Tuluva
ತುಳುವ |
| Total population |
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1,347,480[1]
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| Regions with significant populations |
| Native to:
Other populations in:
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| Languages |
| Tulu |
| Religion |
| Hinduism, Jainism |
The Tuluvas (Tulu: ತುಳುವ) are speakers of the Tulu language. Since ancient times they have been spread through the northern Kasaragod, Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts of Karnataka, India. Today, there is a sizeable Tuluva population in Mumbai and elsewhere in the world, where they have migrated. In recent times, the first set of migration started at the beginning of the twentieth century to places like Mumbai(known then as Bombay),Chennai (known then as Madras) and other parts of South India. The Tulu speaking Shivalli Brahmins mostly migrated towards the south of Tulunadu to areas like Madras, Bangalore, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala etc and other Tuluvas towards the north of Tulunadu especially to Mumbai and surrounding areas like Thane,Navi Mumbai and Pune. Tulu people also migrated to other parts of Karnataka like Mysore, Dharwad and Shivamogga.
The second set of migration started with World war II to escape rationing of food by British. The third set of migration started after imposition of Land reform act in the early 70's, when thousands of people lost their land to tenants. The fourth wave of migration especially to Bangalore started with the IT boom in the late 1990s and 2000s. The migrants in this wave were educated skilled people required for the IT sector. There were two other waves of migration: one to the Gulf states ( Middle east countries) mostly in the 1980s and 1990s. Another one to the U.S.A following the IT boom in India, particularly in Bangalore.
People
The majority of Tuluvas are Hindus. There are also a small percentage of Jains.
Prominent Tuluvas
- Krishnadevaraya Tuluva Dynasty of Vijayanagara Empire
- Abbakka Rani
- Koti and Chennayya : Folk heroes
- Veerendra Heggade : Dharmadikari of Shri Khetra Dharmasthala
- Maipady Venkatesh Varma Raja alias Ramantharasugal XI : Former Raja of Kumbla or Maipady Palace
- A.K.Vasudeva Rao : Baipadithaya,Maipady Palace.
- Mulky Sunder Ram Shetty:Legendary Banker.
- R N Shetty : Man behind Murudeshwar.
- V T Rajshekar
- Rohini Salian
Politics
- A.B.Shetty :Former Health Minister of Madras State/One of the Founders of Vijaya Bank.
- Dr.Nagappa Alva Former Health Minister,Govt of Karnataka(Formerly Mysore)
- A. Shankar Alva: Former MP / MLA, Senior Most lawyer - Mangalore.
- Jeevaraj Alva
- Justice K.S.Hegde :Was the first Judge from Karnataka to be appointed to the Supreme Court (1967) and Loksabha Speaker(1977).Also founder of Nitte Education Trust.
- Manorama Madhwaraj - BJP lok sabha MP(UDUPI Constituency)
- Veerappa Moily : A former Chief minister of Karnataka
- Janardhana Poojary : A former cabinet minister of India
- Praveen Kumar Shetty, : Karnataka Rakshana Vedike
- Muthappa Rai: Jaya Karnataka
- Vinay Kumar Sorake
- Vasanth Salian
- Vasanth Bangera
- KK Shetty:ExMP,Ex Chairman Karnataka Legislative Council
- Dr. V S Acharya
- Ramanath Rai
- K Jayaprakash Hegde
- Dr KK Hegde
- Subbayya Shetty
- K Amarnath Shetty
- Chandrahasa Rai
- Mayur Shetty
Literature
Health Care
- Dr Rahul Shetty(Heart Surgeon n CoFounder Mezocore)
- Dr Devi Prasad Shetty (Narayana Hospitals)
- Dr B.M.Hegde
- Dr Harish Shetty(Mumbai s top Psychiatrist)
- Dr Sanjiv Poojary
- B R Shetty(NMC Hospitals)
- Dr M Shantharam Shetty(Tejaswini Hospital)
- Dr K R Shetty(Cumballa Hill Hospital)
- Dr S Chandrashekar Shetty VC RGUHS (1999-02)
- Dr S Ramananda Shetty VC RGUHS (2008-11)
- Dr AirViceMarshal V P Hegde (Veer Chakra Awardee)
- Dr K V Devadiga
Movies
Directors and Producers
- Sirish Kunder : Bollywood Director-Janemann
- Vittalacharya : A South Indian Director
- Yograj Bhat
- B V Karanth
- Manmohan Shetty
- Santhosh rai pathaje
- Rohith shetty :Golmal,Sunday,Zameen,Golmal Returns
- Hruday shetty
- Ram Shetty
- Sadananda Suvarna
- Katpadi Muddu Suvarna
- Cheetah Yagnesh Shetty
- Bhaskar Shetty
Actors
Music directors
Choreographers
Entrepreneurs
- C Narayana Shetty: ShankaraNarayana Group
- R N Shetty: RNS Infrastructure
- ShashiKiran Shetty:AllCargoGlobal , Ranked 125th in Indian Billionaires List
- B R Shetty: NMC Group
- Raj Shetty: Ramee Group
- Nitesh Shetty: Nitesh Estates
- P Manmohan Shetty: Adlabs
- LaxmiNarayana: Nirman Shelters
- Sadanand Mayya: MTR Foods
- Jagadish Kotian : Janani Tours n Travels
- A S Shetty: Fouress Engineering
- Dr B S Shetty: Confidental Equipments
- Chetan Kotian: Manikya Plastichem
Science and Technology
- U.R.Rao : Former Chairman of Indian Space research Organisation.
- U.V.Rao former chairman of Larsen and Toubro.
- Dr Manmohan Attavar : Founder of Indo-American Hybrid seeds
- Ajit Shetty : CMD Janssen Pharmaceutica Belgium
- Dr Kalidas Shetty: Jefferson Fellowship Recipient
Sports
- Budhi Kunderan : Former Indian Test cricket player (Wicket keeper)
- Lokesh Mendon : International Weight lifter/Shotput Chanpion
- A.Raghuram Bhat: Former Indian left arm spinner
- Ravi Shastri : Former Indian Test cricket player
- Late B.C.Alva :Former Indian Test Cricketer and Chairman Of Bakra Beas Hydel Project.
- Sathisha Rai (Arjuna Awardee,Commonwealth Games1998 gold medallist in weight lifting)
- Ashish Kumar Ballal (Indian Hockey team Captain; Asian games Gold Medalist)
Others
- Lokayuktha Chief Santhosh Hegde
- K Balakrishna Shetty : Ambassador
See also
External links
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