Kannada Brahmins

PROMINENT COMMUNITIES

Karnataka, and the Kannada -speaking Brahmin community, include adherents of all the three sects (schools of philosophy) of South Indian Brahminism , being:

Smartha sect - adherents of Sri Adi Shankaracharya , Advaita Philosophy .

Srivaishnava sect - adherents of Sri Ramanujacharya , Vishishtadvaita Philosophy .

Madhwa sect - adherents of Sri Madhvacharya , Dvaita Philosophy .

These sects each include several castes of Brahmins. These include:

Kannada Smartha Brahmins

Babboor Kamme

Hoysala Karnataka

Shivalli Brahmins

Kota Brahmin - Smartha sect brahmins from the central part of costal Karnataka

Koteswara-Magane Brahmin - Madhva sect brahmins from the central part of costal Karnataka .

Deshastha Brahmin

Havyaka

Konkani Brahmins

Kannada Srivaishnava Brahmins

Hebbar Iyengars

Kannada Madhva Brahmins

Madhva Brahmins

EMINENT KANNADA BRAHMINS

Anil Kumble (Cricket)

Javagal Srinath (Cricket)

N.R. Narayana Murthy (Infosys)

G.R. Vishwananth (Cricket)

B.S. Chandrashekar (Cricket)

E.A.S. Prasanna (Cricketer)

Deshpande (Industrialist)

Vishnuvardhan (Kannada Films)

Girish Kasaravalli (Kannada Films)

C.V.L Shastri (Kannada Films)

Hunsur Krishnamurthy (Kannada Film writer director)

Shakuntala Devi (Human computer fame)

U.R.Rao (Former Chairman of ISRO)

Ramakrishna Hegde (Former chief minister of Karnataka)

R.Gundu Rao (Former chief minister of Karnataka)

K. Shivaram Karanth (Writer)

U.R.Anantha Murthy (Writer)

Gururaj Deshpande (Sycamore networks)

Bhimsen Joshi (Singer)

Ananth Kumar (BJP chief of Karnataka )

Sudha Murty (wife of N.R.Narayana Murthy), Kannada writer and Software expert

B. V. Karanth (Playwright artist)

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