Tags: Ethnic Group.
Sankethi people are Smārtha brahmins primarily residing in Karnataka.[citation needed] They speak the Sankethi dialect of Tamil and rever Nācāramma a pious lady who led them at the time Vadama Iyers out of Sengottai Tamil Nadu in the 10th century. Two Sankethi groups initially settled predominantly in Kaushika near Hassan Karnataka and Bettadapura Mysore district becoming the Kaushika and the Bettadapura Sankethi communities respectively.