Dravida Brahmin
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Indian English Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Dravida Brahmins, or simply Dravidulu, are Hindu brahmins and a sub-caste of the Telugu Brahmins of Andhra Pradesh in South India, who migrated from Tamil-speaking regions.[1] They are further divided into sub-sects based on the places where they have settled such as Aaraama Dravidulu, Pudur Dravidulu, Konaseema Dravidulu, Peruru Dravidulu, Tummagunta Dravidulu and Dimili Dravidulu.[2] They are primarily categorized as the Saiva Brahmins or followers of Shiva.[2]
Origin
During the reign of Rajaraja Narendra (Template:Reign),[3] many Tamil Brahmin families settled in different parts of Andhra Pradesh.[4] Under Narendra's son, Kulottunga I (Template:Reign), the first Chalukya-Chola emperor, several Brahmins migrated from the Tamil country.[5]
His son Virachodadeva, the Viceroy of Vengi, invited 546 Brahmin families and established them at Virachoda Chaturvedimangalam. Several records of the Chalukya-Cholas register the gift of villages in the plains of Godavari river to Brahmins who migrated from Dravidadesa.[5] These Brahmins who had settled in Andhra region are known as the Dravida Brahmins.[2]
Classification
They fall under the Pancha Dravida Brahmin classification of the Brahmin community in India.[6] Dravida Brahmins are divided into several sub-sects, which are named after the places in which they have settled such Aaraama Dravidulu, Puduru Dravidulu, Konaseema Dravidulu, Peruru Dravidulu, Tummagunta Dravidulu and Dimili Dravidulu.[2][7][8]
Most of them speak Telugu as their native language after centuries of assimilation, while many Puduru Dravidulu (mainly reside in Nellore district) speak Tamil at home.[9][10]
Notable people
- Avadhanum Paupiah[11][12]
- Vavilla Ramaswamy Sastrulu[13][12]
- Vedam Venkataraya Sastry[13][12]
- Chadalavada Sundararamasastri[12]
- Chilakamarti Lakshmi Narasimham[14][13]
- Chellapilla Venkata Sastry[13][12]
- Ganapati Muni[12]
- Mahamahopadhyaya Tata Subbaraya Sastri
- Alladi Krishnaswamy[13][12]
- V. S. Ramachandran[15][16]
- Mamidipudi Venkatarangayya[17][12]
- Ayyalasomayajula Lalitha
- Adibhatla Narayana Dasu
- Dokka Seetamma Garu
- Ayyagari Sambasiva Rao
- Sri Sri (Srirangam Srinivasa Rao)
- Arudra (Bhagavatula Sadasiva Sankara Sastri)
- Mahamahopadhyaya Vishvanatha Gopala Krishna Sastri
- Ganti Prasada Rao
- Ganti Jogi Somayaji
See also
References
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