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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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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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District of the
Madras Presidency (in
contrast to the Calamurs, who were
Vadama Iyers from
North Arcot). The Law W****ly, a
legal journal, has been edited...
- 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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Chalakkudy Pariyaram Perambra Potta Thazhakkadu Thirumukkulam Vadakkumbhagom Vadama (CT)
Varandarappilly Vellikulangara Up to AD 1762
Chalakudy and surrounding...
- 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...
- sub-dialects.
Other sub-dialects
include Ashtagrama Iyer Tamil,
Mysore Vadama Iyer Tamil,
Mandyam Tamil and
Hebbar Tamil. The
differences between Thanjavur...
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incident that
caused Sage
Yagnavalkya to
write the
famous verse: "Veena
Vadama Tatvagnaha Sruthi Jathi Visharada Talagnanacha Aprayasena Mokshamargam Gachachathi"...
