Babburkamme

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{{Infobox ethnic group
|group= Babburkamme
|image=[[File:Shri Shankaracharya.jpg|180px]]
|caption = [[Adi Shankara]]
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|popplace=[[India]]n states of [[Karnataka]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]
|langs=[[Kannada language|Kannada]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Sanskrit language|Sanskrit]]
|rels=[[Hinduism]]

[[Sampradaya]]: [[Smarthas]]

[[Veda]] Shakha: [[Rigveda]] [[Yajurveda]]

[[Sootra]]: [[Apastamba Dharmasutra|Apasthamba]]
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The '''Babburkamme''' (also spelled '''Babbur Kamme''', '''Bobburukamme''', '''Babboor Kamme''') are a community of [[Brahmin]]s in India.<ref>{{cite book |title=Poetics of Conduct: Oral Narrative and Moral Being in a South Indian Town |first=Leela |last=Prasad |publisher=Columbia University Press |year=2012 |page=85 |isbn=978-0-23151-127-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tZcdTw0toXsC&pg=PA85}}</ref> They belong to [[Hindu]] [[Pancha-Dravida|Pancha Dravida]] [[Smartha]] [[Brahmin]]. According to one published source,{{who|date=August 2016}} the Kamme communities might have migrated south through dominion of [[Satavahana]]s over a long period to the [[Chalukya]], [[Rashtrakuta]], the [[Vijayanagara empire|Vijayanagara kingdom]] and later to [[Mysore]] Kingdom towards southern [[Karnataka]] and [[Tamil Nadu]] . 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 ''Uluchu Kamme'' has [[Kannada]] as their mother tongue.

Babburkammes are largely spread in the Karnataka towns of [[Bangalore]], [[Mysore]], [[Holenarasipura]], [[Konanur, Hassan|Konanur]], [[Arkalgud]], [[Bellur]], [[Kanakatte]], [[Mirle]], [[Arasikere]], [[Belavadi]], [[Mayasandra]], [[Bettadapura]], [[Davangere]], [[Shivamogga]], [[Chikkamagaluru]], and [[Bhadravati, Karnataka|Bhadravati]].

== History ==
Babburkammes are followers of the Smarta tradition, which is closely associated with the [[Advaita]] tradition of [[Adi Shankara]]. Kamme is derived from 'Karmin' (Karmigalu in Kannada) meaning those who practice "Vaidhika 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 Vijayanaga Empire, [[Sri Vidyaranya]], belonged to the community. It is also believed that he brought many Brahmins from his community to settle in Karnataka. Later, his brothers, Madhavacharya and Sayanacharya, contributed to Hinduism by documenting the [[Vedas]] and [[Upanishads]] for the first time (hitherto it was spread from [[guru]] to [[shishya]] by word-of-mouth). [[Max Muller]] and [[Swami Vivekananda]] applauded the efforts of Sayanacharya in preserving the heritage of the Sanathana dharma.

[[File:Raja Ravi Varma - Sankaracharya.jpg|thumb|Followers of [[Adi Shankara]]]]

== Culture ==
The mother tongue of majority Babburkamme Brahmins is Kannada. A minority claims Sanskrit as its mother tongue. They are vegetarians (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 Shiva-Shakti or Laxmi-Narayan but, being followers of Advaita Smartism, Babburkammes worship all the major forms of God in Hinduism including [[Shiva]], [[Vishnu]], [[Ganesha]], Gowri, Saraswati, Laxmi, Durga, and Karthikeya.

Babburkamme offer [[Panchayatana puja]] worship, introduced by Adi Shankara, and celebrate all the festivals of the Mysore region. They have [[Shaiva]], [[Vaishnava]] and [[Shakta]] leanings.

== References ==
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[[Category:Kannada Brahmins]]
[[Category:Social groups of Karnataka]]

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