Pisharody

Pisharody (also spelled Pisharodi, Pisharadi, Pisharoty, or Pisharoti; colloquially known as Sharody) is a Hindu semi-Brahmin caste, which is part of the Ambalavasi community found more in Kerala. Pisharodys are vaishnavites and were traditionally caretakers of Hindu temples and hails from the Sanyasi tradition of Muni Brahmin sect. Most Pisharams (Pisharody ancestral households) are situated near temples. Traditionally they were Sanskrit scholars and majority of the community still does teaching as their major profession, but they moved into modern sciences, both subjective and objective.