Charamurti.--A class of Jangams, who go from village to village preaching.
Charodi.--The Charodis have been described [17] as "Canarese carpenters corresponding to the Konkani Cheptegaras (or Chaptegaras), and there is very little difference in the customs and manners of the two castes, except that the former employ Shivalli and Konkanashta Brahmans instead of Karadis. Their title is Naika." In the Madras Census Report, 1901, Mesta is returned as a Konkani-speaking sub-caste of Charodi.
Chatla (winnow).--An exogamous sept of Madiga. Chatla Dhompti occurs as a sub-division of Madigas, who, at marriages, place the offering of food, etc. (dhompti), in a winnow.
Chatri.--Recorded, in the Madras Census Report, 1901, as an equivalent of Kshatriya. It occurs also as the name of an exogamous sept, meaning umbrella, of the Holeyas.
Chaturakshari.--A sub-division of Satanis, who believe in the efficacy of the four syllables Ra-ma-nu-ja.
Chaudari.--Chaudari, or Chowdari, is recorded as a title of Haddi, Kalingi, and Komati.
Chaya (colour) Kurup.--A class of Kollans in Malabar, who work in lacquer.
Cheli (goat).--An exogamous sept of Bottada and Mattiya.
Chelu (scorpion).--An exogamous sept of Kuruba. The equivalent thelu occurs among the Padma Sales.
Chembadi.--The Chembadis are a Telugu caste, the occupations of which are fresh-water fishing, and rowing boats or coracles. In fishing, unlike the Besthas who use a cast-net, they employ a large drag-net, called baithivala, the two ends of which are fastened to poles. When a new net is made, it is folded up, and placed on the edge of a pond or tank. Mud is spread over it, and on it are placed three masses of mud kneaded into a conical shape. These represent the God, and cakes, called kudumulu, are set before them. A male member of the caste, biting one of the cakes and keeping it between his teeth, goes round the net, and then drags it to the water, in which the conical masses become disintegrated. Like the Besthas, they smear a new net with the blood of the first fish caught in it, but they do not burn a mesh of the net.
Some Chembadis regard Gurappa Gurunathadu as their caste deity, and connect him, for some unknown reason, with the jammi tree (Prosopis spicigera). Jammi occurs as the name of a gotra, and some children are named Gurappa or Gurunathadu. When such children are five, seven, or nine years old, they are taken on an auspicious day to a jammi tree and shaved, after the tree has been worshipped with offerings of cooked food, etc.