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September 6th, 2009 at 07:15:20
Dear Sir,
Great information.I am stuck with a major loophole.My father doesnt know our whereabouts,moola sthaana and i have been searching for years on this.
Our Family under Shivalli brahmins is Hebbar and we are from Kaashyapa Gotra.
Please give me the feedback if you could loacte our main deity durgaparmeshwari temple belonging to hebbar family.
If located we would make a donation without any hesitation.This is my committment.
Thanks and Regard
M.GOPAALKRISHNA RAO
919448931181
08242493829
September 18th, 2009 at 11:33:19
Namaskara,
I am longing to read Bhagavatgeetha from your site. The details missing. Pl post them as soon as possible. Your site is otherwise quite impressive and useful. Pl continue the good work for the welfare of all JEEVAS.
Regards,
N. Srinivas
November 9th, 2009 at 20:05:34
Nijavatla yenku aksharya anu e onji shivalli bramins.com suthu.Bhari kushi panda nammo onji tulu/tulunada bagge mantha vishaya teripunalka andatha GREAT.
HATS OFF .
January 29th, 2010 at 22:59:30
I might not have searched thoroughly but what I missed is a section on SaMdhyAvaMdanaM.
Pavanje gururao and sons used to publish these booklets like ‘traikAlika saMdhyAvaMdanam’ ‘dEvapUjApddati’ etc,
It would be very usefull if you can get these in your site.
Thanking You Hari
March 28th, 2010 at 13:23:38
Respected sir/madam
I am from andhra i had visited coastl areas of karnatka i am much impressed with our culture and temples and heritage i heard and seen hindu orgns r strong and hindu temples they spend their money to poor ppl and they r contructing schools ,hospitals and adapting tribal villages in krtka state .
temples r not under govt control.
i had seen less churches in this areas when i visited last 2 months back .
but i red the below article which is dangrous threat to our hindusim
in south india kerala ,t.n and andhra we can see xtian domination and temples r looted by govt
but in krtka we can see hindu unity and bjp ruling and temples and hindu orgns r working for hindu dharma .
i mean to say in that article i red some things that xtians set to invade konkan they purchased 10,000 acres in konkan coast and they r in big plan to convert krtka allso
so i request temple authorities and govt and hindu orgns ,asrams and swamijis to unite ans to stop this invasion and conversions
pls try to edcuate hindu gals abt dharma this jihad love happeneing and this gals leaving this great culture and entering into that islam hell .
i ts a information i would like u to give so pls pass this information to other temples and asrmas and pls do some thing .
long live hindutva.
http://www.organiser.org/dynamic/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=337&page=10
April 12th, 2010 at 09:30:52
It is one of the best things that I have ever seen in our community, where we can go through these resources as very few people are aware of, in the present situation, about Shivalli Brahmin’s history and culture.
My humble suggestion would be to look beyond the boundaries of Karnataka and patch up with the Shivalli communities of the other states as well, like UMBS (Udupi Madhwa Brahmana Sabha) in Kerala and also if we should join the force in developing the own script our language, TULU.
Out of curiousity, was just thinking about how would you be managing to get things working, I mean financially.
Anyways Kudos to the site owners and moderators. Keep up the good work.
All the very best !!!
May 29th, 2010 at 12:18:36
This Site is Very Informal And Good.
Please Update.
September 2nd, 2010 at 23:51:37
It is very Great Information.
Thanks.
October 8th, 2010 at 18:48:05
Dear Moderator,
In the year 1984-86 I worked under the Dynamic leadership of Shri.A.R.Kalluraya native of Mangalore(Vice President KBL Karad , Maharastra ). Now I came to know from your web that the name Kalluraya belongs to Shivalli Brahmin community.
Hence he may be member of your shivalli Brahmin group.Kindly circulate this message and If you got his mail Id , kindly provide me the same since I have lost all communication link of this wonderful person who gave me a wonderful chance to start my official carrier in 1984.
advance thanks
aasoori sridhar,chennai.
January 24th, 2011 at 09:29:46
I just love this website. This website is beautiful and marvelous. My heart full thanks to all shivalli people in developing this fantastic website and wishes to all people belonging to our shivalli community.
I am eagerly waiting for more articles in Tulu and Sanskrit written by our people for our people.
February 17th, 2011 at 20:04:29
http://shivallibrahmins.com/kn/articles/details-of-almanac-panchanga/
ಈ ಲಿಂಕ್ ನಲ್ಲಿ ನೀವು ಕೊಟ್ಟಿರುವ ಮಾಹಿತಿಯು ತುಂಬಾ ಚೆನ್ನಾಗಿದೆ. ಪಂಚಾಂಗದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಬಹಳಷ್ಟು ಮಾಹಿತಿಗಳು ತಿಳಿದವು. ಸಂಕ್ರಮಣದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಅಂದರೆ ಚಾಂದ್ರಮಾಸದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ವಿವರವಾದ ಮಾಹಿತಿಯನ್ನು ಕಳುಹಿಸಬೇಕಾಗಿ ವಿನಂತಿ. ಉದಾ. ಒಂದು ಸಂಕ್ರಮಣವು ಬೆಳಗ್ಗೆ ೧೬ನೇ ತಾರೀಕಿನ ಬೆಳಗ್ಗೆ ೩ ಗಂಟೆಗೆ ಪ್ರಾರಂಭವಾದರೆ ಆಗ ಸೂರ್ಯೋದಯವಾಗಿರದ ಕಾರಣ ಅದು ಹಿಂದಿನ ದಿನಾಂಕಕ್ಕೆ ಅಂದರೆ ೧೫ನೇ ತಾರೀಕಿಗೆ ಸೇರಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆಯೇ? ಇದನ್ನು ತಿಳಿಸಬೇಕಾಗಿ ವಿನಂತಿ.
April 5th, 2011 at 08:56:35
Namaskaragalu,
Actually I wanted to know what could be the differences between Shivalli Brahmins and Madhwa brahmins?
Waiting for rerply…
April 6th, 2011 at 08:54:44
@ Sri Ramu,
“Shivalli” is a classification based on geographical consideration. Brahmins who originated from Shivalli village or Udupi are called Shivalli brahmins. Their main dialect is Tulu.
“Madhwa” is a classification based on faith. Brahmins who accept tattvavada philosophy or dwaita which was revived and propagated by Madhwacharya, are called Madhwa Brahmins. Further we have Shivalli Madhwa Brahmins, Deshastha Madhwa Brahmins, etc. They speak Tulu, Kannada, Konkani, Marathi, Telugu, etc depending on their place of origin.
April 18th, 2011 at 14:38:08
As I understand we Shivalli Brahmins were Shudras and later converted by Brahmana Deeksha given by Madhwacharya.
April 19th, 2011 at 09:58:30
@ Sri Prasad
Wrong ! Please read “The tale of tuluva brahmins” under the “History” tab in this website. It gives all the details. Shivalli brahmins were there much before Sri Madhwacharya’s time.
April 20th, 2011 at 10:45:57
Prasad is surely not a shivalli madhwa brahmin and I dont want to name his community as we all can guess from which community he is.Also this is foolish futile attempt to blacken the image of shivalli brahmins. All of us know the fact that as Balachandra has stated that shivalli brahmins were present much before Sri Madhwacharya’s time.Sri madhwacharya himslef was a shivalli tulu brahmin.We also very well know that who were given brahmana deekshe and who got converted and not able to digest the fact that srimadacharya is from tulu lineage.This is undisputed and will never change.
May 13th, 2011 at 12:27:00
Dear Balachandra,
See the outlook and phisique of most of our people.We are well built and strong.I dont think there is something wrong which I wrote.
May 13th, 2011 at 13:06:50
I have one feedback (rather suggestion) to our own community.
As I have observed in many functions, our people have less courtesy to non-shivalli guests who come to the function especially during lunch/dinner. Our people (mainly close relatives of the host) rush to the lunch venue and occupy seats without even bothering about the guests who are outsiders.This is happening in most of our functions where the food is served by others ( outsourced service). Further the serving starts even before the commemoration of the function. I have seen in one of pooja, the food serving has started even before Mangalarati.
I think we should take care of the above issues.
May 13th, 2011 at 13:09:21
Our girls who are working( secially those in IT) off late started marrying boys from other community. If this continues, there is a threat to our tradition.
May 13th, 2011 at 13:12:02
I think there is some truth behind what Prasad says. I was told that our sirnames ( like Saralaya,Kekunnaya etc) represent the profession which we were doing before the deeksha.
May 14th, 2011 at 08:54:12
Prasad, Rajaram
Please read the authentic history of Shivalli brahmins published in this same website. If at all the present shivalli brahmins were converted from other castes, that must have happened many many thousands of years back. It is immaterial and not a issue now.
Definitely we were NOT converted to brahmin caste “during the time of Madhwacharyaru” which is only 800 years back. Of course, during Acharya’s time many Shivallis converted from Advaita to Dvaita philosophy, but that is a different issue altogether. Nevertheless, there is mention of Sri Vadirajaru giving Madhwa-Vaishnava deekshe to some non-brahmins.
@Prasad, please get your basic history knowledge corrected before jumping to comment.
May 14th, 2011 at 08:57:45
@ Krishna Rao
That is a general tendency of humans, especially in our country. I have seen this happening in other communities too.
May 31st, 2011 at 01:19:41
This is just a dummy comment!
June 10th, 2011 at 09:36:57
I am proud to be a shivalli madhwa brahmin after seeing the achievements of our people in all fields. I feel we are the most successful class of brahmins among dakshina kannada and Udupi dists compared to other sects from the twin districts.
June 15th, 2011 at 13:54:34
Dear Sir,
Can I make online seva to Kadri temple.
Thanks
June 15th, 2011 at 13:55:07
Can I make online seva to Kadri temple.
Thanks
July 28th, 2011 at 16:51:45
We are from Bittacery, Mattu Village,Katapadi,Udupi. My family name is Aduka or Adka.
Gothra Kashyapa, We don’t know pravara and name of deity and place of deity. Can you
inform the above particulars so as to enable to proceed with family. We are living “Rishikesh”, Dr.No.11/56-Tank Street, Suchindrum, Kanyakumari Districy-
Pin.629704. (Phone,No.04652-240523–Mob.09894664146) for the past 150 years..My
Grand father was preist in Suchindrum Temple. before 100 years.
July 29th, 2011 at 13:07:50
Shivalli tulu brahmins are linguistic minorities. We have to develop our mother tongue. Always we
should speak in Tulu Language at least in our house. In Kerala, Tamilnadu,Andhra,Karnataka our
peoples are speaking in the languages where they are living. The people concerned may please take
suitable action.
August 1st, 2011 at 16:51:08
dear sir,
I am looking bride for my brother-in-law. now demand for bride in specialy shivali brahmins. pls, add some ads or coloum or pages for brides and bridegrooms.
my brother-in-law an accountant. 35years old. good boy. no bad activites.living in mangalore we are shivalli brahmins. anyother interestes contact me. my email- tgsuguna@gmail.com
thank you very much,
August 1st, 2011 at 17:00:01
Register in http://matrimony.shivallibrahmins.com/
September 23rd, 2011 at 12:38:17
sir I have got doubt, While perfroming nitya pooja , Tulasi is known as Vishnu Patni and is given equal importance right? another question is while we do pooja “tulasi pooja” is done after the pooja of Vayudevaru..Why is this ? Iam not getting the exact priciples to be followed?and why this tulasi pooja is to be performed after Vayu pooja , ? it has to be performed with Devaru right?
Please clarify my doubt/// it is my sincere request//// waiting for ur replies
contact me at ramutn.tn@gmail.com
September 23rd, 2011 at 21:57:50
@ Mr. Ramu,
Are you referring to Tulasi (plant) pooja?
There are 3 layers present here. (1) The plant itself has a jeeva (soul); (2) then we have sannidhana of tulasi devi – the abhimani devata of tulasi – in the plant; (3) further we have lakshmi devi’s avesha in tulasi devi.
In the taaratamya krama, tulasi devi comes below vayu devaru.
September 26th, 2011 at 18:15:31
The site is updated for long.
October 30th, 2011 at 12:57:59
It would be great if our traditional cooking recipies are published in this site.Our satvik udupi style should be preserved for future generations.
November 12th, 2011 at 16:00:07
I too agree with Girish Rao.
February 16th, 2012 at 16:22:05
presently,many shivalli brahmins wilfully omit the ‘Kulanama’ or surname,by wich d next generation forget d original kula to wich they belong and one can not decide who is who,by which varnasankara grows.all of us need to take note of this.i expect a solution/remedy from our activists.(email-prp1050@gmail.com
May 7th, 2012 at 11:05:11
@ Prasad Oppanthaya, We have strange ‘Kulanamas’ like mine and yours.Can you explain how these names (surnames) generated!
May 7th, 2012 at 11:07:37
In home page of this site, the picture under ‘matrimony’ could be changed as the bride and grooms costume are not Shivalli Traditional style.
May 7th, 2012 at 15:17:37
In response to ms.Shraddha madapulithaya,some kulanamas seem to be strange,but I guess,during the classification of vamshas,period they gave some identification names relevent to their status/places/duties etc and their forefathers original places are linked in some names.Mine,as they found in research,related to “Methodist”means,guiding authoritatively in times of need,as I guess.All are based on nearest clues.Yours may be dwellers near tamarind growing area,which I am not sure,please.
May 7th, 2012 at 16:51:07
@ PLN P Oppanthaya, these surnames are not widely found in families of Shivalli Brahmins of Udupi origin. Those who hail from remote villages possess these surnames and they indeed sound strange and due to which some people hesitate to keep along with their name.
May 8th, 2012 at 17:09:41
Shivalli brahmins are scattered in Udupi,Dakshina kannada and Kasargod dists.Some kulanamas are famous but not spread allover,some are not found now due to ending of the vamsha.I got records dating back to 905 AD in my family kulanama,but not widely found.Hesitation to add kulanama means hesitation to honour parents/pithru varga.All must feel proud to say their kulanama,if it is sounding good or not.I hope everyone agree this viewpoint.