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The famous Kempe Gowda I, the founder of Bangalore City, was the most distinguished of the Palegars of Magadi. [69] The family of Kempe Gowda migrated from Kanchi in the 15th century. [66] The Devanahalli Fort was built by Malla Bhaire Gowda to immortalise Bhaire Gowda, the headman of one of the seven clans that migrated from Kanchi. [73]
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 Vokkaligas and Kurubas in South Karnataka, Kurubas and the Lingayats in north Karnataka.
Scheduled Castes (SCs) are officially designated groups of people and among the most disadvantaged socio-economic groups. [7] [8] Scheduled Castes are given reservation status guaranteeing political representation, preference in promotion, quota in universities, free and stipended education, scholarships, banking services, various government schemes.
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.
[40] [55] Among the other castes included in the Category III A of the State OBC List are the Kodagu Gowda (Gowda). [54] [56] The Amma Kodava, the Kodagu Banna and the Kodagu Heggade have been included under the Category II A of the State OBC list, while the Kodagu Kapala have been included under Category I A of the State OBC List. [54]
They have a somewhat elaborate system of caste government. [citation needed] In every village there are two headmen, the Grāma Gowda and the ottu Gauda.[citation needed] For every group of eight or nine villages there is another head called the Māganē Gauda, and for every nine Māganēs there is a yet higher authority called the Kattēmanēyava.
Saraswats Brahmins are classified under the Pancha Gauda Brahmin classification of the Brahmin community in India. [3]In Western and South India, along with the Chitpavan, Karhades (including Padhyes, Bhatt Prabhus), and Konkani-speaking Saraswat Brahmins are referred to as Konkani Brahmins, which denotes those Brahmin sub-castes of the Konkan coast which have a regional significance in ...
Kempe Gowda I, Modern Bangalore was founded by a feudatory of the Vijayanagara Empire, who built a mud fort in the year 1537. Kempe Gowda also referred to the new town as his "gandu bhoomi" or "Land of Heroes". [5] Within Bangalore, the town was divided into petes (IPA:) or market. The town had two main streets: Chikkapete Street ran east ...