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{{Infobox ethnic group<br />
|image = [[File:Seshayya sastri.jpg|80px]]<br/>[[A. Seshayya Sastri]]<br />
|group = Vathima<br />
|poptime = <br />
|popplace = [[Chola Nadu]] region of [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Chennai]]<br />
|langs = [[Brahmin Tamil]]<br />
|rels = [[Hinduism]]<br />
|related = [[Iyer]], [[Tamil people]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Vathima''' are [[Iyer]]s from [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. They belong to the [[Taittiriya Shakha|Taittirīya Śākhā]] of the [[Krishna Yajurveda|Krsna Yajurveda]].{{Sfn|Mahadevan|2008|p=51-52}}<br />
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== Subgroups ==<br />
Due to their geographic concentration, it is noted that they tended to be isolated and had an insular culture.<ref name="sruti_p60">[[#Sruti, Issues 53-64|Sruti, Issues 53-64]], p. 338.</ref> They mainly reside in [[Tanjavur|Tanjāvūr]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Mahadevan|first=Thennilapuram P.|date=2008|title=On the Southern Recension of the Mahābhārata, Brahman Migrations, and Brāhmī Paleography (for Frits Staal)|url=https://crossasia-journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/ejvs/article/view/327/322|journal=Electronic Journal of Vedic Studies|volume=15|issue=2|pages=142}}</ref><br />
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Vathimas are divided in the following subgroups. <br />
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.Sengalipuram ( A village in Thiruvarur district)<br />
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. Mudikondan ( A village in Thiruvarur district)<br />
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. Semangudi ( A village in Mayiladuthurai district ) <br />
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. Palur ( A village in Trichy district) <br />
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. Tippirajapuram ( A village in Kumbakonam Taluk ) <br />
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. Konerirajapuram ( A village in Mayiladuthurai district ) <br />
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. Puliyur ( A village in Karur district) <br />
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. Anathandavapuram ( A village in Nagappitnam district)<br />
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. Mozhaiyur ( A village in Mayiladuthurai district) <br />
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. Arasavanangadu ( A village in Thiruvarur district)<br />
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. Koonthalur ( A village in Thiruvarur district) <br />
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. Thethiyur ( A village in Thiruvarur district)<br />
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. Vishnupuram ( A village in Thiruvarur district) <br />
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. Serukalathur ( A village in Thiruvarur district) <br />
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. Marathurai ( A village in Thanjavur district) <br />
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. Manthai ( A village in Nagappitnam district)<br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{Reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:Tamil Brahmins]]<br />
[[Category:Social groups of Tamil Nadu]]</div>2A00:23C5:FE18:2700:50F2:897E:25FE:EC3E