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Kadambiyar:

Kadambiyar is the name of a group of families, or 'Vamsam'in Tamil language. They belong to Athreya Gothram and generally followed Yajur Veda. It is found that the name Kadambiyar is used as Kidambiyar, Cidambiyar and Ghadambiyar. However, the origin of both the name and the group of people are yet to be known.

Some believe that they belong to a place from where they derived the name. The exact location of the place is still unknown - is it near Palghat in Kerala, Greenpet near Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh or near Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu. There is one school of thought that they belonged to the Panchagraman near Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu where a section of people who relocated from Kanchipuram were serving Lord Varadaraja Perumal in Panchagrama villages. There was an account that mentions that Kadambiyar belonged to brahmin families of Karnataka and were part of Srivaishnavites.

Kadambiyar (with other names as mentioned above) are found in both Shivite and Vaishnavite families.One of disciplie of Sri Ramanuja Acharya has a name of Sri Kidambi Achchan. This suggests that they had their origin well before the period of Sri Ramanuja Acharya.

Does anyone know the origin of this family and the name?