What is Ayar caste?
'''Ayar'''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uO1tAAAAMAAJ|title=Harijan Contribution to Medieval Indian Thought|last=Mokashi-Punekar|first=Shankar|date=1991|publisher=Prasaranga, Bangalore University|pages=54|language=en|quote=Ayars, Andars and Idaiyars are all cattle-rearing people associated with Ahirs and Abhirs, the original tribe of Krishna.}}</ref> are an clan of [[Ahir]]/[[:en:Yadav|Yadavas]] of [[India]] and were related to the historic [[Yadav|Yadavas]] mentioned in the [[Puranas]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=38dC42X6fI4C|title=Exploring the Hindu Mind: Cultural Reflections and Symbolisms|last=Narayan|first=M. K. V.|date=2009-01-01|publisher=Readworthy|isbn=978-81-89973-87-2|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LuU2AQAAMAAJ&q=yadavas+ay|title=Travancore Archaeological Series|last=State)|first=Travancore (Princely|date=1910|language=ta}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TXOc1WJVpoQC&dq=yadavas+ay&pg=PA165|title=Pivot politics: changing cultural identities in early state formation processes|date=1994|publisher=Het Spinhuis|isbn=978-90-5589-007-1|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pzgaS1wRnl8C&q=yadavas&pg=RA1-PA35|title=Temples of Kr̥ṣṇa in South India: History, Art, and Traditions in Tamilnāḍu|last=Padmaja|first=T.|date=2002|publisher=Abhinav Publications|isbn=978-81-7017-398-4|language=en}}</ref> The Ayars of Tamil are the [[Abhira|Abhiras]] of Sanskrit and the [[Ahir|Ahirs]] of Prakrit. Their name Ayar is derived from the Dravidian word Â meaning a cow. They were known as the [[Abhira|Abhiras]] in Puranic history. In northern India they are still called [[Ahir|Ahirs]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BzgYmdwFby4C|title=The Tamils Eighteen Hundred Years Ago|last=Kanakasabhai|first=V.|date=1904|publisher=Higginbotham|pages=57|language=en}}</ref> Tradition says that the [[Ahir|Ahirs]] in the [[Pandya dynasty|Pandya country]] came to Tami