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Tamil Brahmin weddings are held to a distinct standard of religious orthodoxy in comparison to the ceremonies of other communities. They consist of age-old traditions, enactments, time-bound customs, as well as practices for securing kinship affiliations for the sacred initiation of the bride into her new family.
Brahmins who serve as priests in temples following the Vaishnavite and Shaivite tradition and perform pujas are offered a distinct category classified outside the community by the Government of Tamil Nadu as '703.Adi Saivar' and '754.Saiva Sivachariyar' as distinct from the '713.Brahmanar' (Brahmin) in the list of forward castes. These priests ...
Tamil Brahmins (Iyers and Iyengars) in traditional veshti and angavastram at a convention of the Mylai Tamil Sangam, circa 1930s. Iyer men traditionally wear veshtis or dhotis which cover them from waist to foot. These are made of cotton and sometimes silk. Veshtis are worn in different styles.
Tamil people wears traditional Tamil wedding dresses and they replace poruwa ceremony with traditional Hindu wedding ceremony. Burgher people wears western traditional dresses and they marry in church as in popular western culture. Sri Lankan Moors celebrates the wedding with added Islam customs.
Dīkṣitar 1909 photograph depicting the traditional Dīkṣitar munkuḍumi, alternately known as pūrvaśikhā, and in English, a forelock Classification Pancha Dravida Veda Ṛgveda (Āśvalāyana recension) Yajurveda (Baudhāyana recension) Religions Hinduism, Vedic Shaivism Languages Sanskrit, Tamil Country India Original state Tamil Nadu Related groups Iyer Brahmin, Nambūdiri Brahmin ...
A Tamil couple c. 1945; the wife is wearing a madisar sari. The Madisar or Koshavam ( Tamil : மடிசார் ) is a typical way in which the sari is worn by Tamil Brahmin women. The sari and the tying style dates back to ancient India , at least as far back as the period between 2nd century BC to 1st century AD when the antariya and ...
The tradition asserts that the Thai Brahmins have roots in Hindu holy city of Varanasi and southern state of Tamil Nadu, go by the title Pandita, and the various annual rites and state ceremonies they conduct has been a blend of Buddhist and Hindu rituals.
Nambuthiri Brahmins, in particular, followed specific marriage customs. Only the eldest son of a Nambuthiri Brahmin family could marry within his own community, while others could marry from the Kshatriya or equivalent. They are allowed to marry women only from royal families, the highest subcaste of Nair, and Ambalavasi castes. Marrying women ...