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{{Infobox caste<br />
| caste_name = Kurumba Gounder<br />
| religions = [[Hinduism]]<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| state = [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| populated_states = Major populace in [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]], [[Karnataka]], [[Kerala]] and others<br />
| languages = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]<br />
| region = [[South India]]<br />
| related = [[Dravidian people]]}}<br />
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'''Kurumba Gounder''' is a caste community from [[South India]], especially the state of [[Tamil Nadu]].<br />
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A [[Hinduism|Hindu]] ceremony characteristic of the Kurumba Gounder are gatherings <!-- "every year" < as in throughout the year or once a year? -->at a [[Lakshmi]] temple, Thottamal and Veerabatra Temple<!-- a single temple or one of many temples? --> for a ceremony of [[supplication]] for health and success, during which coconuts are smashed on supplicants' heads.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/08/090806-india-coconut-smashing-video-ap.html |title=Priests Crack Coconuts on Devotees' Heads |work=National Geographic |access-date=2018-03-26}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Social groups of Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:Gounder]]<br />
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