Most Pisharams (Pisharody ancestral households) are situated near Lord Krishna or Goddess Devi temples.They generally carry Vaishnavite surnames being a subset of Vishnavite sanyasi brahmin clan (Rama, krishna, Narayanan, Gopala etc) and a majority of the community still does teaching as their major profession. Eventhough they are seen more in Kerala their origin is from Kashmir and are spread throughout Indian major cities.
Most Pisharams (Pisharody ancestral households) are located near Lord Krishna or Goddess Devi temples. They generally bear Vaishnavite surnames, being a subset of Vishnavite sanyasi brahmin clan (Rama, krishna, Narayanan, Gopala etc.) and a majority of the community still does teaching as their major profession. Even though they are seen more in Kerala, their origin is from Kashmir and they are spread throughout Indian major cities.