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Ramanuja. The Iyengar community traces its philosophical origins to Nathamuni, the first Sri Vaishnava acharya, [6] who lived around 900 CE. He is traditionally believed to have collected the 4,000 works of Nammalvar and other alvars, [7] the poet-saints of Southern India who were intensely devoted to Vishnu on both an emotional and intellectual plane. [8]
Hebbar Iyengar or Hebbari Srivaishnava is a caste of Hindu Brahmins of Tamil and Kannada origin whose members follow the Visishtadvaita philosophy propounded by Ramanuja. They are found primarily in the Indian state of Karnataka especially in Southern Districts.
P. K. Iyengar - Indian nuclear physicist and former director of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre and chairman of Atomic Energy Commission of India T. R. Govindachari - natural product chemist known for studies on the synthesis of isoquinolines and phenanthridines and Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology Awardee
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The Tuluva Hebbar community is originally from Puttur, Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka. Their mother tongue is Tulu , which is one of the Dravidian languages of India. People from this Tulu-speaking Brahmin community have a lot of representation & noted works in the field of medicine, engineering, law and finance.
S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar was a lawyer, Indian Independence activist and managing director of The Hindu [33] Rakesh Shukla (animal welfare activist) , is a Bangalore -based entrepreneur , motivational speaker , and animal welfare activist who runs a home for over 700 rescued dogs.
The Hebbar and Mandyam Iyengars who reside outside the native Tamil land, however, continue to use Iyengar Tamil as their mother tongue. So do Ashtagrama Iyers and Mysore Vadama Iyers whose Tamil dialects while largely uses Brahmin Tamil has some Kannada influence.
Kannada Brahmins fall under the Pancha Dravida Brahmin classification of the Brahmin community in India. [5] These Brahmins generally are further sub-divided into a number of gotras and the Veda Shakha, which professes to subscribe to the performance of the yajna and other rites.