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Sub-caste of Iyer community in Tamil Nadu, South India Ethnic group
 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 |
Vathima are Iyers from Tamil Nadu, India. They belong to the Taittirīya Śākhā of the Krsna Yajurveda.
Geographical distribution
Due to their geographic concentration, it is noted that they tended to be isolated and had an insular culture. They mainly reside in Tanjāvūr. Subgroups
Their subgroups are
- Udayalur ( A village in Kumbakonam Taluk, Thanjavur District)
- Nannilam ( A town in Thiruvarur District)
- Rathamangalam ( A town in Thanjavur District)
- Sengalipuram ( A village in Thiruvarur District)
- Mudikondan ( A village in Thiruvarur District)
- Semangudi ( A village in Thiruvarur District)
- Palur ( A village in Trichy District)
- Tippirajapuram ( A village in Kumbakonam taluk , Thanjavur District)
- Konerirajapuram ( A village in Mayiladuthurai District)
- Puliyur ( A village in Karur District)
- Anathandavapuram ( A village in Nagapattinam 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 Nagapattinam District)
References
- Mahadevan 2008, p. 51-52.
- Sruti, Issues 53-64, p. 338.
- 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.