Vathima Explained

Group:	Vathima
Popplace:	Chola Nadu region of Tamil Nadu, Chennai
Langs:	Brahmin Tamil
Rels:	Hinduism
Related:	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.^[1] They mainly reside in Tanjāvūr.^[2] 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)

Notes and References

1. [#Sruti, Issues 53-64|Sruti, Issues 53-64]
2. 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.