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Kannada Brahmins

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Kannada Brahmins are found amongst Kannada-speaking Brahmins from the state of Karnataka.

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Prominent communities

There are various sects which encompass sub-groups of Brahmins. Under the various sects are communities such as:

Madhva

  • Madhwa Brahmins
  • Shivalli Madhwa Brahmins
  • Deshastha Brahmin Deshastha Brahmins
  • Goud Saraswat Brahmins

    • Smartha

  • Babburkamme
  • Kandavara/Shivalli Brahmins from coastal Karnataka
  • Badaganadu
  • Hoysala Karnataka
  • Kota brahmin - Smartha sect brahmins from the central part of coastal Karnataka
  • Halenadu Karnataka Brahmin also known as Mooguru (Muguru) Karnataka Brahmins
  • Panchagrama Brahmins
  • Sankethi
  • Saraswat Brahmins
  • Sthanika
  • Havyaka

    • Srivaishnava

  • Hebbar Iyengars

    • Literature

  • S. Srikanta Sastri - historian, Indologist and polyglot
  • S. L. Bhyrappa - Kannada writer and Saraswati Samman National Award recipient
  • Raja Rao
  • Gopala Krishna Adiga - writer and pioneer of navya sahitya in Kannada
  • G. Venkatasubbaiah - Kannada lexicographer
  • K. V. Subbanna - founder of NINASAM and winner of the Ramon Magsaysay award

    • Music

  • Bhimsen Joshi - Hindustani classical singer
  • Bellary M Raghavendra - Carnatic classical singer and brother of singer Vani Sateesh

    • Politics

  • Ramakrishna Hegde (Former chief minister of Karnataka)
  • Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri (Ex Primary and Secondary Education Minister of Govt of Karnataka)

    • Other

  • Tagaduru Ramachandra Rao (Veteran freedom fighter, known as Mysore Gandhi and first freedom fighter political prisoner of Mysore State)
  • Shakuntala Devi (Human computer fame)
  • Sri K. Pattabhi Jois (Yoga teacher)
  • B.K.S. Iyengar (Yoga Maestro)

    • References

    Kannada Brahmins Wikipedia
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