Babburkamme

Babburkamme
	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 Smarthas Maharashtrian brahmin, Tamil Brahmin

The Babburkamme (also spelled Babbur Kamme, Bobburukamme, Babboor Kamme) are a community of

Smartha Brahmins

. They have been holding highly politically influencing position such ministers, chief priests, scholars and poets under different kingdoms. A related community are today known as Uluchukamme has Kannada as their mother tongue.

Babburkammes are largely spread in the Karnataka towns of

Chikkamagaluru, and Bhadravati

.

History

Their tradition is rooted in the pre-Buddhist

Dharmasutra^[2] of ancient India originating plausibly around the river Godavari.^[3]

Babburkammes are followers of the

Advaita tradition of Adi Shankara and Sringeri

. Kamme is derived from 'Karmin' (Karmigalu in Kannada) meaning those who practice "Vaidika Dharma".

The migration pattern reflects the various Hindu kingdoms and economic centres of their times. Over the last 100 years, the local migration appears to be from small-towns to Mysore and Bangalore, and in recent years to other parts of the world. This trend seems to be coherent with migration patterns of other service-providing communities in the region.

Babburkammes place strong emphasis on education and political influence.

Due to their history, most in the community do not have significant ancestral land or other fixed assets (unlike the business or warrior communities, for example) and therefore formal education is seen as a pathway to success. In addition, and perhaps as a result of advanced education, the community is quite progressive in its outlook.

The founder of the

shishya

).

Culture

The mother tongue of majority Babburkamme Brahmins is mostly Kannada and Sanskrit as claimed by some. They are striclty vegetarian (no restriction to use milk, leather and horns).

Deities and festivals

The main deity of Babburkammes is dependent on the family deity or Ishta-Deva. Those deities can be Srinivasa, Shiva-Shakti, Laxmi-Narayana but, being followers of Advaita Smartism, Babburkammes worship all the major forms of God in Hinduism including Shiva, Vishnu, Ganesha, Parvati, Vagdevi, Laxmi, Durga, and Karthikeya.

Babburkamme offer

Shakta

leanings.

References

ISBN 978-0-23151-127-8
.

ISBN 978-0-19-283882-7
.

ISBN 978-0-520-01898-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
)

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[1] ISBN 978-0-23151-127-8
.

[2] ISBN 978-0-19-283882-7
.

[3] ISBN 978-0-520-01898-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
)

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