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Iyer Iyers (also spelt as Ayyar, Aiyar, Ayer, or Aiyer) are an ethnoreligious community of Tamil-speaking Hindu Brahmins. Most Iyers are followers of the ''Advaita'' philosophy propounded by Adi Shankara and adhere to the Smarta tradition. This is ...

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. 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. Sruti, Issues 53-64, p. 338. They mainly reside in Tanjāvūr. Their subcastes are Patineṭṭu Grāmattu, Udayalūr, Naṇṇilam, and Rāthāmaṅgalam.

References

{{Reflist Tamil Brahmins Social groups of Tamil Nadu