Gowda People

KC Reddy Kengal Hanumanthaiah Kadidal Manjappa H D Devegowda S M Krishna H D Kumaraswamy Sadananda Gowda Above are the list of chief minister's from Vokkaliga caste. As of 2019 Karnataka chief minister is again HD Kumaraswamy.

Rachita Ram one of the top heroin of kannada film industry born to vokkaliga(Gowdru) family. She has acted with all top kannada heros. She earns remuneration more than any kannada actress. Interview ನಲ್ಲಿ ಕೆಂಪೇಗೌಡರನ್ನು ಹೊಗಳುತ್ತಾ ಸಮುದಾಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹುಟ್ಟಿರುವುದಕ್ಕೆ ಹೆಮ್ಮೆ ಇದೆ ಅಂದಿರುವ ಜನಪ್ರಿಯ ನಟಿ ರಚಿತಾ ರಾಮ್. Rachita Ram said about Nadaprabhu Kempegowdru She recently told to media that she will marry a Gowdru hudga(boy).

Actors: Ambarish : Vokkaliga Vajramuni : Vokkaliga Yash : Vokkaliga Druva sarja, Arjun Sarja : Vokkaliga(Kunchitiga ) Jaggesh : Vokkaliga Ganesh: Vokkaliga Prem(Nenapirali) : Vokkaliga Prajwal devraj : Vokkaliga Srinagara kitty : Vokkaliga Actress: Ramya : Vokkaliga Rachita Ram : Vokkaliga Amulya : Vokkaliga Deepa Sannidhi : Vokkaliga Sonu Gowda :vokkaliga Kavita Gowda : vokkaliga Ashika Ranganath : vokkaliga Deepika Das : vokkaliga Directors : Prem : Vokkaliga Simple Suni : Vokkaliga Nagatihalli chandrashekar :Vokkaliga

Actors: Rajkumar, Punith and Shivraj kumar : Idiga Sudeep : Nayaka (Beda) /Brahmin Vishnuvardhan : Brahmin Ananth Nag/ Shankar Nag: Brahmin Upendra : Brahmin Ravichandran : Mudaliar/vellala Ambareesh : Vokkaliga Vajramuni : Vokkaliga Yash : Vokkaliga Darshan: (People see him as Ambareesh adapted son) ಅಂಬರೀಷ್ ಸುಮಲತಾ ದತ್ತು ಪುತ್ರ  Druva sarja, Chiranjeevi, Arjun Sarja : Vokkaliga (kunchitiga) Jaggesh : Vokkaliga Ganesh: Vokkaliga Rakshit shetty : Bunts Duniya Vijay : Kuruba Muruli : Idiga Actress: Radhika pundith : Konkani Brahmin Rashmika Mandanna: Kodava. Vokkaliga Ramya : Vokkaliga Rachita Ram : Vokkaliga Amulya : Vokkaliga Shraddha Srinath : Brahmin Shruti hariharan : Brahmin Directors : Puttanna Kanagal : Brahmin G V Iyer : Brahmin Hunsur Krishnamurthy : Brahmin Yograj Bhat : Brahmin Prem : Vokkaliga Nagatihalli Chandrashekar : vokkaliga

Arjun Sarja born in Madugiri and his family belongs to Kunchitiga Vokkaliga. Young actors and Druva Sarja and Chiranjivi sarja are also vokkaliga(Gowdas). Arjun Sarja movie 'Bhoomi putra' based on kumarswamy life                                              Sarja family close connection with Ambarish

Lingayatism is not a caste, its a offset of religion within Hinduism. It meant for conversion. Basavanna, the twelfth century social reformer, strived to rid the Indian caste system. during the time many of vokkaligas, dalits, other obc..etc converted to Lingayatism in north karnataka. so lingayats constitutes of all caste and creed. Southern vokkaligas (people of Gangavadi/Old Mysore) refuse to accept lingayatism because of obsessive pride and identity. Present Karnataka population consist of highest 17 % of lingayats. second 16 % vokkaligas. In Lingayats, more than half of the people are vokkaligas. Patils, Goudas of north Karnataka are vokkaligas.

V. G. Siddhartha is an Indian businessman from Karnataka .He was born in chickmagalur to Vokkaliga Gowda family.   He   is founder - owner of Caffe coffee day(CCD).   He obtained a master's degree in economics from Mangalore University, Karnataka. He married to daughter of S. M. Krishna, the former Chief Minister of Karnataka. He owns 12,000 acres (4047 ha) of coffee plantations. Siddhartha founded Global Technology Ventures(GTV) Ltd. in 2000. Currently, he also holds board seats in GTV, Mindtree, Liqwid Krystal, Way2Wealth and Ittiam. GTV has now set up a global technology village near Kengeri on a 59-acre (240,000 m2)technology incubator park in Bangalore. He also holds Bagmane real estate company which build tech parks, hotels, hospitals,   Leisure Resorts   ..etc Siddhartha is #73 India's Richest person.