Tamil Brahmin

Tamil Brahmin
	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. A tiny community of Tamil Brahmins from the Iyer caste is also historically settled in Sri Lanka, mostly from the second half of the 18th century.^[1]^[2]^[3]

^ "Team - Noolaham Foundation".
^ 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.

[1] "Team - Noolaham Foundation".

[2] 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.

[3] Muthiah, Subbiah (22 October 2016). "Madras Miscellany: The Aiyar from Jaffna". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 27 April 2024.

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