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112 Responses to List of all shivalli family names

1. Naresh Beedu
   August 26th, 2008 at %I:%M %p

   Hello, I am really glad to see such a beautiful website about taulava samaaja.

   I also wanted to mention that my family name isn’t mentioned above. Please add in “Beedu”. And secondly, the website is very beautifully designed, but in the tool bar above, English is wrongly typed as Englesh. A change is required out there.

   Thanks.

2. K Rajaneesh Saralaya
   September 7th, 2008 at %I:%M %p

   Dear All,
   This website is really very useful. Above family name collection is magnificent. I would like to add on to this information. Please let me know the mode of ECS donation is possible in Indian Rupees. Thank You,
   Raja.

3. Narayan
   September 9th, 2008 at %I:%M %p

   I want to know the place and other details of the family with the name POTI which appears above. Can you please let me know.

   Thanks in advance and regards,

4. Anil Kumar Bhat
   September 16th, 2008 at %I:%M %p

   hi we can have a section where we can ask users to register across depending on their family names. For example i am Sittillaya and we can have a subgroup of this so as we can trace our relatives

   Thanks in advance

5. K.U.SADANANDA RAO/KUNIKULLAYA
   September 20th, 2008 at %I:%M %p

   I had a glance of the shivalli family names published in your website. Thanks. Very useful and also came up well. I noticed, our family name, shivalli Brahmins, Tulu speaking – KUNIKULLAYA – predominantly from Kasaragod Taluk, formerly a part of Dakshina Kannada Dist. ( now in Kerala state) did not find a place in your list. May I request you to please include it in the list at your earliest.

   Further, family names of the following to be correctly spelt as :
   KADAMBALITHAYA
   PUNICHITHAYA
   Family name of YERKADITHAYA did not find a place in your list, which my be noted.

   This is my humble suggestion.

6. Vedavyasa Acharya
   September 30th, 2008 at %I:%M %p

   I am not sure of this surname but i heard “Okade” …please clarify it …

7. Sachin
   October 8th, 2008 at %I:%M %p

   In List of all shivalli family names category “Yelachithaya” is missing. you can add this.

8. govinda raj joisa
   October 21st, 2008 at %I:%M %p

   thanks.. I had a glance of the shivalli family names published in your website. In list “Joisa”(surname) is missing. whether joisa is only surname or it also comes under family name

9. admin
   October 22nd, 2008 at %I:%M %p

   Thank you for your information’s. I have added Kunikullaya, Yelachithaya.

   @Anil Kumar Bhat
   Thank you for your interest. Please go through the link
   http://shivallibrahmins.com/english/about-us/an-appeal-to-readers/
   We have published our SBI account number. Please let us know if you need more info.

10. R SRIKRISHNA RAO
    November 25th, 2008 at %I:%M %p

    I COUDNT FIND MY FAMILY NAME HERE COULD YOU PLEASE ADD IT IT IS CALLED KEMMAR THANK YOU IN ADVANCE

11. Venkatesh Rao
    December 2nd, 2008 at %I:%M %p

    I love the work done in this website… But it would be even better if it is possible to create a family tree for each family name…

    Like great great great grandfather–>great great grandfather–>….–>father–>you…

    It can be designed where the viewers can update their family details in the page…

    But for that it would be better to create an user account first…

12. Anand G
    December 6th, 2008 at %I:%M %p

    Dear All,
    Its a great website for knowing our culture and roots. My family name happen to be sittillaya and am interested in tracing the roots of our people with this faily name. How can I contact others with this family name.?
    Keep up the good work
    Anand

13. Vishu
    December 24th, 2008 at %I:%M %p

    Hi Guys
    fantastic work done by u…
    i cant belive that shivalli community has 520 sub group
    i heard a surname called Pajatthaya ….. which doesnt find place here
    may be u can add the same.

    Thanks
    Vishu

14. Vineetha
    January 1st, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    Isn’t Rao a recognized family name?

15. Ganesha Mogeraya
    January 6th, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    I don’t think names like Rao, Bhat, Acharya, Tantri/ Thantr, iAsranna are the recognised family names.
    As an example Persons who does Pooja at Temples are re-surnamed as Asranna.

    Hope I am right.

    With Thanks & Regards

    Ganesha Mogeraya

16. SUBRAMANYAM
    January 20th, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    hi thank u very much.see my full name is Y.H.SUBRAMANYAM RAo(YELLUR HALEPATALI SUBRAMANYAM RAO)IN THIS WHICH IS SUR NAME & WHICH IS FAMIY NAME.PLS CLARRIFY IT THANK U

17. vadiraj vakillaya
    January 21st, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    add laxmishobhane hadu in your great site -thankyou

18. V. N. Rao
    January 22nd, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    A very good site indeed giving details of Shivalli brahmin community. It was really amazing to such a large number of family names in the community. I would like to know from knowledgeable members whether Nekkar is the short from of family name Nekkantaraya.

19. V. N. Rao
    January 22nd, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    In my opinion, Ayya is not a family name(open to corrections). The word is used as a mark of respect when addressing “Dhanigalu”(landowners). Thus Ayya got affixed to the names of persons at the end eg. Krishnayya, Raghunathayya, Narasayya etc. Later on, the family name was introduced like Nekkar – short form of Nekkantaraya with its origin in a hamlet called Perampalli, near Manipal in Udupi District. The full name of a person began with Perampalli and ended with Rao. For instance, Perampalli Nekkar so and so Rao. From the above it can be concluded that Rao is also not a family name. In all probability, Rao originated from Raya. Thus Ramaraya became Rama Rao and Venkatraya became Venkat Rao. The origin of Raya can be traced back to Vijayanagara King Krishnadevaraya.

20. karthik mariyanna
    January 26th, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    congrats for starting this website.even my surname is not in the list its MARIYANNA

21. K.N.ADIGA-ADOOR
    January 30th, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    Dear Mr. Ranjith

    Thanks for doing good work. Hope many people joinind. I have obseved people asking for the family tree details. But it will be difficult unless concerned people taking interest and submitting. Like Mr. Sripathi B.S doing the Kedilaya family tree. I Also heard Some Baipaditaya also tried for that. Please also clarify the some family names similar in Koota and Shivalli. Like Adiga, Aithala etc. But have clarified Adiga (shivalli)
    because of the Devara Adidavarege Pooja maduvavaru (Clarified by Vidvan Punichitaya). We are Kekunnaya.

    Thanks and regards

    Adiga K N

22. Thejaswi V K
    February 1st, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    can you add ‘kundanthaya’ as a surname. we have our village situated at kunjoor on the way to admar. i couldn’t find the above surname.

23. Laxmikantha
    February 7th, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    There is a request for adding Yelachithaya. But I feel this is same as Elchithaya which is already in the list. (pronouncing is same in both the cases). If anybody knows better please clarify this.

24. Ravikiran Saralaya
    February 11th, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    Can somebody let me know as to who is the ‘KULADEVATHA’, I heard is specific for Saralayas. I was asked for during a pooja and I didnt know.

25. shrinidhi
    February 17th, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    Hi,

    Its a great effort.My sir name is Bairy.I think it is also comes under SHIVALLI FAMILY.Could you add this in the list.

    Regards,
    shrinidhi

26. Krishnamurthy Bhat
    February 23rd, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    Dear Mr. Ravikiran,
    Sri Vishnumoorthy of “Kodangala” ahead of Alevoor is “Kuladevatha” for Saralayas. It is not Moodu Alevooru Vishnumoorthy, but Kodangala, also known as “Puli Devasthana” probably has its origin in Sage “Pulinda.” This temple is the “Kuladevatha” of three Kulas i.e. Kadamballitthaya, Manjitthaya and Saralaya. Unfortunately I am not sure whether ALL Saralayas worship this as their Kuladevatha, but I have seen many Saralayas believing this to be their family deity. The Paddana of our panjurli daiva also has some references of this fact.
    By the by, I am Kadamballitthaya.

27. Sanjay
    February 28th, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    Dear Sir,

    Please inform us about the family tree of Aralithaya. As per my knowledge, it is a very small family situated at Kasaragod District. I want to know the origin of the surname also

28. Prof.Balakrishna Kalluraya
    March 6th, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    It is avery good work.Our Kuladevathe Neelavara Mahishamardini

29. V.K.Ganesan
    March 8th, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    Namaskara,

    I am Ganesan and my gotharam is Vishwamithra gothram. My fathers’ name is Krishnan and has one elder brother and one younger sister. My grand fathers’ name is Vishnu and he was working as Revenue Inspector in Udupi, Murudeshwar and Sirsi. My grand mothers’ name is Kalyani. Both of them are no more. My grand father died around 1936-37.

    I want to know about the relatives on my grand fathers’ side (may be in Karnataka (or) in Kerala) in order to find out my “KULA THEVARU”. Since, I don’t Know the Kulathevaru, I am worshipping Vishnu/ Tirupati Venkatachalapathy Perumal as my Kulathevaru.

    Please let me know about my Kulathevaru and the place where it is situated.
    I hope you will help me in this matter.

    Expecting a positive response

    V.K.GANESAN

30. Murali Madhavachar.B
    March 11th, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    Hi,
    Its really good website, with lots of information which we do not know, and I especially got to know about the Surnames.
    Can you please add more information on pooja veedhana & hacharane and about few festivals celebrated by Shivalli brahmins.

    Thanks ,
    Murali M Achar.

31. Krishnamurthy Bhat
    March 16th, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    Dear Mr. Ganesan,
    It is near impossible to know about your “Kuladevaru” from the details you have given. One option would be know your grand father’s surname (not the acquired surnames like Rao, Bhat etc, but one from the list above) and ask the people about “Kuldevata” of that family or show your gf’s horoscope to a learned jyothishi and learn the “Kuladevata”. If you keep searching like this, you may be fooled by some people also.

32. Ravi Raj Rao
    March 25th, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    This is a very good effort made by you, to gather all informations about Shivalli Brahmins .
    Shivalli Brahmins originally rooted in different places of South Kanara. The speciality of Shivalli Brahmins is thier mother tongue – TULU. Shivalli brahmins are , if you go back to your family history , can find out that they are either Purothiths, Archaka’s of Temples, and Teachers ( Acharyas) in Gurukulas.
    Each Shivalli family has got their own Kuladevaru. Some have even their own Kula Devasthana. I belong to PARLATHAYA FAMILY and our root is near RamaKunja, Puttur Raluk. We have our Kuladevasthana , near Ramakunja Grama, a place called Kondappade. and our Kuladevaru – Sri Anantha Padmanabha. the temple is well known as KONDAPPADE ANANTHA PADMANABHA TEMPLE.
    Lot of research has been done in our PARLATHAYA FAMILY TREE AND ITS HISTORY by one of our family memebr SRI K. BALAKRISHNA ACHAR, a retired teacher who has won National Award for Best Teacher. We , Parlathayas , gathered together about 14 years back and formed an association whcih is now called as ‘PARLATHAYA PRATHISHTANA’ .

33. Ravi Raj Rao
    March 25th, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    And we meet every year on May 1 st . this year our Sneha Samavesha will be held at Bhagamandala, Madikeri dist. on 2nd may 2009. ( due to election it will be held on 2 nd , instead of 1 st. May) Shri Anantha Bhat and sons, the Kshethra Purohith of Bhagamandala is hosting this Samavesha.
    The Parlathaya Prathishtana was formed with 2 objectives. One, to renovate our Kula Devasthana. This has been done on two phases, during the year 2002 and 2006. Further development is ongoing. Second, to gather all the Parlathayas scattered all over India and abroad. So far we have been able to collect details of more than 500 members ( including direct and connected members. ) We have published a directory – HELLO PARLATHAYA- containing address/telephone/e-mail details of our family members and its still getting updated.
    Regarding the Kula Namas given in this website, some names are repeated with different spellings as they are differently pronounced, but are one and the same. for eg. Elachithaya /Yelachithaya. Names like Adiga, Bhat, Rao, Achar, Tantri are not Kula Namas but they denote one’s profession.
    I wish all the best to the hosts of this Website.
    RAVI RAJ RAO

34. shailesh
    March 28th, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    i am kedilaya i want to know about my family tree & our kuldevata

35. Madhyastha Hariskumar
    April 29th, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    I am Harishkumar Madhyastha of Sankada kallu madhyastha family (Hungarcutta-picode 576218) of Udupi district, suposed to be origin of madhyastha family. In some cases we get madyastha as surname. Is it spell mistake or entirely and new class of madhyastha family.
    Hope one will give clarify this

36. Sumanth Madambadithaya
    April 29th, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    Hi,

    I am also interested in knowing our Kuladevatha. We are the Madambadithaya basically of Sorake (Puttur taluk) origin. Regarding our family name I am not too sure if it is pronounced as Madambadithaya or Mudambadithaya or Moodambadithaya? Could somebody clarify on this? I use Madambadithaya in my name. Even in Madambadithaya I heard that there are of two gothras one is Vishvamitra and another one is Bhargava. We are of Vishvamitra gothra.

    I also request all the Shivalli brahmins to please use their family names. We should be proud to use our family names. If we do not make it now our younger generations will not be knowing their family names.
    I realized this and hence I use my family name in all the places wherever required. I was known as Sumanth Rao M in school records but these days I prefer to use Sumanth Madambadithaya (in email signatures, letters etc). May be our parents or grand parents did not want to use such long family names to their children’s name hence would have shortened it by just adding the initials (like M in my case for Madambadithaya). Hence would have used surnames like Rao, Bhat etc. It is time to change now and start using the family names.

    Thanks
    Sumanth Madambadithaya

37. vasudha saralaya
    May 16th, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    For the first time I happened to visit this site and am truly impressed with the same. I too would be glad if someone could draw up the saralaya family tree. I am a saralaya by marriage and am keen to know more about the saralayas elsewhere. I am residing in mangalore
    Thanks
    Vasudha

38. Raghavendra acharya
    June 4th, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    Dear Sir

    Kindly tell me our “KULADEVARU” out gothra is “Bharadvaja”

    rgds
    Raghavendra
    9008871932
    bangalore

39. Madhyastha Hariskumar
    June 10th, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    Hi
    Raghavendra achraya
    I think kuladevaru for bharadwaja gothra is Udupi Anatheswara since I am also Bahradwaja gothra fellow
    Madhyastha Harishkumar
    Japan

40. Shobana Upadhya
    June 12th, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    Dear Sir,

    You are doing a fantastic job . Me and my family is settled in Pune. We belong to Upadhyay family( Bhargava Gotra in Udupi). Since my husband’s family were settled in Kerala for a long time we lost contact with other members of this family. Our family tree is as follows

    Krishna Upadhya – My father-in-law
    Anantha Upadhya – Father of Father-in-law
    Shrinivas Upadhya- Grand Father of father -in-law
    Krishna Upadhya-Great Grand father of Father-in-law

    Please provide us further Contact details of this family if you have.

    Regards

    Shobana & Anand
    Pune

41. Raviraja Badhya
    June 22nd, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    Please kindly add the surname ‘Badhya’

    –regards,
    Raviraja badhya kudure ,Yellur

42. Prashanth udupa
    June 23rd, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    At last we have something good work,

    prashanth udupa

43. Kavitha B Rao
    July 2nd, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    Hello,

    Good work Keep It up
    I belong to Mattu Balappa Family…

    Thanks and Regards
    Kavitha Rao

44. Y.H.Sudhakar Rao
    July 5th, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    Mr.Y.H.Subrhamanyam Rao:

    Hello,
    I am from halepatali family at yellur.udupi . We are Puthrayas! Halepatali is our original old house name at yellur. Should you require further details please contact me@ 0820-2522341.

    Regards.

    Y.H.Sudhakar Rao.

45. Poornima
    August 11th, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    I was amazed to see this website today although I am a daily internet user. What about Rao, Bhat, Achar? Aren’t they family names? I also heard that Achar and Acharya have different meaning.
    Regards,
    Poornima Harish.

46. Shrinivas Kannaraya
    August 11th, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    I Require one clarification about the Temples, that means Kodangala Mahavishnu temple, or any other temples grouped under Surname (family name) or on the basis of Gothra..? becoz my gothra is Angeerasa, for me Kodangala temple is kula devasthana. is it correct or not.. ? how i can get the correct informaton.? if anyone knows pls mail me. shrinikbh@gmail or shrinivasa@batelco.com.bh

47. Y.H.Sudhakar Rao
    August 16th, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    Mr. Y.H Subramanyam Rao,

    Please note that your family name is” puthraya” and ” Halepatali ” is name acquiered by our ancestors profession@temple works in those days. Halepatali House still exists at Yellur. Please contact me & send me your E-mail adress.

    Regards.: Sudhakar rao.

48. S GANESAN
    August 18th, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    I belong to Mattu Balappa Family. It is a good work done. But one thing I wan to know is Where is the Family name “Balappa” in the above mentioned list?

    Please do the needful

    S Ganesan

49. madhukar
    September 7th, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    can you add irvathraya to the list? great compilation. you could also expand this to include a genealogy family tree like the genealogy sites have. People will realize how closely related we are to one another and where our roots are

50. Parthasarathy
    September 11th, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    Moodillaya & Moodithaya both are same….please dont split them to two. We have all the proof to say that. Moodillaya is the original term of Moodithaya. Please make correction.

51. Shreesha Karandoor Sampigethaya
    September 11th, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    Good Job Keep it up let me know how can i support this team

    I think in the family name Muchninnaya is missing if so u can update it

    Shreesha KS

52. Prakash
    September 16th, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    What about the Surname-Rao and Ballak(Family Name).These are not listed in ur website.
    Kindly do let me know.

53. V.K.Ganesan
    October 2nd, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    I want to know the Kuladevaru for Vishwamithira gothiram & Devaratha pravaram.

    Kindly do let me know.

54. prajas
    October 21st, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    heyy dis is one of da best sites for BRAHMINS

55. Aravinda
    November 17th, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    Hi,
    My sirname is not in the list. Can u add Upadhya (not upadhyaya ..) to the list. I am from Kadiyali Udupi.
    Regards,
    Aravinda

56. vinod
    November 18th, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    Hi,
    Thanks for good, exhaustive and all the hard word done. Let me add few information. My father is from Kodavoor and the name is Rayasa Kodavoor Balakrishna Rao. As I heard from my grand parents, Vijayanagara Emperor, Krishnadevaraya (basically a “tulu” Arasa or King) preferred Shivalli Brahmins for the day to day running of the kings’ court and kingdom’s affairs. Shivalli Tulu Brahmins were employed in the court for various positions like finance, Revenue, Tax etc., One particular group with sir name “RAYASA” were exclusively serving the affairs related to neighbouring provinces & kingdoms (like external affairs). For this purpose, Krishnadevaraya, had given “Umbali’ s like farm lands, cattle and fleet of horses etc.,

    regards
    vinod

57. darshan
    November 25th, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    It was heart warming to know about the site dedicated to Shivalli brahmins. I am presently employed in one of the defense forces of India. Being away from home in remote places and away from the cultural practices, I had presumed that ours was a dying culture until I came across this site. I also would want to add that there exists another family name not included in the list. Its my family name : PAJITHAYA

58. darshan
    November 25th, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    It was heart warming to know about the site dedicated to Shivalli brahmins. I am presently employed in one of the defense forces of India. Being away from home in remote places and away from the cultural practices, I had presumed that ours was a dying culture until I came across this site. I also would want to add that there exists another family name not included in the list. Its my family name : PAJITHAYA – from Pajaka kshetra

59. sanjay shamsunder bhat
    November 28th, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    I was very happy to know that we have such a huge number of family names. It is veru=y good to know about this infornmation. Please keep up the good work.

    Thanks,
    Sanjay

60. kiran k ballal
    December 1st, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    Excellent collection. Great effort. You can consider adding a family tree to allow members to publish their details and find connections.

61. brindha
    December 3rd, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    great work by you guys… congrats for a gud website on our tulu section of people… my family name RAO and my aunt family name KAKKILAYA is not listed in the above so kindly classify it and do the same

62. Harikrishna Murudithaya
    December 9th, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    Please add ” MURUDITHAYA ” IN THE LIST OF SIRNAMES. THESE FAMILIES ARE AVAILABLE FROM NORTH OF UDUPI UPTO THE SOUTH OF MANGALORE DISTRICT. FAMOUS SCHOLARS AND BUSINESS PEOPLE ARE HAILING FROM THESE FAMILIES. THESE FAMILIES ARE FOUND IN BAREPPADI, PUTTURU, UJIRE,AROUND DHARMASTHALA, MANGALORE, PADUBIDRI, NANDIKURU, UDUPI, MANIPALA AND SO MANY OTHER PLACES. MURUID’s GROUP OF HOTELS AND OTHER BUSINESS HOUSES ARE PLENTY IN CHENNAI.
    GOTHRA IS ANGEERASA. DESCENDANT GOTHRAS OF ANGEERASA ARE FOUND AMONG MARADITHAYA AND MARDILLAYA. THE ORIGIN OF THESE MARADITHAYA, MURUIDITHAYA, MARDILLAYA, MURADITHAYA IS FROM ” MARUDITHAYA “, AS MENTIONED IN SKANDA PURAANA. KORNAYA, BANNINJATHAYA, MARUDITHAYA AND SHIVATHAYA ARE THE FOUR FAMILIES WHO WERE THE GURIKARAAS AMONG SHIVALLI COMMUNITY. THE TRADITION CAN BE SEEN (EXCEPT BANNINJATHAYA) – IN PADUBIDRI GRAAMA. MURUDITHAYAs THINK THAT THEY ARE HAVING KULADEVAS IN DIFFERENT PLACES. BUT THE ONLY TEMPLE WHICH HAS SOME TRACEABLE PROOF IS ALEVOORU VISHNUMURTHY AS FAMILY DIETY AND PERAMPALLI MAHALINGESHWARA AS TANTRIC DIETY. JYOTHISHA IS INHERITED PROFESSION AND TANTRA IS AWARDED (BY THE KING) PROFESSION OF MURUDITHAYAS.

63. ramakrishna kodancha
    December 14th, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    ಶಿವಳ್ಳಿಯಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣರ ವಂಶಾವಲಿಗಳ ಹೆಸರು ಓದಿ ತುಂಬ ಸಂತೋಷವಾಯಿತು. ಸಂಗ್ರಹಕಾರರಿಗೆ ನಮೋ ನಮಃ |

64. haridas v k
    December 15th, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    i would like know the kuladevata of artinnaya family – we belong to this family , we would like to know details of any others of same family

65. Gopal Rao K
    December 17th, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    Hi,

    G8 job, it really good to see.
    Please do add Rao as Surname, we are from Kidiyoor, Udupi Near Ambalpady.

66. Srikrishna Aggithaya K
    December 21st, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    I like to know more about aggithaya family.

67. Rao Prashanth Modathaya
    December 25th, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    Great Informative portal. Have a great success. It ss the best platoform to bring all Shivalli community people together. Unity is mighter than sowrd!!

68. SATHEESHA UDUPA
    December 28th, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    We should fight for to be declared as Minority community to avail Govt benefits. We have been neglected for so many years

69. Prabhakar Rao A
    December 29th, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    Nice to see this one, we all should be united to achive our requirements

70. Dr.Amrut K.Rao
    December 30th, 2009 at %I:%M %p

    hello,
    am glad to see such a beautiful website about our community… thank you all.

71. Harikrishna Murudithaya
    January 1st, 2010 at %I:%M %p

    The list in this site contains so many Sirnames which are neither basic nor branch sirnames. For e.g., Adiga, Ayya, Beedu, Ballal, Basuri, chikkaraya, dhanya, kinni etc. These are either profession related or personality related. However these people may not be knowing their basic sirnames since their forefathers have not passed on the same to next generation. It is advisable to everybody, to jot down whatever they know and make it available to their next generation. At least, a person can collect information about his ancestors, families with same sirname in other places, so that any descendents in future, if interested, can investigate and bring the unknown facts to light.
    Another information … Any person who is not at all knowing about his kuladevata… may go to Perampalli (Shivalli) and pray there. It is the place for all. If any higher plane is required one can go to Ahichhatra of Northern Panchala, near Ramnagar Village of Anola Tehsil in Bareilly of UP – which the route of all Brahmins of Coastal except for origins of matti village near Kapu.
    Friends … feed me whatever you have in your knowledge.. so that I can pass on to my son.

72. Vijayendra
    January 5th, 2010 at %I:%M %p

    “Das” Surname belongs to Shivalli Madhwas?

73. Pavan
    January 19th, 2010 at %I:%M %p

    One of the surnames is misplaced Its Manjithaya not Manjathaya

74. Prasanna Kannaraya
    January 24th, 2010 at %I:%M %p

    Hi,

    This website is really a good one. It took me back to my place for some time. Can any one tells me exact “KULADEVARU” for my below said details. We are really confused. I also did spoke to “Subramaya Swamiji”. But he told me to contact in Krishna Matta to get the clarity:
    Kula NAme: KANNARAYA
    Gothra: ANGIRASA

75. Muraleekrishnan
    January 27th, 2010 at %I:%M %p

    Heartening to see the site. Good work. Could you kindly help redefining the respective familiy trees?

    Regards
    Muraleekrishnan ( Udthye Kedilaya)

76. Muraleekrishnan
    January 27th, 2010 at %I:%M %p

    Better to treat “Kula” and family names separately. This could help tracing the roots.

    Murali

77. Aravinda
    January 27th, 2010 at %I:%M %p

    Great work !!. Can u please add the sir name UPADHYA( NOT Upadhyaya) . Our family is basically from Kadiyali udupi.
    Gothra : Vishwamitra
    Kula Devaru : Kandavara (near Kundapura)
    Regards,
    Aravinda Updhya

78. Dr. S. Harikrishnan
    January 29th, 2010 at %I:%M %p

    We are called polloLittAya as my father used to say. Does anybody has the same family name??

79. Harikrishna Murudithaya
    February 3rd, 2010 at %I:%M %p

    Hello Brothers and sisters,

    Happy news for u. one day Kodi and Utsav of Shivalli (pErampalli) MahAlingEshwara temple
    is said to be conducted on 02-03-2010. Kodi will be descended on 03-03-2010. Unique
    opportunity to have whole festival on single day. Sri Narasing Rao, care taker in the temple
    informed that food and shelter shall be made available. There are buses plying between
    Udupi city B/s to the temple. I feel, it is a finite place for all those who do not know
    the “KULA DEVARU”. For further details, contact 09343060077 or 0820-2529670 – Narasing Rao.

80. Sreeshan
    February 8th, 2010 at %I:%M %p

    Excellent! A few remarks based on the above. I am an Udupa from Kunjoor, near Paniyur. As mentioned here above by somebody, the Kundanthayas are very much there in Kunjoor. It is mentioned as Kumdanthaya in the list.

    Also the Shivalli brahmins were invited by Kings of Kerala as Purohits there and many of them went there. We will find them throughout Kerala. There is a high concentration of Shivally Brahmins in Tripunithura near Kochi, and in Thiruvananthapuram, both being the capital of two kingdoms Cochin and Travancore, those days.

    The Shivalli brahmins came to be known as either Embranthiry or Potty(or Poti as mentioned above by somebody). Is it appropriate to add these names to the list?

81. karthik bhat(moodathya)
    February 15th, 2010 at %I:%M %p

    hi the surname like bhat, achar, rao, tantri , upadya this come from the proffesion like
    bhat – who do pooja and other rituels
    achar – who teach the vedas and othere scripture to swami
    rao – who manage the temple
    tantri – who make tantra work in temple
    upadya – who teacher

82. karthik bhat(moodathya)
    February 15th, 2010 at %I:%M %p

    hi the surname like bhat, achar, rao, tantri , upadya this come from the proffesion like
    bhat – who do pooja and other rituels
    achar – who teach the vedas and othere scripture to swami
    rao – who manage the temple
    tantri – who make tantra work in temple
    upadya – who is teacher

83. Shreedhara Ballullaya
    February 16th, 2010 at %I:%M %p

    Hi,

    It is amazing collection of surnames and information of Shivalli Brahmins. May I know any Ballullaya’s settled in Pune/Mumbai?

84. Harikrishna Murudithaya
    February 20th, 2010 at %I:%M %p

    Hello Brothers / sisters and friends,

    The Brahmakalasha of Shivalli (perampalli) Temple is being conducted shortly. Shivalli
    is the place for all shivalli brahmins where they were initially brought and kept by mayoora verma and later distributed between 32 villages (dwaathrimshat gramaas). Hence it is our place. The function is our function and any contribution towards the said punyakaarya certainly rewards punya. If you are willing to contribute, here is the detail:-

    The temple has opened one A/c for the purpose, with corporation bank, Perampalli Branch.
    The details are:-

    Name :- “Shri Shivalli Shri Mahalingeshwara Mahaganapathi Devasthana (R) Brahmakalashothsava Samithi”

    FTS No. CORP0002094
    A/c No. SB01001212

    Amount can either be directly credited to A/c or transferred online or cheque, DD can be drawn in favour of the above said name and sent to Shri Narasing Rao, Mahalingeshwara Mahaganapathi Temple, Perampalli, Udupi.

    Best wishes to all.

85. SAVITHA SHAGRITHAYA
    February 21st, 2010 at %I:%M %p

    INTERESTING WEBSITE. I ORIGINALLY BELONG TO BALLAL FAMILY FROM AMBALPADI.

86. Charan Mudambadithaya
    March 2nd, 2010 at %I:%M %p

    mantha Shivalli Brahamanere ge Namaskara. This is very good website. Yena ooru Kanchana.

87. d nagesh arlithaya
    March 13th, 2010 at %I:%M %p

    Mr Sanjay wanted to know about family tree of Aralithaya family. In fact, he may contact Mr Satish Arlithaya (Phone 049944260298) who has made some attempts to meet descendants of this family now settled in different districts of Kerala

88. Rajaram Okade
    March 17th, 2010 at %I:%M %p

    My father was born in Badanedior (Udupi) and we are Tulu Shivalli Brahmins. My ancesstors were Bhat doing pooja in Inna- Mundkoor of Lord Shiva temple.
    Since we settled in Hubli (Karnataka) the children were supposed to have their surname in school. Ancestors being worshipper of Lord Shiva with One Eye, we were called OKKANAYA which ulimately we are with the surname OKADE.

89. L.Manjunath Kadambalithaya
    March 21st, 2010 at %I:%M %p

    Really very good work.I got lot of informations about shivalli brahamins .Can any one help me out kadamabalithaya belongs to which matha?.

90. vishwanath b s
    March 23rd, 2010 at %I:%M %p

    u done a great job , please add some devatha stotras, nityanusthana, tri kalika sansyavandane, devatha pooja paddathi, vayu stuthi, vishnu sahasra namavali, sahasranama stotra, krishnashtotra, sri sookta , purushasookta, sapthashathi ,rudra parayana ,mrityunjaya japa, so that many of us can save develop our culture to our successorsand pleasegive a heading to our website wuth SRI GURUOBHYA NAMHA, SRI KRISHNAYA NAMHA.

91. Rahul Rao
    April 4th, 2010 at %I:%M %p

    Dear Ones,

    Congratulations on such a great site !!

    Do include the surname, Idya or Iddya. we are a large family group hailing from the village of Idya,near Surathkal..

    Regards.

    RAHUL RAO

92. Krishna
    April 6th, 2010 at %I:%M %p

    Dear all,

    Namaskara.I would like to know more about Kalluraya and Adiga families.

93. Krishna
    April 6th, 2010 at %I:%M %p

    Dear all,

    Namaskara.I would like to know more about Adiga and Kalluraya families.

94. Shalini Mudambadithaya
    April 6th, 2010 at %I:%M %p

    Dear All,

    To promoto Shivailli Brahmins culture its a great website. But all the things told in the website about culture is great…no doubts every rule has an exception – mudambadithaya’s of bhargava gotra based out of kanchana…who boast so much of tulu culture but damn it cheat girls abroad, liars, and dump girls…..the great person is shreesha mudambadithaya..

    I have nothing to do but beware of such cheaters..i wud say not all are bad but there are some like this. Even before we talk of culture and roots of the family we should be better informed of being good humans !!!

    Shalini Mudamabadithaya
    Singapore

95. Rajesh Acharya
    April 15th, 2010 at %I:%M %p

    Please add following:

    Munnorraya (from Kadeshivalaya, Village Mani, Taluk Bantwal)
    Muchchinaya (from Kaniyur, Taluk Uppinagadi)
    Kalmadi (from Udupi)
    Moodabidritaya (from Moodabidri)

    Will send out few more after confirming.

96. SRINIVASA
    April 19th, 2010 at %I:%M %p

    Dear Sir,

    Namaskara.

    This website is very useful one.

    Please think of the possibility of the linking of all the avalilable persons(with full details) with their sirnames.

97. rao
    April 22nd, 2010 at %I:%M %p

    hi,
    Can anybody share info about permuthaya family which belongs to vishwamitra gotra and dhananjaya pravara?

98. Rajesh Acharya
    April 23rd, 2010 at %I:%M %p

    Hi Rao,

    I have vishwamitra gotra and dhananjaya pravara but my family name is Munnorraya.

    Regards
    Rajesh

99. G.S.Bhat
    April 26th, 2010 at %I:%M %p

    Dear SIrs,
    You are doing a great job.As I am in Tamilnadu, I am in great difficulty of understanding our culture and the traditions followed by our elders. Your site helped me much more in understanding which I could not get in many years.Great contribution indeed. I am from Barithaya family and Angirasa Gothra.If any of the elders could guide me on the Kula Devaru I will be very greatful.

100. Sahana Rao
     May 10th, 2010 at %I:%M %p

     Kuladevaru of some gothras in

     Bharghava Gothra – Inna Muddanu Mahalingeshwara and Mundkoor Durgaparameshwari

     Vishwamitra Gothra – Ullur & Nilawara (nr kundapura )

     Aagirasa and Haristha Gothra – Vishnumurthy temple & durgaparameshwari temple at alevoor

     Kashyap – Seemanturu ?? nr mulki ?

101. KRISHNARAJA BALLULLAYA
     May 13th, 2010 at %I:%M %p

     It is avery good work

102. sudhindra
     May 14th, 2010 at %I:%M %p

     Add Vailaya also..

103. anil
     May 19th, 2010 at %I:%M %p

     hey i am a kudrethaya and i am glad to see so many shivalli brahmin sir names

104. raghu
     May 19th, 2010 at %I:%M %p

     please include surname mady in shivalli brahmins surnames list!

105. k.shridhara kubanooraya
     June 12th, 2010 at %I:%M %p

     It appears that the sirname “BALAPADITHAYA” is left off.Very happy to see the list.

106. L.Chandramohan
     July 9th, 2010 at %I:%M %p

     What about Tantri or Tantry from Padur?
     Please let me know by e-mail.
     Excellent effort.

107. Vishwas
     July 15th, 2010 at %I:%M %p

     Hi,
     Please check is there is any family name by Kinyyali.

108. raghavendra
     July 19th, 2010 at %I:%M %p

     Great efforts and neatly presented good number of information. thanks to one and all.

109. Priyanka
     August 6th, 2010 at %I:%M %p

     Hats off to creators of site

110. Pradyumna
     August 20th, 2010 at %I:%M %p

     In this ”KADAMANNAYA” is missing..

111. Ramesh
     August 30th, 2010 at %I:%M %p

     As Sri Vedavyasa Acharya pointed out, the surname “Okade” is missing. But as Mr. Rajaram Okade pointed out, Okade and Okunnayya are being used interchangeably.

     I am Ramesh, and my grandfather is from badaNediyoor near Udupi. We are “Bhat”s but were given the honorific “Potti” when my grandfather moved to Trivandrum. Our Kuladevathe is Inna Muddanna (Shiva) and Mundkur Durga Parameshwari. We are Yajurvedis.

     My mother’s side are Shivallis from Mattu Graama settled in Trivandrum for a few generations.

     Mrs. Shobana Upadhya, I have heard that the Inna/Mundkur temples are the Moola Kula Devasthanas for all Bhargava Gotra Shivallis from South Kanara. It must be your family’s as well.

     I had a query for Bhargava Shivalli Yajurvedis here – what is our Veda Shaakha? Do we belong to Krishna or Shukla yajurveda? I believe we are Bodhayana Sutra as well, as that is how I was taught. Can anyone confirm?

     Thanks,
     Ramesh

112. Kandethody Ramachandra
     September 4th, 2010 at %I:%M %p

     This is a worthy effort. There is a large group of Sivalli people in Kasaragod area with last name “Kekunnaya”. Please add to the list.
     Thanks.

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