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They are also known as Namdhari Gauda or Nadavaru. Heggade and Gowda are the titles, which they suffix to their names.
Vokkaliga or Vokkalumaga is thus a man whose main occupation is agriculture that is a cultivator or a farmer. This word is analogous to the northern words Kunabi in Marathi, Kanabi in Gujarati, and Kutumbin in Sanskrit, meaning a householder, a man with permanent dwelling - a man settled permanently on land as against other castes who were not bound to land in the same way.
Ereyanga was already 60 years old when he succeeded to the throne and ruled only for two years. He assumed the title of Veera-Ganga to indicate the Hoysala claim as heirs to the earlier Ganga kingdom.
However, the significance of the earlier, formative period of the Gangas can be seen from the fact that the region gained its name Gangavadi from them, which it retained even after the demise of the dynasty; that the Hoysalas, ás heirs to the Ganga legacy, included Vira Ganga among their other royal titles speaks volumes for the lasting impact of the Gangas in this region.
During the Hoysala rule at madurai, Gowdas, Vokkaligas, Pattunoolkarar, Sedas and other Kannadigas migrated into Tamil Nadu
According to another account given by Rice himself, Bhadraiya, a Malava Gauda of Keladi, was the founder.
In some places, they call themselves Servegars, Servegara meaning chief herdsman in the Amrit Mahal Department, from their occupation of cattle breeding.
Gauda and Naika are the titles affixed to their names, and the common honorific suffixes Appa and Ayya for males and Avva and Akka for females are also in use
In Karnataka, the Vokkaligas strongly believe that they are the neo-Kshatriyas and take pride in their surname, 'Gowda'.
A few South Indian castes claim Ksatriya origin; such are the Gaudas, the Gollas, Bóndilis, the Gūdigars, the Gangadhikar Vokkaligars, the Kõna Chieftains, the Rāzus, the Bhatia, the Chuvanos, the Koronos, the Bāligas etc.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)For instance, the Namdhari Vokkaligas retained their meat-eating and hunting habits across two faiths that shunned animal killing whereas vegetarianism was non-negotiable for the Lingayat converts.
Gowdas, literary means a village headman usually from Vokkaliga community in Southern district of Karnataka and Lingayat in Northern part
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)Gowdas, literary means a village headman usually from Vokkaliga community in Southern district of Karnataka and Lingayat in Northern part
They are also known as Namdhari Gauda or Nadavaru. Heggade and Gowda are the titles, which they suffix to their names.
Vokkaliga or Vokkalumaga is thus a man whose main occupation is agriculture that is a cultivator or a farmer. This word is analogous to the northern words Kunabi in Marathi, Kanabi in Gujarati, and Kutumbin in Sanskrit, meaning a householder, a man with permanent dwelling - a man settled permanently on land as against other castes who were not bound to land in the same way.
Ereyanga was already 60 years old when he succeeded to the throne and ruled only for two years. He assumed the title of Veera-Ganga to indicate the Hoysala claim as heirs to the earlier Ganga kingdom.
However, the significance of the earlier, formative period of the Gangas can be seen from the fact that the region gained its name Gangavadi from them, which it retained even after the demise of the dynasty; that the Hoysalas, ás heirs to the Ganga legacy, included Vira Ganga among their other royal titles speaks volumes for the lasting impact of the Gangas in this region.
During the Hoysala rule at madurai, Gowdas, Vokkaligas, Pattunoolkarar, Sedas and other Kannadigas migrated into Tamil Nadu
For instance, the Namdhari Vokkaligas retained their meat-eating and hunting habits across two faiths that shunned animal killing whereas vegetarianism was non-negotiable for the Lingayat converts.
According to another account given by Rice himself, Bhadraiya, a Malava Gauda of Keladi, was the founder.
In some places, they call themselves Servegars, Servegara meaning chief herdsman in the Amrit Mahal Department, from their occupation of cattle breeding.
Gauda and Naika are the titles affixed to their names, and the common honorific suffixes Appa and Ayya for males and Avva and Akka for females are also in use
In Karnataka, the Vokkaligas strongly believe that they are the neo-Kshatriyas and take pride in their surname, 'Gowda'.
A few South Indian castes claim Ksatriya origin; such are the Gaudas, the Gollas, Bóndilis, the Gūdigars, the Gangadhikar Vokkaligars, the Kõna Chieftains, the Rāzus, the Bhatia, the Chuvanos, the Koronos, the Bāligas etc.
However, the significance of the earlier, formative period of the Gangas can be seen from the fact that the region gained its name Gangavadi from them, which it retained even after the demise of the dynasty; that the Hoysalas, ás heirs to the Ganga legacy, included Vira Ganga among their other royal titles speaks volumes for the lasting impact of the Gangas in this region.
During the Hoysala rule at madurai, Gowdas, Vokkaligas, Pattunoolkarar, Sedas and other Kannadigas migrated into Tamil Nadu