Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh
Languages
Brahmin Tamil
Religion
Hinduism
Related ethnic groups
Iyer, Vadagalai Iyengar, Tamil people, Deshastha Brahmin
Vadama, meaning "Northerners", are a sub-sect of the Iyer community of Tamil Brahmins. While some believe that their name is an indication of the fact that they were the most recent Brahmin migrants to the Tamil country others interpret the usage of the term "Vadama" as a reference to their strict adherence to the Sanskrit language and Vedic rituals which are of northerly origin.
Vadama, meaning "Northerners", are a sub-sect of the Iyer community of Tamil Brahmins. While some believe that their name is an indication of the fact...
classification of India's Brahmin community. They mostly belonged to the Vadama and Brahacharanam sub-sects. Iyers were usually not recruited as the priest...
search of better fortune. Iyers have many sub-sects among them, such as Vadama, Brahacharnam or Brahatcharanam, Vāthima, Sholiyar or Chozhiar, Ashtasahasram...
Chalakkudy Pariyaram Perambra Potta Thazhakkadu Thirumukkulam Vadakkumbhagom Vadama (CT) Varandarappilly Vellikulangara Up to AD 1762 Chalakudy and surrounding...
co-convenor of the RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagaran Manch. He was born to a Vadama Tamil Brahmin family at South Arcot District (Madras Presidency). He is...
incident that caused Sage Yagnavalkya to write the famous verse: "Veena Vadama Tatvagnaha Sruthi Jathi Visharada Talagnanacha Aprayasena Mokshamargam Gachachathi"...
District of the Madras Presidency (in contrast to the Calamurs, who were Vadama Iyers from North Arcot). The Law Weekly, a legal journal, has been edited...
This unionist system of worship is supported by a monastic melting pot of Vadama people of the Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala and Kanyakumari district...
Muthuswami's father, Ramaswami Dikshitar, born circa 1735, from an Auttara Vadama family in Virinchipuram, had moved South due to the politically troubled...
the Mylapore clique, alongside the Vembaukum family. They were originally Vadama Iyers from Kalambur and nearby hamlets in North Arcot, who traced their...
sub-dialects. Other sub-dialects include Ashtagrama Iyer Tamil, Mysore Vadama Iyer Tamil, Mandyam Tamil and Hebbar Tamil. The differences between Thanjavur...
who are based mainly in the town of Chidambaram. Smartha (especially the Vadamas), Sri Vaishnava and other Brahmins in South India also carry the surname...
in Srikalahasti, Chittoor district on 9 July 1866, and fostered in the Vadama Calamur family, whose pro-Brahmin, Mylapore clique influence and political...
Both Gopala Iyer (Kadayam) and Gopala Sastry (Mela Cheval) were Vadadesa Vadama Brahmins from Tirunelveli. The Horrors of War and Benefits of Peace A Political...
NA NA 24.21 South Asia India Sourashtra 40 NA NA 40.0 South Asia India Vadama Iyer 63 NA NA 47.62 South Asia Pakistan Burusho 97 NA NA 25.8 Firasat et...
He also says that "At Alwargurchi, ... we met two very old Brahmanas of Vadama sect who ... afforded additional independent testimony to what we had from...
Prabhu Gaud Saraswat Brahmin Thanjavur Marathi people Naramdev Brahmin Vadama Iyers Pattusali Vandhana, M. (14 April 2014). "Madurai's Sourashtrians are...
Brahacharanam adhere to Shivadvaita. The Brahacharanams, along with the Vadamas, form the major portion of the Kerala Iyer community. The Brahacharanam...
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