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{{Short description|Community of Tamil speakers from Karnataka}}
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[[File:Bharatanatyam 1.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Bharatanatyam]] is a classical dance form popular amongst the Tamils]]

The '''Karnataka Tamils''' are a social community of [[Tamil language]] speakers living in the Indian state of [[Karnataka]]. Significant population of [[Tamils]] are found in [[Bengaluru]], and the districts of [[Chamrajnagar district|Chamrajnagar]],
[[Kolar district|Kolar]], [[Mandya district|Mandya]], [[Mysuru district|Mysuru]], and other regions of the old [[Mysore Kingdom]]. As per the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]], there were 2.1 million Tamils living in Karnataka.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tamil.oneindia.com/news/tamilnadu/tamil-speaking-persons-indian-states-323616.html|title=தமிழ்நாட்டைத் தவிர தமிழ் மொழி பேசுவோர் எந்த மாநிலத்தில் அதிகம் தெரியுமா?|date=29 June 2018|work=One India|lang=ta|trans-title=Tamil speaking persons in Indian states|access-date=14 December 2018}}</ref>

Tamils migrated to Bengaluru in three major waves, the first after the 10th century CE; the second during the [[Vijayanagara Empire]]; and the third, in the 18th century, for government jobs during the [[British Raj]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/history-and-culture/Building-blocks-of-one-of-the-city%E2%80%99s-largest-communities/article12544791.ece|title=Building blocks of one of the city's largest communities|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=1 June 2025}}</ref> Until 1950, some parts of Karnataka were part of the erstwhile [[Madras Presidency]]. According to [[1991 census of India|1991 census]], Tamil speakers formed 21% of the population of Bengaluru.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JZ2Ejl6C2-sC&pg=PA16|title=Modernisation and Ethnicity: Locating the Telugu Community in Bangalore|author=D. V. Kumar|page=16}}</ref>

== History ==
According to Srinivas, at the end of the tenth century, the Cholas from Tamil Nadu began to penetrate in areas east of Bangalore; it later began to extend its control over parts of present-day Bangalore, such as Domlur on the eastern side of the city. Around 1004, during the reign of [[Rajendra Chola I]], the Cholas defeated the Western Gangas, and captured Bangalore. In the 19th century, Bangalore essentially became a [[Twin cities (geographical proximity)|twin city]], with the "pētē", whose residents were predominantly [[Kannadiga]]s, and the "cantonment" created by the British, whose residents were predominantly British and [[Tamil people|Tamils]].<ref>{{cite thesis|title=KANNADA MOVEMENT|page=50|url=http://hdl.handle.net/10919/9941|format=PDF|website=Scholar.lib.vt.edu|date=6 May 2004 |hdl=10919/9941|access-date=26 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120605195117/http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05172004-231956/unrestricted/4.pdf|archive-date=5 June 2012|type=Thesis |url-status=live|last1=Vagale |first1=Uday Kumar }}</ref>

== Communities ==

=== Hebbar Iyengar ===
Hebbar [[Iyengar]]s were formerly an endogamous group and constitute a part of the [[Iyengar]] sub-caste of the [[Karnataka]] Brahmins. They are traditionally followers of [[Ramanuja]] and [[Vedanta Desika]]. They hail primarily from [[Hassan, India|Hassan]], [[Mysore]], [[Tumkur]], [[Bangalore]], and surrounding areas in southern [[Karnataka]]. The characteristic dialect of the Hebbar Iyengars is called [[Hebbar Tamil]] and is a mixture of [[Iyengar Tamil]], [[Kannada]] and [[Sanskrit]]. The group's primary mother tongue is Hebbar Tamil which is spoken in most Hebbar Iyengar households, though Kannada and English are increasingly taking its place. A peculiar characteristic of Iyengar Tamil (including Hebbar Tamil) is its retention of divine or holy food terminology. For example, Iyengar Tamil makes distinctions between potable ([t̪iːrt̪o]) and non-potable water ([d͡ʒʌlo]), the former considered sacred but both borrowed from Sanskrit. Standard Tamil exhibits only the generic term for 'water'. The Vaishnavite Brahmins of Southern Karnataka use the Tamil surname "Iyengar" and are believed to have migrated during the time of the 11th century Vaishnavite saint [[Ramanujacharya]]. Most Iyengars in Karnataka use sub-dialects of [[Iyengar Tamil]].

=== Thigala ===
[[Thigala]] or Tigala are a Tamil social group found in parts of Karnataka.<ref name="People of India">{{cite book|title=People of India|page=1423|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VBQwAQAAIAAJ&q=thigala+Vanniar|isbn=9788185938981|last1=Singh|first1=Kumar Suresh|last2=India|first2=Anthropological Survey of|year=2003|publisher=Anthropological Survey of India }}</ref> They are likely a sub-caste of [[Vanniyar]]s. The Thigalas celebrate an annual festival called Karaga. The story of the Karaga is rooted in the ''[[Mahabharata]]'' and [[Draupadi]] is the community deity of the people.<ref name="People of India" /> The Karaga festival is generally led by the men of the community. A legend gives them this privilege: Thigalas believe that in the last part of the Mahabharatha, when the [[Pandavas]] were shown a glimpse of hell, one last [[asura]] called Tripurasura was still alive. At this time, Draupadi, the wife of the Pandavas, took the form of [[Shakthi]]. She created a huge army of soldiers called the Veerakumaras. After defeating the asura, the soldiers asked Shakthi to stay back with them. Though she had to go back, she promised them that she would come to stay with them every year during [[Chitra Pournami (festival)|Chitra Pournami]], the first [[full moon]] of the first month of the [[Hindu calendar]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Karaga|url=http://www.bangaloremirror.com/index.aspx?page=article&sectid=10&contentid=200904212009042100394852e56efa0a&sectxslt=&pageno=1 |work=Bangalore Mirror|url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707213004/http://www.bangaloremirror.com/index.aspx?page=article&sectid=10&contentid=200904212009042100394852e56efa0a&sectxslt=&pageno=1 |archivedate=7 July 2011 }}</ref>

== Demographics ==
[[Tamil people|Tamils]] form 3.46% of the total population of the state.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Census of India - DISTRIBUTION OF 10,000 PERSONS BY LANGUAGE |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Language/Statement3.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011050151/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/Census_Data_Online/Language/Statement3.htm |archive-date=11 October 2012 |access-date=29 January 2014}}</ref> Almost 5 million Tamils live outside Tamil Nadu, inside India. There has been a recorded presence of Tamil-speaking people in Southern Karnataka since the 10th century.<ref>{{cite book|title=Landscapes of Urban Memory|pages=100–102|chapter=The Settlement of Tamil speaking Groups | chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-JXDD0gcHgoC&pg=PA100|author=Smriti Srinivas|publisher=[[Orient Blackswan]]|year=2004|isbn=9788125022541}}</ref>

Suburbs of the [[Bangalore Cantonment]] ([[Fraser Town, Bangalore|Fraser Town]], [[Murphy Town, Bangalore|Murphy Town]], [[Shivajinagar, Bangalore|Shivajinagar]], Shantala Nagar,[[Vasanth Nagar]], [[Cooke Town]], Langford Town, Benson Town,[[Ulsoor]], [[Austin Town]], Sivanacheti Gardens, Richards Town, [[Cox Town, Bangalore|Cox Town]], [[Richmond Town]], Neelasandra and Viveknagar) have a large [[Tamil People|Tamil]] population. They trace their ancestry to the large number of Tamil speaking soldiers, suppliers and workers who were brought into the Bangalore Civil and Military Station, by the British Army, after the [[Siege of Seringapatam (1799)|fall of Tippu Sultan]]. The [[Bangalore Cantonment]] was directly under the administration of the British [[Madras Presidency]] till 1949, when it was handed over to the [[Mysore State]].<ref name=Srivatsa>{{cite news|last1=Srivatsa|first1=Sharath S|title=Bangalore calling: it all goes way back…|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article1939954.ece|accessdate=3 January 2015|issue=Bangalore|work=The Hindu|date=31 October 2007}}</ref><ref name=Arul>{{cite web|last1=Steve|first1=Arul|title=Specialization On Social And Cultural Indifference Among Kgf Tamil Migrants|url=https://arulsteve736.wordpress.com/2013/04/17/specialization-on-social-and-cultural-indifference-among-kgf-tamil-migrants/|publisher=Word Press|accessdate=4 January 2015|date=17 April 2013}}</ref><ref name=Aliyeh3>{{cite web|last1=Rizvi|first1=Aliyeh|title=Greet.Meat.Eat.|url=https://aturquoisecloud.wordpress.com/2013/07/18/greet-meat-eat/|website=A Turquoise Cloud|publisher=Word Press|accessdate=4 January 2015|date=18 July 2013}}</ref><ref name=Dasharathi>{{cite web|last1=Dasharathi|first1=Poornima|title=Cantonment: colonial past, multicultural present|url=http://bangalore.citizenmatters.in/articles/295-bangalore-cantonment|publisher=Citizen Matters|accessdate=23 December 2014|date=23 July 2008}}</ref><ref name=Aam>{{cite web|title=Right to be a Minority institution (and make majority profits)|url=https://aamadmo.wordpress.com/2012/07/07/right-to-be-a-minority-institution-and-make-majority-profits/|publisher=Word Press|accessdate=4 January 2015|date=7 July 2012}}</ref><ref name=Harshitha2>{{cite web|last1=Harshitha|first1=Samyuktha|title=The Mootocherry of Bangalore|url=http://ramubangalore.blogspot.com.au/2013/06/the-mootocherry-of-bangalore.html|website=Suttha Muttha|via=Blogspot.com.au|accessdate=4 January 2015|date=1 June 2013}}</ref> Significant Tamil-speaking populations are also found in areas of Bangalore not part of the Cantonment such as [[Devara Jeevanahalli]], [[Lingarajapuram]], [[Banaswadi]], [[Chamarajpet]], [[Kalasipalyam]], [[Wilson Garden]], [[Srirampura]], [[Malleswaram]], [[Vyalikaval]], [[Hebbal, Bangalore|Hebbal]], [[Vidyaranyapura]] and [[Yelahanka]] as well as the eastern and south-eastern localities of Bangalore which are in proximity to the IT Corridor ([[Whitefield, Bangalore|Whitefield]], [[Electronics City]] and the [[Outer Ring Road, Bangalore|Outer Ring Road]]) such as [[Baiyyappanahalli]], [[Krishnarajapuram]], [[Indiranagar, Bangalore|Indiranagar]], [[Domlur]], [[Koramangala]], [[BTM Layout]], [[HSR Layout]], [[Bannerghatta Road]], [[Madiwala]], [[Bommanahalli]], [[Jayaprakash Nagar, Bangalore|J. P. Nagar]] and [[Marathahalli]] among others. Many of the Tamilians living within or close to the IT corridor of Bangalore are first-generation immigrants who have migrated from [[Tamil Nadu]] to work in the IT industry in the city.

== Politics ==
[[Tamils]] play an important role in [[Karnataka]]'s politics there are few legislative constituencies like :-

* [[Shivajinagar, Bangalore|Shivajinagar]] - out of nearly 1.67 lakh voters in the constituency 92,000 are [[Tamil language|Tamil]] speaking people about 55% of the constituency. [[Tamils]] play a key role in deciding the winning candidate.<ref>{{cite news |title=Indian Express |newspaper=Indian Express |url=http://newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/article1531428.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221221541/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/article1531428.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 February 2014}}</ref>
* [[Gandhi Nagar, Karnataka Assembly constituency|Gandhinagar]] - out of nearly 1.8 lakh voters in the constituency 90,000 are [[Tamil language|Tamil]] speaking people about 50% of the constituency. [[Tamils]] play a key role in deciding the winning candidate<ref>{{Cite web |last=DHNS |title=Tamil votes to decide the fate of Gandhinagar candidates |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/bengaluru/tamil-votes-decide-fate-gandhinagar-2258304 |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Kolar Gold Field Assembly constituency|K.G.F(Kolar Gold Field)]] - [[Tamil language|Tamil]] speaking people are about 80% of the constituency.[[Tamils]] play a key role in deciding the winning candidate.
* [[Pulakeshinagar Assembly constituency|Pulikeshinagar]] - [[Tamil language|Tamil]] speaking people are about 50% of the constituency. [[Tamils]] play a key role in deciding the winning candidate.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tamil votes to decide the fate of Pulikeshinagar candidates
|date=19 April 2023 |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2023/Apr/19/aiadmk-fields-candidate-against-bjp-in-karnataka-constituency-with-large-tamil-population-2567477.html}}</ref>

[[Tamils]] even play an important role in [[Karnataka]]'s parliamentary politics there are few Lok Sabha constituencies like :-

* [[Bangalore Central (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bangalore Central Lok Sabha constituency]] - out of nearly 14 lakh voters in the constituency 5.5 lakh are [[Tamil language|Tamil]] speaking people about 39% of the constituency. [[Tamils]] play a key role in deciding the winning candidate.<ref name="Kaggere">{{cite news |last1=Kaggere |first1=Niranjan |date=9 April 2014 |title=Tamil voters will decide winner in B'lore Central |publisher=Bangalore Mirror |issue=Bangalore |url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/Tamil-voters-will-decide-winner-in-Blore-Central/articleshow/33460807.cms |accessdate=4 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="Hegde">{{cite news |last1=Hegde |first1=Bhaskar |date=13 April 2014 |title=Will Tamilians back BJP this election? |publisher=Deccan Chronicle |issue=Bangalore |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/140413/nation-politics/article/will-tamilians-back-bjp-election |access-date=4 January 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Mohan |first1=P C |date=10 April 2014 |title=Support from Tamil Sangham 10-04-2014 |url=http://pcmohan.org/support-from-tamil-sangham-10-04-2014/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104114903/http://pcmohan.org/support-from-tamil-sangham-10-04-2014/ |archive-date=4 January 2015 |accessdate=4 January 2015}}</ref>
* [[Kolar Lok Sabha constituency]] - [[Tamils]] play a key role in deciding the winning candidate.

==Tamil inscriptions==
{{main|Tamil inscriptions of Bangalore}}

===Temple inscriptions===

====Chokkanathaswamy Temple, Domlur====
[[File:Domlur chola stone art 10th century,bangalore.jpg|thumb|160px|left|upright|[[Chola dynasty|Chola]] Tamil inscriptions at the Chokkanathaswamy Temple, Domlur]]
[[File:Vijaynagar Tamil Inscription, Someshwara Temple, Ulsoor.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Vijayanagara Empire|Vijaynagar]] Tamil inscription, [[Halasuru Someshwara Temple|Someshwara Temple]], [[Ulsoor]]]]
The [[Domlur Chokkanathaswamy temple|Chokkanathaswamy Temple]] is a 10th-century [[Chola dynasty|Chola]] temple, located in [[Domlur]]. There are a number of [[Tamil Language|Tamil]] inscriptions in the temple. Domlur is called as Tombalur or Desimanikkapattanam in these inscriptions. Chakravarthi Posalaviraramanatha Deva has left inscriptions with directions to temple authorities of his kingdom. Further some inscriptions record the tributes, taxes and tolls made to the temple by [[Deva Raya II|Devaraya II]] of [[Vijayanagara Empire|Vijayanagar Empire]], which state the houses, wells, land around Tombalur were offered to the deity Sokkapperumal. Another Tamil inscription dated 1270 talks about 2 door posts being donated by Alagiyar. Yet another inscription in Tamil details Talaikkattu and his wife donating lands from Jalapalli village and Vinnamangalam tank to the deity. A 1290AD inscription talks about donation of ten pens from the revenue of Tommalur by Poysala vira Ramananda.<ref name=Rice>{{cite book|last1=Rice|first1=Benjamin Lewis|title=Mysore: A Gazetteer Compiled for Government|date=1887|publisher=Asian Educational Services|location=London, UK|isbn=8120609778|page=70|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p0wSoEIub1YC&q=tamil+inscriptions+in+bangalore&pg=PA70|accessdate=17 January 2015}}</ref><ref name=Githa>{{cite news|last1=Githa|first1=U B|title=A Chola temple in Domlur!|url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/apr192004/metro9.asp|accessdate=4 January 2015|issue=Bangalore|publisher=Deccan Herald|date=19 April 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104114438/http://archive.deccanherald.com/Deccanherald/apr192004/metro9.asp|archive-date=4 January 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=Githa1>{{cite web|last1=Githa|first1=U B|title=Chokkanathaswamy Temple, a fine example of Chola architecture|url=http://www.chitralakshana.com/chokkanatha.html|website=Chitralakshana.com|accessdate=17 January 2015|archive-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923202919/http://www.chitralakshana.com/chokkanatha.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=Sridhar>{{cite web|last1=Sridhar|first1=Lakshminarasimhan|last2=Sridhar|first2=Geetha|title=Chokkanarayan Swamy Temple Domlur|url=http://www.vishnutemplesofkarnataka.info/Bang/Chokanarayana.htm|website=Vishnutemplesofkarnataka.info|accessdate=16 January 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118114213/http://www.vishnutemplesofkarnataka.info/Bang/Chokanarayana.htm|archivedate=18 January 2015}}</ref><ref name=Priyanka>{{cite news|last1=Rao|first1=Priyanka S|title=Chokkanatha: The city's oldest temple|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/article524984.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118114415/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/article524984.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 January 2015|accessdate=18 January 2015|issue=Bangalore|publisher=The New Indian Express|date=19 May 2012}}</ref><ref name=Harshitha-Domlur>{{cite web|last1=Harshitha|first1=Samyuktha|title=The temple of the Cholas|url=http://ramubangalore.blogspot.com.au/2012/12/the-temple-of-cholas.html|website=Ramubangalore.blogspot.com.au|accessdate=25 January 2015|date=10 December 2012}}</ref>

====Someshwara Temple, Begur====
The [[Old Madiwala Someshwara Temple, Bangalore|Someshware temple]] at [[Madiwala|Madivala]] is one of Bangalore's oldest, dating back to the [[Chola Dynasty|Chola]] period. There are a number of [[Tamil Language|Tamil]] and [[Grantha Alphabet|Grantha]] inscriptions on the outer walls of the temple. The oldest of these inscriptions dates to 1247 AD talks about a land grants "below the big tank of Vengalur" by a Veppur (modern Begur) resident. Other inscriptions also talk about other land grants including those done during the reigns of [[Veera Ballala III|Ballala III]] and [[Rajendra Chola]]. Another instrciption dated 1365 talks about land grand at Tamaraikkirai (which translates to 'lotus pond bank' in Tamil, and according to HS Gopala Rao, Secretary of the Karnataka Itihasa Academy refers to the present day Tavarekere suburb.<ref name=Meera>{{cite news|last1=Iyer|first1=Meera|title=Ancient temple; bustling junction|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/14855/content/212867/from-mann-mysore.html|accessdate=4 January 2015|issue=Bangalore|publisher=Deccan Herald|date=20 July 2009}}</ref><ref name=Srikumar>{{cite book|last1=Srikumar|first1=S|title=Kolar Gold Field: (Unfolding the Untold)|date=12 March 2014|publisher=Partridge Publishing|isbn=978-1482815078|page=57|edition=International|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QrWEAwAAQBAJ&q=tamil+inscription+begur&pg=PA57|accessdate=18 January 2015}}</ref>

===Village inscriptions===
====Kadugodi====
A Tamil inscription from dating 1043AD exists in [[Kadugodi]], from the period of [[Rajendra Chola I]], which describes the construction of the Pattanduru Lake, and Ganesh, Durga and Kshetrapaala temples by Chola chieftain Raja Raja Velan son of Permadi Gavunda.<ref name=Krishnamurthy>{{cite journal|last1=Krishnamurthy|first1=P V|title=Inscriptions of Bangalore East Taluk - A Study|journal=Itihasa Dharshana|date=2005|volume=20|url=http://karnatakaitihasaacademy.org/2014/11/20/inscriptions-of-bangalore-east-taluk-a-study/|accessdate=16 January 2015|archive-date=29 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150129123246/http://karnatakaitihasaacademy.org/2014/11/20/inscriptions-of-bangalore-east-taluk-a-study/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

====Marathahalli====
Doddanekkundi village, located north of [[Marathahalli]], and much older than Marathahalli, has two ancient inscriptions in Tamil. The first inscription dated 1304, mentions the village name as Nerkundi and talks about the existence of a fort around the village constructed in 1304. The second inscription talks about the Hoysala king [[Veera Ballala III|Ballala III]] granting the entire revenue of the Doddanekkundi village to the Shivagange Temple. There is also a Telugu inscription in Marathahalli. According to scholars, this shows the use of Tamil and Telugu in Bangalore, much before the reign of [[Krishnadevaraya]] of the [[Vijayanagara Empire|Vijaynagar Kingdom]].<ref name=Marathahalli>{{cite news|last1=Aruni|first1=S K|title=Of inscriptions and the medieval period|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-neighbourhood/of-inscriptions-and-the-medieval-period/article2794112.ece|accessdate=16 January 2015|issue=Bangalore|work=The Hindu|date=12 January 2012}}</ref>

===British Period inscriptions in Tamil===
[[File:WarMemorialBangalore.jpg|thumb|160px|right|Madras Regiment War Memorial, Bangalore]]

====Madras Sappers War Memorial, Brigade Road====
A war memorial raised by the British to commemorate the lives lost in different wars by the [[Madras Engineer Group|Madras Sappers]] Regiment. It details the number of British officers, Indian officers and soldiers who died fighting during [[Second Opium War]] in China, [[Third Anglo-Burmese War]](1885–87), [[World War I]], [[Mesopotamian Campaign|Mesopotamia (modern Iraq)]] (1916–18), [[East African Campaign (World War I)|East Africa]] (1914-18) and the [[Military history of the North-West Frontier|North West Frontier]] (1915). The soldiers fell during the Indian wars of [[Battle of Assaye|Assaye]], [[Siege of Seringapatam (1799)|Seringapatam]], [[Sitabuldi Fort|Seetabuldee]] and [[Battle of Sholinghur|Sholinghur]] are also acknowledged. The inscriptions are both in English and Tamil.<ref name=Rodricks>{{cite news|last1=Rodricks|first1=Allan Moses|title=A chapter from the war|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/hidden-histories-the-memorial-at-brigade-road-junction-in-bangalore-salutes-the-heroes-of-a-bygone-era/article6426720.ece|accessdate=5 January 2015|issue=Bangalore|work=The Hindu|date=19 September 2014}}</ref><ref name=Karthik-Deccan>{{cite news|last1=Karthik|first1=S A|title=A memorial for WWI Warriors|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/424831/a-memorial-wwi-warriors.html|accessdate=16 January 2015|issue=Bangalore|publisher=Deccan Herald|date=11 August 2014}}</ref>

====Broadway, Shivajinagar====
When an encroached storm water drain was cleared in [[Shivajinagar, Bangalore|Shivajinagar]], a huge plaque dating back to the 19th century was found. The stone, shows the progress of the building of the British [[Bangalore Cantonment]]. It reads 'This stone laid across the main channel in 1868 and worn by the feet of two generations was set up to mark the opening of this bridge and road on 16 February 1922'. The inscription is in English, Tamil and Urdu. According to SK Aruni, deputy director of the [[Indian Council of Historical Research]], Tamil was used as all the workers of the British were Tamil people, and Urdu to communicate to the Hindustani men working for the British.<ref name=TOI-Shivajinagar>{{cite news|title=Slice of history found in encroached drain|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/Slice-of-history-found-in-encroached-drain/articleshow/45891306.cms|accessdate=16 January 2015|issue=Bangalore|work=The Times of India|date=15 January 2015}}</ref>

<gallery mode="packed">
File:OldmadiwalasomeshwaraTemple.jpg|Tamil inscriptions at the Someshwara Temple, Madivala
File:Domlur Chola Temple.jpg|Tamil inscriptions at the Chokkanathaswamy Temple, Domlur
File:War_memorial,_Brigade_Road,_Bangalore.JPG|British War Memorial in Bangalore in English & Tamil
</gallery>

== Notable people ==
* [[Arjun Janya]], music composer
* [[B. M. Sundaravadanan]], doctor
* [[J. Jayalalithaa]], politician
* [[K. Seshadri Iyer]], bureaucrat
* [[Masti Venkatesha Iyengar]], poet
* [[N. Veeraswamy]], film producer
* [[Priyanka Arul Mohan]], film actor
* [[R. Ajay Gnanamuthu]], film director
* [[R. Sarathkumar]], film actor
* [[Ramesh Aravind]], film actor
* [[Ravichandran (Kannada actor)|Ravichandran]], film actor
* [[Sadhu Kokila]], film actor
* [[Varun Chakravarthy]], cricketer
* [[Naveen Chandra]], film actor

== References ==
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Karnataka Tamils - Revision history

Vernell29N at 05:58, 9 January 2026