil-nadu-gokulraj%E2%80%99s-death-yuvaraj%E2%80%99s-surrender-all-you-need-know-35081?amp]</ref>

==Kongu Nadu Statehood movement==
{{Main article|Kongu Nadu Statehood movement}}

The Kongu Vellala Goundergal Peravaipassed a resolution in favor of formation of [[Kongu Nadu Statehood movement|Kongu Nadu]] state by bifurcating [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/city/coimbatore/call-for-kongu-nadu-gets-louder/amp_articleshow/84510913.cms|title=Call for Kongu Nadu gets louder|newspaper=TimesofIndia|access-date=18 July 2021}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120704203628/http://www.konguvellalagoundergalperavai.com/ Website of Kongu Vellala Goundergal Peravai organisations]

[[Category:Organisations based in Coimbatore]]
[[Category:1988 establishments in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Organizations established in 1988]]