Telugu Migrant Brahmins - Traditions

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Namaste,

 

Teleugu Migrants are more in Karnataka than in

Tamilnadu.

 

Most brahmins in Karnataka except those in the Gokarna

belt (They are Maharashtrians) and the costal belt

were orignally from Andhra.

 

They follow Andhra Sampradaya including the wearing of

sarees, nose rings (Tamilians pierce the the right

side as opposed to the left of Andhras), the muhurta

in a wedding is Jeeriga and Jaggery, two mangalyams as

pointed out by Sri. Ganapathi as also various other

practices.

 

Amongst whole of southindia, Andhra brahmanas are

considered to have superior mastery on the vedas, than

any other parts in general. More so those on the East

Godavari district.

 

My two cents.

 

GP

 

--- ganapathy = = vijaya <srividya101

wrote:

> Pranams.

>

> With my limited information on Telugu Brahmin

> migrants to Tamil nadu, this mail is posted and

> observations may not be entirely correct.

>

> Telugu Brahmins continue to maintain their culture

> and traditions even though they migrated to Tamil

> Nadu hundreds of years back.

>

> Some of them are.

>

> Most of them but not necessarily all , continue to

> speak in Telugu in the family ( Not the Classic

> Telugu of Andhra ) but when they speak tamil one

> could mistake them to be Tamilians.

>

> During the Upanayana ceremony, the child styles

> Five Kudumi or Shika as against a semicircular shika

> for a Tamilian. ( the five kudimi is similar to

> Brahmins of udipi region )

>

> A Telugu Brahmin would always chant the Abhivathaye

> Mantram in the Sandyopasana after praying for the

> Welfare of Cows and brahmins whereas a Tamilian

> would directly chant the mantra without any

> reference.

>

> During the marriage after the first Mangalya Sutra

> is tied, a second Mangalya sutra is also tied which

> is known as " Nagavalli" .

>

> Also the Black beads as a part of Mangalya sutra is

> compulsory. ( but after Mahaperiyaval's on the

> subject talk Many Tamilians also use these beads )

>

> A tamil Brahmin lady wears a 9 Yards saree for any

> religious samskara in a particular fashion, whereas

> a telugu brahmin lady wears only 7 yards of saree in

> a peculiar way to suit their traditins.

>

> May be the Telugu Brahmins migrants of this group

> Can explain more.

>

> Ganapathy

>

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> "Ravisankar S. Mayavaram" <ravi wrote:

> If I am not mistaken, shrI vaidyanAtha dIxita is

> from (or lived in)

> thanjAvUr district and his kula devata was

> vaidyanAtha svAmi of vaidIshvaran

> kOvil. He is the compiler/editor of the book called

> vaidyanAtha dIxitIyam.

> He received land grant for Maharashtrian line of

> kings who ruled thanjAvur.

>

> But there are conflicting information about him

> published in different

> sources. For instance, in the preface of book

> "jAtaka pArijAta", which is

> again by him, the translator notes that he hailed

> from andhra. That might

> not be a conflict, because, close 30% of Tamil Nadu

> population spoke (or

> speak) telugu -- such migrations took place in a

> large number for few

> reasons (chief being Tamil Nadu was affected very

> little by muslim

> invasion).

>

> According to our family sources, we are descendants

> of Sri dIkShita. I do

> not have access to the complete family tree to

> verify this. However, that is

> the source of the information I have provided. I may

> be misinformed as well.

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> Ganapathy --- Vijaya

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> " Jai Bhavani "

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