Vathima

Vathima are Iyers from Tamil Nadu, India. They belong to the Taittirīya Śākhā of the Krsna Yajurveda.[1]

Vathima

A. Seshayya Sastri
Regions with significant populations
Chola Nadu region of Tamil Nadu, Chennai
Languages
Brahmin Tamil
Religion
Hinduism
Related ethnic groups
Iyer, Tamil people

Subgroups

Due to their geographic concentration, it is noted that they tended to be isolated and had an insular culture.[2] They mainly reside in Tanjāvūr.[3]

Vathimas are divided in the following subgroups.

.Sengalipuram ( A village in Thiruvarur district)

. Mudikondan ( A village in Thiruvarur district)

. Semangudi ( A village in Mayiladuthurai district )

. Palur ( A village in Trichy district)

. Tippirajapuram ( A village in Kumbakonam Taluk )

. Konerirajapuram ( A village in Mayiladuthurai district )

. Puliyur ( A village in Karur district)

. Anathandavapuram ( A village in Nagappitnam district)

. Mozhaiyur ( A village in Mayiladuthurai district)

. Arasavanangadu ( A village in Thiruvarur district)

. Koonthalur ( A village in Thiruvarur district)

. Thethiyur ( A village in Thiruvarur district)


. Vishnupuram ( A village in Thiruvarur district)

. Serukalathur ( A village in Thiruvarur district)

. Marathurai ( A village in Thanjavur district)

. Manthai ( A village in Nagappitnam district)


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References
  1. Mahadevan 2008, p. 51-52.
  2. Sruti, Issues 53-64, p. 338.
  3. Mahadevan, Thennilapuram P. (2008). "On the Southern Recension of the Mahābhārata, Brahman Migrations, and Brāhmī Paleography (for Frits Staal)". Electronic Journal of Vedic Studies. 15 (2): 142.
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