Brahmin (priestly) community that is one of the five brahmin communities in the south (Pancha Dravida).
The Dravida brahmins' primary location is deep southern India, in the present states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala, as their name suggests.
The Nambudiris are the most distinguished of the Dravida subcommunities, and it is among them that the great philosopher Shankaracharya is said to have been born.
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