Maojority of LTTE are HIndu (80%) like its leader. and around 20% are Christians, This reflects the religious make up of teh ethnic or native SriLankan Tamil oroginating fromthe North East and parts of North West SriLanka. Unlike Tamil nadu where the lower and backward castes predominate. The native Sri Lankan Tamils are predominantly of teh higher and middle castes. Even thesocalled backward and lower castes amongst them are not that backward and humble but very literate.Therefor no one is really opressed due totheor caste ( unlike a generation or two ago). The caste issue really comes when it marriage even this is gradually breaking. The population is not obsessed with caste or skin colour. MOat Native SriLankan Tamils both Hindu and Christian belong to the Vellalar caste, this caste consists around 50% of the native Sri Lankan Tamil population. The Vellalars have traditionally been very closely allied to the Brahmins. This is one of the reasons that there is not anit Brahmin feelings amongs teh native Srilankan Tamils. Secondly The native Srialankan Tamil Barahmins ahave always been very wel integrated withteh rest of the Tamil population (thoer numbaers are few ) and have traditionally been temple preists. Lot of them are now very educated and are in the professions. There never has been isuue here that they opressed the other Tamil communities, They are very well respected by the rest of thoer fellow Tamils. Infact of all the Native Tamil communities they are the most
