Ethnicity and Origin
The Vadakalai Iyengars (Uttara Kalārya,Sanskrit: उत्तर कलार्य) are believed to be an Indo-Aryan people who once migrated from North India. In a genetic study in Andhra Pradesh all individuals examined among Vadakalai Iyengars showed a high similarity of rhesus(d) gene frequency with the people of Faislabad in the Punjab province of Pakistan. All the individuals examined among Vadakalai Iyengars showed Rhesus(D) positive with a high frequency of the D allele while the other castes from Andhra showed a low frequency of the D allele. Vadakalai Iyengars are ardent followers of the Vedas. Vedanta Desika, the Vaishnavite Acharya and philosopher, founded the Vadakalai sampradaya based on the Sanskritic tradition.
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