Karnataka Brahmin information

Karnataka Brahmins or Carnatic Brahmins are Pancha Dravida Brahmin native to the Indian state of Karnataka. Karnataka Brahmins fall under the Pancha Dravida...

Hoysala Karnataka Brahmins are a community of Smarta Brahmins originating in the Hoysala Empire. The empire ruled most of what is now Karnataka between...

Deshastha Brahmin is a Hindu Brahmin subcaste mainly from the Indian state of Maharashtra and North Karnataka. Other than these states, according to authors...

of Brahmin communities who have a section that follows the Dvaita Vedanta of Madhvacharya. Karnataka — Deshasthas, Shivallis, Koteshwara Brahmins, Gaud...

Halenadu Karnataka Brahmins (HKBs) are a sect of Kannada speaking Smartha Brahmins and follow Advaita Vedanta propounded by Adi Shankaracharya. HKBs are...

Vaishnava Visvakarmas claim to be Brahmins but were never considered to be Brahmins by the mainstream smarta brahmins of Karnataka and other castes. Vaitheespara...

(coastal region of Karnataka) and Kerala in South India. The word Saraswat is derived from the Rigvedic Sarasvati River. Saraswats Brahmins are classified...

was a Viceroy. A sample study in the 1970s in Kota, Karnataka found that the Gaud Saraswat Brahmins owned most of the grocery and general merchandise stores...

southern India. The Pancha Dravida Brahmins are: Karnataka (Karnataka Brahmins) Tailanga (Telugu Brahmins) Dravida (Brahmins of Tamil Nadu and Kerala) Maharashtraka...

city of Mysore in Karnataka, artist N. S. Bendre from the village of Bendri in Madhya Pradesh[citation needed] Some Deshastha Brahmin surnames are also...

settled in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu region that follow Dvaita Vedanta of Madhvacharya. Sri Vaishnavas and Telugu Madhvas are Telugu Brahmins who converted...

Kannada Brahmins are Kannada-speaking Brahmins, primarily living in Karnataka, and also present in the states of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, and...

p. 2044. ISBN 9780195633542. In Tamil Nadu, the Madhwa Brahmins are migrants from Karnataka. They have six sub-groups, they are Aruvela, Aruvanththuvakkalu...

Kota Brahmins are a Hindu Brahmin subcaste mainly from the Indian state of Karnataka. Kota Brahmins take their name from their native village Kota. They...

The Shivalli Brahmins are a Hindu Brahmin community in Karnataka. They are divided into two groups, the first of who follow the Dvaita philosophy founded...

Goa, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh. Along with the Deshastha and Konkanastha Brahmins, the Karhade Brahmins are referred to as Maharashtrian Brahmins. Karhade...

Tamil Brahmins are an ethnoreligious community of Tamil-speaking Hindu Brahmins, predominantly living in Tamil Nadu, though they number significantly...

Karnataka, and the Kasaragod district of Kerala. Havyakas are known by their unique culture and language. They fall under the Pancha-Dravida Brahmin category...

Koteshwara Brahmins (also known as Koteshwara Magane Brahmins) are a Hindu Brahmin subcaste mainly from the Indian state of Karnataka. The community is...

held in low esteem by the Deshastha, the older established Brahmin community of Karnataka-Maharashtra region. As per Jayant Lele, the influence of the...

largely unchanged. For example, for the Iyengar Brahmins of Karnataka, a tribe adopted into the Brahmin Varna as recently as the 8th century CE, Gotras...

pronounced [ɐjːɐŋɡaːr]) are an ethnoreligious community of Tamil-speaking Hindu Brahmins, whose members follow Sri Vaishnavism and the Visishtadvaita philosophy...

like Banjara and Adi Karnataka. Kannada Brahmins are divided into several communities. Although historically Jainism in Karnataka had dominant presence...

Sthānika Brāhmins belong to Hindu Tuluva Smartha Brahmin group. They are the oldest Tulu Brāhmins primarily from the coastal Karnataka (Kanara) also known...

North Karnataka (kannada: ಉತ್ತರ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ Transliteration: Uttara Karnataka) is a geographical region in Deccan plateau from 300 to 730 metres (980 to 2...

The Daivadnya Brahmin, (also known as Sonar or Panchal or Vishwa Brahmin), is a community from Goa and Karnataka, who claim to have descended from Vishwakarma...