Kanaka Dasa (1509 – 1609) was a poet, philosopher, musician and composer from modern Karnataka.[9]
Balumama Maharaj was an Indian guru, religious leader of Dhangar Kuruba community and he is incarnation of lord dattatreya.[10]
Basavaraja Devaru is an Indian guru, the head of the Dharwad-based Mansur Sri Revana Siddeshwara Mutt.[11]
Beerendra Keshava Tarakananda Puri is the first pontiff of the Kaginele Kanaka Guru Peetha, the cultural and spiritual centre of Kuruba Gowdas of Karnataka, India.[12]
Kollur Mallappa was the first President of Hyderabad Pradesh Congress Committee, prior to the merger of Hyderabad state into Andhra Pradesh. He was
Member of Parliament from
Raichur, Karnataka and Rajyasabha MP for 3 terms. He was mentor of late Indian Prime Minister
P. V. Narasimha Rao.[35]
Ganpatrao Deshmukh, former cabinet minister and current
MLA from
Sangola, holds record for longest serving MLA (1962 to present).[38]
D. K. Naikar, Former Karnataka PCC President (1995-1996), he was a Member of Parliament from Dharwad North constituency in Karnataka State, India . He was elected to 7th,8th,9th & 10th Lok Sabha.
V. L. Patil widely known as 'Aabaji' was a former minister in the Government of Karnataka. He was a well known industrialist and a freedom fighter.[47]
Sagarika Ghatge is an Indian model and national level athlete. She is related to a former royal house of India through Shahu Maharaj of Kolhapur, with her father being from the former royal family of Kagal and her grandmother, Sita Raje Ghatge, being the daughter of
Tukojirao Holkar III of Indore.[56] She is the wife of former
India national cricket team member
Zaheer Khan.[57]
Kancha Ilaiah is an Indian political theorist, writer and activist.[58]
Belli Lalitha was Indian folk singer and founder of Telangana Kala Samithi.[59]
^Dhere, Ramchandra Chintaman (2011).
Rise of a Folk God: Vitthal of Pandharpur, South Asia Research. Feldhaus, Anne (trans.). Oxford University Press. pp. 243, 245.
ISBN978-0-19977-764-8. Traditional sources claim that the Kurumas or Kurubas founded the Sangama dynasty, the founding dynasty of the Vijayanagara Empire. Vijayanagar's kings were Yādavas; therefore they were Kurubas; and therefore Viṭṭhal-Bīrappā must have been their original god. The temple of Anantaśayana depicts a clothed form of Viṭṭhal. At Mallikārjun temple near Mallappanaguḍī, there is a broken image of Viṭṭhal in a shrine. In Hampī, bas-reliefs of Viṭṭhal are sculpted on pillars of the Viṭṭhal temple and Kṛṣṇa temple. In Lepākṣī, there are sculptures of Dhangars standing with a blanket draped over his head, his arm resting on his staff, and his chin resting on his arm. He must be there as a reminder of the family that built the temples. There is no other reason for a human being to be carved here, when almost every other carving on the numerous pillars of these temples depicts a god or a mythological event. These two popular motifs, Dhangars and Viṭṭhal, present a clear image of the family background of the founders of Vijayanagar and the roots of their faith.
^Murthy, M.L.K. (1 February 1993). "Ethnohistory of pastoralism: A study of Kuruvas and Gollas". Studies in History. 9 (1): 33–41.
doi:
10.1177/025764309300900102.
S2CID161569571. section: Kingship and Kshatriyization of the Pastoral Communities
^Murthy, M.L.K. (1 February 1993). "Ethnohistory of pastoralism: A study of Kuruvas and Gollas". Studies in History. 9 (1): 33–41.
doi:
10.1177/025764309300900102.
S2CID161569571. section: Kingship and Kshatriyization of the Pastoral Communities
^Dhere, Ramchandra (2011).
Rise of a Folk God: Vitthal of Pandharpur South Asia Research. Oxford University Press, 2011. pp. 237, 243, 247, 248.
ISBN9780199777648. Like Vitthal's original Gavli, Dhangar, Golla, and Kuruba worshipers, several royal families who enhanced the magnificence of Vitthal's worship are also called "Yadavas". Among the kings with extant inscriptions connected with Vitthal of Pandharpur, Krsna, Mahadeva, and Ramcandra of Devgiri were all from the Yadava dynasty, while the Hoysala king Vir Somesvar was from a family that claimed to be Yadava. The history of South India shows clearly that all the southern royal dynasties who arose from pastoralist, cowherd groups gained Kshatriya status by claiming to be Moon lineage Kshatriyas, by taking Yadu as their ancestor, and by continually keeping alive their pride in being "Yadavas". Many dynasties in South India, from the Pallavas to the Yadavarayas, were originally members of pastoralist, cowherd groups and belonged to Kuruba lineages.
Kanaka Dasa (1509 – 1609) was a poet, philosopher, musician and composer from modern Karnataka.[9]
Balumama Maharaj was an Indian guru, religious leader of Dhangar Kuruba community and he is incarnation of lord dattatreya.[10]
Basavaraja Devaru is an Indian guru, the head of the Dharwad-based Mansur Sri Revana Siddeshwara Mutt.[11]
Beerendra Keshava Tarakananda Puri is the first pontiff of the Kaginele Kanaka Guru Peetha, the cultural and spiritual centre of Kuruba Gowdas of Karnataka, India.[12]
Kollur Mallappa was the first President of Hyderabad Pradesh Congress Committee, prior to the merger of Hyderabad state into Andhra Pradesh. He was
Member of Parliament from
Raichur, Karnataka and Rajyasabha MP for 3 terms. He was mentor of late Indian Prime Minister
P. V. Narasimha Rao.[35]
Ganpatrao Deshmukh, former cabinet minister and current
MLA from
Sangola, holds record for longest serving MLA (1962 to present).[38]
D. K. Naikar, Former Karnataka PCC President (1995-1996), he was a Member of Parliament from Dharwad North constituency in Karnataka State, India . He was elected to 7th,8th,9th & 10th Lok Sabha.
V. L. Patil widely known as 'Aabaji' was a former minister in the Government of Karnataka. He was a well known industrialist and a freedom fighter.[47]
Sagarika Ghatge is an Indian model and national level athlete. She is related to a former royal house of India through Shahu Maharaj of Kolhapur, with her father being from the former royal family of Kagal and her grandmother, Sita Raje Ghatge, being the daughter of
Tukojirao Holkar III of Indore.[56] She is the wife of former
India national cricket team member
Zaheer Khan.[57]
Kancha Ilaiah is an Indian political theorist, writer and activist.[58]
Belli Lalitha was Indian folk singer and founder of Telangana Kala Samithi.[59]
^Dhere, Ramchandra Chintaman (2011).
Rise of a Folk God: Vitthal of Pandharpur, South Asia Research. Feldhaus, Anne (trans.). Oxford University Press. pp. 243, 245.
ISBN978-0-19977-764-8. Traditional sources claim that the Kurumas or Kurubas founded the Sangama dynasty, the founding dynasty of the Vijayanagara Empire. Vijayanagar's kings were Yādavas; therefore they were Kurubas; and therefore Viṭṭhal-Bīrappā must have been their original god. The temple of Anantaśayana depicts a clothed form of Viṭṭhal. At Mallikārjun temple near Mallappanaguḍī, there is a broken image of Viṭṭhal in a shrine. In Hampī, bas-reliefs of Viṭṭhal are sculpted on pillars of the Viṭṭhal temple and Kṛṣṇa temple. In Lepākṣī, there are sculptures of Dhangars standing with a blanket draped over his head, his arm resting on his staff, and his chin resting on his arm. He must be there as a reminder of the family that built the temples. There is no other reason for a human being to be carved here, when almost every other carving on the numerous pillars of these temples depicts a god or a mythological event. These two popular motifs, Dhangars and Viṭṭhal, present a clear image of the family background of the founders of Vijayanagar and the roots of their faith.
^Murthy, M.L.K. (1 February 1993). "Ethnohistory of pastoralism: A study of Kuruvas and Gollas". Studies in History. 9 (1): 33–41.
doi:
10.1177/025764309300900102.
S2CID161569571. section: Kingship and Kshatriyization of the Pastoral Communities
^Murthy, M.L.K. (1 February 1993). "Ethnohistory of pastoralism: A study of Kuruvas and Gollas". Studies in History. 9 (1): 33–41.
doi:
10.1177/025764309300900102.
S2CID161569571. section: Kingship and Kshatriyization of the Pastoral Communities
^Dhere, Ramchandra (2011).
Rise of a Folk God: Vitthal of Pandharpur South Asia Research. Oxford University Press, 2011. pp. 237, 243, 247, 248.
ISBN9780199777648. Like Vitthal's original Gavli, Dhangar, Golla, and Kuruba worshipers, several royal families who enhanced the magnificence of Vitthal's worship are also called "Yadavas". Among the kings with extant inscriptions connected with Vitthal of Pandharpur, Krsna, Mahadeva, and Ramcandra of Devgiri were all from the Yadava dynasty, while the Hoysala king Vir Somesvar was from a family that claimed to be Yadava. The history of South India shows clearly that all the southern royal dynasties who arose from pastoralist, cowherd groups gained Kshatriya status by claiming to be Moon lineage Kshatriyas, by taking Yadu as their ancestor, and by continually keeping alive their pride in being "Yadavas". Many dynasties in South India, from the Pallavas to the Yadavarayas, were originally members of pastoralist, cowherd groups and belonged to Kuruba lineages.