Talk:Iyengar

message: A lot of details are missing in this section. I tried to make changes and provided citations for all. But the page has been reverted to old version
As a complete outsider I have to say the section on weddings was absolutely non-informative: a string of content-free words akin to "The Montillation of Traxoline"...
DaveRusin (talk) 14:16, 14 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Religious observances 

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message: Someone kindly take a minute to add useful and interesting content to Telaga caste, Kapu caste, balija caste pages
Use the link - http://www.kapusangam.com/history.php
Also, Telaga caste is Forward caste. Mention it in the right column  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.147.202.107 (talk) 18:48, 15 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  status column for telaga caste 

message: As I have mentioned before, the identification of a tag called "Tamil people" is extremely misleading as Tamil is a language, and does not indicate a monolithic group of people who share a common origin.
Iyengars are Brahmins, they are Vaishnavite Brahmins who would fall under the Tamil Brahmin grouping, and the larger Pancha Dravida classification of all Brahmins.
By culture, they are distinct from even Iyer Brahmins (who are Smartha Shaivites) let alone Tamil non-brahmins.
Vegetarian diet with no onion and garlic, Iyengar clothing traditions, religious beliefs, affiliation to the Sanskrit language and the Vedic Culture is completely absent among "Tamils" except other Brahmins like Iyers who they do indeed share some degree of cultural overlap.
I am fairly certain everyone knows that the Brahmins have been associated with the Vedic works and culture; Tamil people on the other hand had culture, religions and civilisation predating the Vedic era too, the Dravidian folk religions being the major one in Tamil Nadu.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dravidian_folk_religion
The Tamil language tag makes sense as Iyengars are Tamil speaking, as well as the appropriate Sanskrit tag. However their related ethnic groups would be other Brahmin groups on the whole.
An Iyengar Brahmin would be ethnically related to other South Indian Brahmins by culture, origin and genetics. 
Putting aside the massive cultural differences, there are differences in origin between Brahmins and non-Brahmin Tamils down to the genetic level: Steppe ancestry in modern South Asians is primarily from males and disproportionately high in Brahmin and Bhumihar groups. 
Source: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aat7487 Temporary 1010 (talk) 20:01, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Regarding the Related Ethnic Groups sections