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Vokkaliga (also transliterated as Vokkaligar, Vakkaliga, Wakkaliga, Okkaligar, Okkiliyan) is a community of closely related castes, from the Indian states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. [ 1 ] As a community of warriors [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and cultivators [ 4 ] they have historically had notable demographic, political, and economic dominance in Old Mysore ...
Gowda (also known as vokkaliga, Kuruba, Gowdru, Gauda, Goud, Gouda or Gonda [1] [2]) is a surname native to Karnataka state of India. It is mainly found among the ...
There are many interpretations on how the Gaud Saraswat Brahmins received the name "Gaud" and the information about it is scant. Authors Jose Patrocinio De Souza and Alfred D'Cruz interpreters that the word Gauda or Goud may have been taken from Ghaggar, with Goud and Saraswat having the same meaning, that is an individual residing on the banks of river Saraswati.
Kuruba is a Hindu caste native to the Indian states of Karnataka, [1] Andhra Pradesh, [2] Telangana [3] and Tamil Nadu. This is a list of notable Kurubas. This is a list of notable Kurubas. Saints
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Kuruba is a Hindu caste native to the Indian state of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. [1] They are the third-largest caste group in Karnataka. [2] Traditionally, these are shepherds who used to do the work of sheep/goat and animal husbandry and agriculture, in which they especially raised mixed herds of sheep and goats and ...
Kunchitigas are also found in interior parts of Tamil Nadu. [4] [5] Some of the Polygars in the Madurai district were Kunchitigas. [54] [55] Wodeyars frequently battled Madurai Nayakars and had briefly won Dindigal and Theni after Chanda Sahib ended the Madurai Nayak dynasty. Some Kunchitigas are believed to have received land grants. [56]
Tamil Nadu has both private and public universities, which either the government of India or the government of Tamil Nadu owns and manages. whereas various bodies and societies manage the private universities. Here is a list of research organizations and higher educational institutions in the state.