Kidambi is an Indian surname. The other variants are Cadambi, Cidambi or Kadambi. The most common of the variants is Kidambi – this is the closest to Kilambi, the Tamil word.
While the Srivaishnava traditional history and commentaries reveal several preceptors with the surname ‘Kidambi’, and the earliest among them being Kidambi Aacchan,[1] very little is known about the background and history of this lineage of Brahmins.