Babburkamme Brahmin
Adi Shankaracharya, an influential expounder of the smarta parampara and Vedanta. | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| Indian states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh | |
| Languages | |
| Sanskrit, Kannada, Telugu, | |
| Religion | |
| Hinduism Sutra: Apasthamba | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Pancha-Dravida, Kannada Brahmin, Telugu Brahmin, Maharashtrian brahmin, Tamil Brahmin |
The Babburkamme (also spelled Babbur Kamme, Bobburukamme, Babboor Kamme) are a community of Brahmins in southern India. They are followers of the Smarta tradition of Vedanta. They have held politically influential position such ministers, chief priests, scholars and poets under different kingdoms. A related community, today known as Uluchukamme, has Kannada as their mother tongue.
Babburkammes are present in the Karnataka towns of Bengaluru, Mysuru, Holenarasipura, Konanur, Arkalgud, Bellur, Kanakatte, Mirle, Arasikere, Belavadi, Mayasandra, Bettadapura, Davangere, Shivamogga, Chikkamagaluru, and Bhadravati. Given their historical presence in the south of India, they are categorized as Pancha Dravida Brahmins.