Tuluva Brahmin

Tulu Brahmins or Tuluva Brahmins are the inhabitants of Tulu Nadu also an part of parashurama kshetra which extends uptill kerala.

They consist of following .

• Sthanika Brahmins , also called "Sthanika Tulu Brahmins" ; and/or "Tulu Brahmins" are the original inhabitants of Tulu Nadu whose history predates 380 B.C.Even Tuluva Hebbars brahmins from kollur who migrated to kabbinale and then to puttur; are related to them in ancient times.

The remaining sub-sects of brahmins of tulunadu are immigrant exodus from other regions of India, especially from ahichatra in northern India and from costal areas of erstwhile Andhra.

First migration: Later part of the 9th century A.D.

• Havyaka Brahmins
• Sakalpuri Havyaka Brahmins
• Nambudri Brahmins

Second migration: 11th century A.D.

• Chitpavan Brahmins
• Karhade Brahmins
• Kota Brahmins
• Shivalli Brahmins
• Kooteshwara Brahmins
• Deshastha Brahmins

External links

• https://archive.org/details/Tulunadu_201602
• https://archive.org/details/TulunadinaItihasadalliSthanikaBrahmanaru
• https://archive.org/details/HistoryOfSthanikas
• https://archive.org/details/HistoryOfSthanikaBrahmins_201501
• https://archive.org/details/TulunadinaItihasadalliSthanikaBrahmanaru
• https://archive.org/details/HistoryOfSthanikaBrahmins
• https://archive.org/details/CopyOfHISTORICALIMPORTANCEO1
• https://archive.org/details/TheSthanikasAndTheirHistoricalImportance_201603