All about Vokkaliga

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Vokkaliga

The Vokkaligars was neither a caste nor a cult in previous periods of history also succumbed to

the influence of this system and became one of the dominant castes in the Indian society which

undergone several transformations and fractured into different sub divisions such as

• Morasu Vokkaliga
• Kunchitiga Vokkaliga
• Rodhagaru vokkaliga
• Hallikar Vokkaliga
• Reddy Vokkaliga
• Gudi Vokkaliga
• Grama Vokkaliga
• Keeraikara Vokkaliga
• Draupadi karagada vokkaliga
• Kappu Vokkaliga
• Namdhari Vokkaliga
• Musuku Vokkaliga
• Nonaba Vokkaliga
• Kotte vokkaliga
• Halakki Vokkaliga
• Uppina kolaga Vokkaliga
• Daasa Vokkaliga
• Hosadevaru Vokkaliga
• Jogi Vokkaliga
• Gangadkar/Gangatkar(ganga kshatriya)Vokkaliga
Kunchitiga vokkaligas literally means traditional and they were known for being conservative and ardent followers of traditions and were mostly farmers. Rodhagaru vokkaligas mainly found in Tumkur(Mainly in Pavagada,Madhugiri,gowri bidanuru),Bangalore,chitradurga,davanagere,Haveri etc.The name rodhagaru has been derived from the name of goddess 'Rodhamma'.this temple is in rodham village near Penagonda belongs to andhra pradesh. Namadhari Vokkaligaru mainly found in Malenadu region of Karnataka. (Mainly in Shimoga and Chikkamagaluru Districts). Namadhari Vokkaligas form a major population of Vokkaliga Community.

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Gudi vokkaliga literally means guard or guest that perhaps related either to the duty of guarding the community or they were known for entertaining the guests and this division is an off shoot of one of the kula viz Gudioru [Gudi=guest, oru or avaru =company, also used to call a person in respectable way in their Kannada language]. Grama vokkaliga is the vokkaliga community residing in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka. The phrase 'grama refers to village , the main profession is agriculture.
Kerraikarar vokkaligar were very honest and keep up their words as understood from the meaning of the name of the sect and their main occupation was cultivating greens(Amranthus leaves) and other vegetables. Gangadiga Vokkaliga(Gangatkars) of Western Ganga Dynasty share their origin with the Thooran Kootam of the Kongu Vellalar Gounder caste of Tamil Nadu and migrated to Halebidu, near Hassan in Southern Karnataka. The Vokkaligas of the Mysore are mostly Gangadikars of endogamous division This community was further fractured into more than thirty castes in South India. They are
Hallikkar, Alubalija Naidu, Arumudi, Basunadi, Belakavadi, Devaru, Dhandi-vandake, Eazhibkka, Ellamakappu, Gangala, Gowda, Kamma, Konganiga, Kumbi, Malava, Musuku, Moasureddy, Murlay, Namadhari, Nadavaru, Nunubha, Nunubhakappu, Okkulu makkalu, Osadevaru, Palayakottai Pattakkarars, Pandi, Pandaru bellakudi, Pammareddy, Pattikasalina, Reddy, Sathsappa, Summareddy, Uppinagonika and Varajha. The genetic, ethnographic, and historical studies have shown that the castes of the Hindu have been highly endogamous for several thousand years Daupadi karagada vokkaliga, Chalukya kshatriyas,()who are chandra vamsha kshatriyas or 'vannela kshatriyas or vahnikula kshatriyas' in thelagu vannela means (BELADINGALU)they also known as Chalukya kshatriyas,Badami chalukya kshatriyas,western chalukya kshatriyas,agnikula kshatriyas and pandava kishkinde(krishna) vokkaligas they were having very close relations with ganga kshatriyas(gangatkar vokkaliga)agnikula kshatriya, vannyakula kshatriya, palli kappu reddy, vanne kappu reddy, Dharmaraju kappu reddy, raju kshatriya reddy, raju reddy, chalukya kappu. they are purely belongs to kannadigas who ruled almost south and north india and they split to different casts in different states in chalukya period in india Hosadevara Vokkaligas are mainly found in the parts of Bangalore Rural, Kolar and Chikkaballapur Districts. The name originated from the unique tradition they follow, viz Hosadevara(Hosadyavara) once in every year, where all the relatives who worship a particular God(Mane Devru), mainly women get together at a particular place called Devara Mane(Dyavara Mane) and perform poojas to the God for 2 days.{{Citation needed|February 2010|date=February 2010}} They also celebrate another unique festival called Bandidevara(Bandidyavara) once in 10-15 years when all the people of the community get together and worship the God.{{Citation needed|February 2010|date=February 2010}} Distribution of Vokkaligas The populations of Vokkaligas of different sub-divisions had settled down in the districts of Darwar, Davengere, Chitradurga, Bellary, Raichur,Tumkur, Kolar, Bangalore, Shimoga, Hassan, Mandya,Chickaballapur, Uttara Kannada and Mysore of Karnataka State;Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh and Palaghat of Kerala State in South India. They hadalso settled down in more than 200 villages in the districts of Dharmapuri, Salem, Nilagiris, Coimbatore, Erode, Karur, Trichy, Dindigul, Madurai, Theni, Tirunelvelli and Kancheevaram in Tamil Nadu State of Southern India. Among the different sub-divisions of Vokkaligas, Kunchitigas belong to about 35 Gotras(Kulas)