| Vaidiki Brahmins | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Telugu Brahmin |
| Religions | Hinduism |
| Languages | Telugu |
| Original state | Andhra Pradesh |
| Populated States | Andhra Pradesh |
Vaidiki Brahmins (Vaidika, Vaidikulu, Vaideeki) are a sect of Telugu-speaking Smartha Brahmins. They are predominantly followers of Adi Shankaracharya and are mostly found in Andhra Pradesh. The name derives from Vedas.
Notable personalities[]
Carnatic music and classical arts[]
- Tyagaraja – Carnatic Music Vocalist
- Syama Sastri – oldest among the Trinity of Carnatic music
- Emani Sankara Sastry – a renowned Veena player of Carnatic music
- Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana – Carnatic vocalist
- Malladi Brothers – a Carnatic music vocalist duo
- Chitti Babu (musician) – a renowned classical musician from India
Religious leaders[]
- Sripad Srivallabha – according to GuruCharitra, he is the first avatar (incarnation) of the deity Shri Dattatreya in Kali Yuga
- Vallabha Acharya – founded Shri Vallabha Sampradayam, now prevalent in Uttar Pradesh, Bengal, Rajasthan and Gujarat
- Ganapati Sachchidananda – head of Avadhoota Datta Peetham in Mysore
- Ekkirala Bharadwaja – also known as "Master Gaaru", he popularised 'Sai Baba Sampradayam' in Andhra Pradesh
- Chittamuru Ramaiah – follower of Theosophy
- Samavedam Shanmukha Sarma
- Malladi Chandrasekhara Sastry
- Ushasri(Puranapanda Deekshitulu)
- Sribhashyam Appalacharyulu
- Garikapati Narasimha Rao
- Sri Bharati Tirtha – 36th and current Jagadguru of Sringeri Sharada Peetham
- Sri Abhinava Vidyatirtha- 35th Jagadguru of Sringeri Sharada Peetham
- Chandrashekhara Bharati III – 34th Jagadguru of Sringeri Sharada Peetham
- Sri Sacchidananda Shivabhinava Narasimha Bharathi – 33rd Jagadguru of Sringeri Sharada Peetham
- Vijayendra Saraswati Swamigal – 70th Jagadguru Shankaracharya of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham
See also[]
- Telugu Brahmin
- Niyogi
- Aaraama Dravidulu
Further reading[]
- Christopher Alan Bayly, Rulers, Townsmen, and Bazaars: North Indian Society in the Age of British Expansion, 1770–1870, Cambridge University Press, 1983
- Kosambi, Damodar Dharmanand, Ancient India: a history of its culture and civilization, p. 166–170
- Passarino, et al., The re-colonization of Eurasia during the Late Glacial Maximum
- Ray, Himanshu P., Indian Economic and Social History Review 1987, 24: 443
- Yang, Anand A., Bazaar India: Markets, Society, and the Colonial State in Bihar, University of California Press, 1999
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