Babburkamme Brahmin

Babburkamme
Adi Shankaracharya, an influential expounder of the smarta parampara and Vedanta.
Regions with significant populations
Indian states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh
Languages
Sanskrit, Kannada, Telugu,
Religion
Hinduism

Sampradaya: Smarthas

Sutra: Apasthamba
Related ethnic groups
Pancha-Dravida, Kannada Brahmin, Telugu Brahmin, Maharashtrian brahmin, Tamil Brahmin

The Babburkamme (also spelled Babbur Kamme, Bobburukamme, Babboor Kamme) are a community of Brahmins in India.[1] They are Pancha Dravida Smartha Brahmins. They have been holding highly politically influencing position such ministers, chief priests, scholars and poets under different kingdoms. A related community are today known as Uluchukamme has Kannada as their mother tongue.

Babburkammes are largely spread in the Karnataka towns of Bengaluru, Mysuru, Holenarasipura, Konanur, Arkalgud, Bellur, Kanakatte, Mirle, Arasikere, Belavadi, Mayasandra, Bettadapura, Davangere, Shivamogga, Chikkamagaluru, and Bhadravati.

  1. ^ Prasad, Leela (2012). Poetics of Conduct: Oral Narrative and Moral Being in a South Indian Town. Columbia University Press. p. 85. ISBN 978-0-23151-127-8.