 A Tamil Brahmin wedding ceremony | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh | |
| Languages | |
| Tamil, Sanskrit | |
| Religion | |
| Hinduism | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Tamil people |
Tamil Brahmins are an ethnoreligious community of Tamil-speaking Hindu Brahmins, predominantly living in Tamil Nadu, though they number significantly in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Telangana in addition to other regions of India. They can be broadly divided into two denominations: Iyengars, who are adherents of Sri Vaishnavism, and Iyers, who follow the Srauta and Smarta traditions.
They also constitute nowadays an important portion of the South Indian Tamil diaspora worldwide. Tamil Brahmins have been integral part of Sri Lankan Tamil community since the foundation of the Jaffna Kingdom by a family of Tamil Brahmins, namely Aryacakravarti dynasty.[1] Further a community of Tamil Brahmins from the Iyer caste is also historically settled in Sri Lanka, mostly from the second half of the 18th century.[2][3][4]
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- ^ Sivapathasuntharam, A. (2016). "The Brahmins: A Study on the Traditional Elite in Jaffna with Reference to their Dialect". Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Linguistics in Sri Lanka. University of Kelaniya: 102. ISSN 2513-2954.
- ^ Muthiah, Subbiah (22 October 2016). "Madras Miscellany: The Aiyar from Jaffna". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 27 April 2024.