Tags: Ethnic Group.
Ashtasahasram (Sanskrit: अष्टसहश्रम) is a sub-sect of the Iyer community of Tamil Brahmins from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. According to one popular view the Ashtasahasrams originate from a village called Ennaiyiram which translates to eight thousand the Tamil counterpart of the Sanskrit word Ashtasahasram.