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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...
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classification of India's
Brahmin community. They
mostly belonged to the
Vadama and
Brahacharanam sub-sects.
Iyers were
usually not
recruited as the priest...
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states of
Maharashtra and Karnataka, India. It’s also
found amongst the
Vadama Iyers of
Tamil Nadu.
Rahul Dravid (born 1973),
former captain of the Indian...
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unionist system of
worship is
supported by a
monastic melting pot of
Vadama people of the
Thiruvananthapuram district of
Kerala and
Kanyakumari district...
- from 1966 to 1969.
Anantanarayanan was born in
Madras on 1 May 1907 to a
Vadama Iyer
Brahmin family, and had his
schooling at Sir M. Ct.
Muthiah High School...
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search of
better fortune.
Iyers have many sub-sects
among them, such as
Vadama,
Brahacharnam or Brahatcharanam, Vāthima,
Sholiyar or Chozhiar, Ashtasahasram...
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incident that
caused Sage
Yagnavalkya to
write the
famous verse: "Veena
Vadama Tatvagnaha Sruthi Jathi Visharada Talagnanacha Aprayasena Mokshamargam Gachachathi"...
- Mudaliar, Arya Vysyas, Paraiyar,
Saurashtra Language, Maravar, Sengunthar,
Vadama, Kapu, Kotas, Toda
People (Revised ed.). India:
General Books LLC. p. 174...
- Muthuswami's father,
Ramaswami Dik****ar, born
circa 1735, from an
Auttara Vadama family in Virinchipuram, had
moved South due to the
politically troubled...
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affirmative action. Born into the
Calamur Viravalli lineage of Vadadeśa
Vadama Tamil Iyer Brahmins, he was
grandson to
polyglot and
judge C. V. Runganada...
