Back তামিল ব্রাহ্মণ Bengali/Bangla Tamilische Brahmanen German برهمین تامیل Persian தமிழ்ப் பிராமணர்கள் Tamil
 A Tamil Brahmin wedding ceremony | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh | |
| Languages | |
| Tamil, Sanskrit | |
| Religion | |
| Hinduism |
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.[citation needed]
Although they form a tiny minority within their society, the Ceylonese 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 the Aryacakravarti dynasty.[1][2] Their community was mainly strengthened by the more recent settlement of Tamil Brahmins from the Iyer caste in Sri Lanka, mostly from the second half of the 18th century.[3][2][4]
- ^ Pathmanathan, Sivasubramaniam (1974). The Kingdom of Jaffna: Origins and early affiliations. Colombo: Ceylon Institute of Tamil Studies. p. 27.
- ^ a b 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.
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- ^ Muthiah, Subbiah (22 October 2016). "Madras Miscellany: The Aiyar from Jaffna". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 27 April 2024.