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Gowda may refer to: *Gowda (surname), a surname native to Karnataka, India ** H. D. Deve Gowda, prime minister of India from 1996 to 1997 *Vokkaliga, also known as Gowda, farming community in Karnataka, India **Tulu Gowda, a subsect of Vokkaliga from Karnataka, India * Arebhase Gowda a sub caste of Vokkkaliga from Karnataka, India See also *Gouda (other) *Gauda (other) *Gaur (other) *Gaura (other) *Gour (other) *Goda (other) The Guild of Drama Adjudicators (''GoDA'') is the world's longest established body dedicated to the adjudication of all forms of theatre, both professional and amateur. Full Members of the Guild are entitled to use the post-nominal letters, GoDA ...

Gowda (surname)
Gowda (also known as vokkaliga,kuruba Gowda, Gauda, Goud, Gouda or Gonda) is a surname native to Karnataka state of India. It is mainly found among the Vokkaligas and Kurubas in South Karnataka, Kurubas and the Lingayats in north Karnataka. It is also used by other communities like Namadhari Naiks, Billavas. Gowda was originally an honorific used by the administrative head of a village. Typically, such a head owned land and held political and social sway in the village. Among Reddy, it was used to refer to the head of the community. Etymology According to historian Suryanath U. Kamath, the word ''Gowda'' derives from ''Gavunda''. The German Indologist Gustav Solomon Oppert, Gustav Oppert opined that the root of ‘Gowda’ is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian word meaning "mountain". The term ''Gowda'' and its archaic forms in Old Kannada such as ''Gamunda'', ''Gavunda'', ''Gavuda'', ''Gonda'', appear frequently in the inscriptions of Karnataka. The ''Epigraphia Carnatica'' is r ...
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Vokkaliga
Vokkaliga (also transliterated as Vokkaligar, Vakkaliga, Wakkaliga, Okkaligar, Okkiliyan) is a community of closely related castes, from the Indian states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. As a community of warriors and cultivators they have historically had notable demographic, political, and economic dominance in Old Mysore (region). It is believed by some historians that the Rashtrakutas:"The community of the land tillers or agriculturists was known as vokkaligas. The importance given to the cultivation of land is amply demonstrated by the fact that numerous tanks were dug and irrigational facilities were provided at various places. Some of the Rashtrakuta inscriptions found in the Banavasimandala carry the depiction of a plough at the top. There is a view that the Rashtrakutas were originally prosperous cultivators, who later on dominated the political scene. Some of the inscriptions refer to them as Kutumbinah which is interpreted as meaning cultivators." and Western Gangas were o ...
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Tulu Gowda
Tulu Gowda and Arebhashe Gowda are a community primarily found in South Canara District, Kodagu District (Coorg), Indian state of Karnataka and Bandadka village of Kasaragod. They are officially considered a subsect of the Vokkaliga community but are culturally and linguistically different. They speak Tulu and Arebhashe. History They were originally called Natha Pantha and Shaivas, owing allegiance to Sringeri Matha. During Emperor Vishnuvardhana’s rule, they became Vaishnavites and worshiped Tirupati Venkataramana (Balaji of Tirupati) and Sabbakka (Sharada of Sringeri). They then settled in the Mangalore-Udupi (Dakshina Kannada-Udupi) region where they spoke the Tulu language. They are said to have ''10 Kutumba and 18 Bari'' as their primordial root families, from which a ''Nūru Mane'' or "hundred families" arose. They then migrated to Coorg (Kodagu) from the Mangalore-Udupi (Dakshina Kannada-Udupi) region, to settle among the Canarese (Kannada) speaking peoples. Comm ...
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Gouda (other)
Gouda may refer to: * Gouda, South Holland, a city in the Netherlands ** Gouda (pottery), style of pottery manufactured in Gouda ** Gouda cheese, type of cheese originally made in and around Gouda ** Gouda railway station * Gouda, Western Cape, a small town in South Africa with a name of Khoisan origin * Gōda, a Japanese surname * Emperor Go-Uda (1265–1324), emperor of Japan * Gouda rabbit, a breed of rabbit See also * * * Gauda (other) * Goda (other) The Guild of Drama Adjudicators (''GoDA'') is the world's longest established body dedicated to the adjudication of all forms of theatre, both professional and amateur. Full Members of the Guild are entitled to use the post-nominal letters, GoDA ... * Gowda (other) {{Disambiguation, geo ...
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Gauda (other)
Gauda may refer to: * Gauda brahmins, one of the five Pancha-Gauda Brahmin communities of North india * Gauda (caste), or Gopal, a caste of Odisha * Gauḍa (city), Bengal * Gauḍa (region), Bengal * Gauda Kingdom, a kingdom during the 5th to 7th century in Bengal (present-day Gauda city) * Gauda (king), ruler of Numidia during 1st century BC * Gaudu, Nepal, a village in the Gandaki Zone See also * Gaudiya Nritya, a Bengali school of Indian dance * Gavdos, an island in the Mediterranean Sea * Gour (other) * Gaur (other) The gaur is a bovine animal. Gaur may also refer to: Places * Gaur, Nepal, a town in the Rautahat district of Nepal *Gauḍa (city), also called Gaur, a historic city of Bengal, India * River Gaur in Perthshire, Scotland Other uses * Gaur (art ... * Gaura (other) * Gouda (other) {{Disambiguation, geo ...
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Gaur (other)
The gaur is a bovine animal. Gaur may also refer to: Places * Gaur, Nepal, a town in the Rautahat district of Nepal *Gauḍa (city), also called Gaur, a historic city of Bengal, India * River Gaur in Perthshire, Scotland Other uses * Gaur (artistic group), a Basque artistic group established in 1966 * Gaur, an early transcription for Jushur, a Sumerian king *Gaur Brahmins, a community of Brahmins in India See also * Gour (other) * Gauda (other) * Gowda (other) * Goda (other) * Gora (other) * Gauri (other) * Giaour, a historical slur for non-Muslims * Guar, a green vegetable * Guar gum Guar gum, also called guaran, is a galactomannan polysaccharide extracted from guar beans that has thickening and stabilizing properties useful in food, feed, and industrial applications. The guar seeds are mechanically dehusked, hydrated, mi ...

Gaura (other)
Gaura is a genus of flowering plants. Gaura may also refer to: * Gaura - a Hindu festival celebrated in Nepal * Gaura, Jamo, a village in Uttar Pradesh, India * Gaura, Kapurthala - village in Kapurthala district of Punjab State, India * Gaura, Raebareli, a village in Uttar Pradesh, India * Gaura, Unnao, a village in Uttar Pradesh, India * Gaura - a chiefdom in Sierra Leone * Gaura Caitanya Mahaprabhu - Gauranga Gaurahari Gauracandra Gaurasundara Gaura-Nitai / GAURA as referenced in the Sri Caitanya Upanishad glorifying Indian Vaishnava saint Sri Krsna Caitanya * Guara, an alternate name for the Bengali Hindu mystic Caitanya Mahaprabhu See also * Gaur (other) * Gour (other) * Gauda (other) * Gowda (other) * Goda (other) * Gora (other) Gora may refer to: * Gora (surname) * Gora (musical instrument), or lesiba, a Southern African instrument * Gora (racial epithet), racial epithet for white people in India * ''Gora'' (no ...
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Gour (other)
Gour may refer to: * Gour Brahmins, an Indian caste of Brahmins or landlords * Gour, an Indian caste of Muslims * Hari Singh Gour (1870-1949), Indian lawyer, educator, and writer * Joseph-Omer Gour (1893-1959), Canadian politician * Rimstone, a cave formation * Gour Kingdom, an ancient kingdom based in Sylhet, Bangladesh ** Gour, capital of Gour Kingdom situated in Malda district, West Bengal, India ** Gour Govinda (r. 1260-1303), the final ruler of Gauda Kingdom See also * Gauda (other) * Gaur (other) * Gaura (other) * Gowda (other) * Goda (other) * Gora (other) * Ghor Province Ghōr, also spelled Ghowr or Ghur (), is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is located in the western Hindu Kush in central Afghanistan, towards the northwest. The province contains eleven Districts of Afghanistan, districts, en ...