Govala/Golla and tamil KOvalar tribes

[N. Ganesan]

Lakshmi Srinivas wrote:
>Another point for your consideration. The ancient
>Tamil name for the town of kOval (tirukkOvalUr) is
>iTaikazi. kOval could actually be a rendering of
>iTaikazi, influenced perhaps by the first part of the
>more obscure iTaikazi.

My last request for reference. "Ancient name for
the town of kOval is iTaikazi".??
I have read "kOval" as the place name, but not
iTaikazi, in CT.

Regards,
N. Ganesan

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