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{{short description|Caste of Brahmins in southern India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2019}}
{{Infobox caste
| caste_name=Dravida Brahmins
| classification=[[Forward caste]]
| subdivisions=
| state=[[Tamil Nadu]]
| populated_states=[[Tamil Nadu]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Telangana]]
| languages=[[Telugu language|Telugu]]
| religions=[[Hinduism]]
}}
'''Dravida Brahmins''' (or simply '''Dravidulu''') is a sub-caste of the [[Telugu Brahmins]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]] in [[South India]], who migrated from [[Tamil Nadu]] in history.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Andhras through the ages|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dzduAAAAMAAJ&q=dravida+brahmin|author=Kandavalli Balendu Sekaram|publisher=Sri Saraswati Book Depot|year=1973|page=29|quote=One of the very important sections among the Telugu Brahmins are Dravida Brahmins. Their very name indicates their South Indian or Tamil origin. A very large number of Brahmin families migrated from Tamil Nadu to Andhra Pradesh}}</ref>

==Origin==
During the reign of [[Rajaraja Narendra]] a few of [[Tamil Brahmin]] families settled in different parts of [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite book|title=India's communities, Volume 1; Volume 5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jw9uAAAAMAAJ|author=Kumar Suresh Singh|publisher=Oxford University Press|page=883|year=1998|quote=DRAVIDULU The 'Dravidulu' a subcaste of Telugu Brahman are said to have originated from the Dravida Brahman of Southern India. They belong to the Pancha Dravida Brahmans. They were brought from Thanjavur by Raja Narendra in the tenth century A.D. Tamil is their mother tongue, but all are conversant in Telugu|isbn = 9780195633542}}</ref> These [[Tamil Brahmins]] who had settled in the [[Andhra Pradesh]] are known as the Dravida Brahmins.<ref>{{cite book|title=Sri Venkateswara University Oriental Journal, Volume 48|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qwJuAAAAMAAJ|publisher=Oriental Research Institute, Sri Venkateswara University|year=2005|page=64|quote=The Tamil brahmanas who had settled in the Andradesa are known as the Dravida brahmanas and they are referred to after their native village as i) Peruru Dravidulu ii) Arama Dravidulu iii) Puduru Dravidulu iv) Tummagunta Dravidulu etc.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mYEnBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA51|title=Divine Sounds from the Heart—Singing Unfettered in their Own Voices: The Bhakti Movement and its Women Saints (12th to 17th Century)|author=Rekha Pande|publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing|accessdate=13 September 2010|page=51|isbn=9781443825252|date=13 September 2010}}</ref>

==Classification==
They fall under the
[[Pancha-Dravida|Pancha Dravida Brahmin]] classification of the [[Brahmin]] community in [[India]].<ref>{{cite book|title=People of India: Andhra Pradesh (3 pts.)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cvcejt9krDkC|author=Kumar Suresh Singh|publisher=Anthropological Survey of India|year=1992|page=565|isbn = 9788176710060}}</ref> Dravida Brahmins are divided into several sub-sects, which are named after the places in which they have settled such Aaraama Dravidulu, Pudur Dravidulu, Konaseema Dravidulu, Peruru Dravidulu, Tummagunta Dravidulu and Dimili Dravidulu.<ref>{{cite book|title=Caste dynamics in village India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KyRDAQAAIAAJ|author=Chintamani Lakshmanna|publisher=Nachiketa Publications|year=1973|page=59|quote=On the other hand those who settled in Aramam are known as Arama Dravidulu and those who settled in Dimila in Yelamanchili are called Dimila Dravidulu. These latter two sects are looked down upon by the former.}}</ref><ref>http://pudurdravida.com/2%20Puduru%20Dravidas%20-%20A%20Short%20History.pdf</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Forward Castes]]
* [[Iyer]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Telugu Brahmin communities]]
[[Category:Social groups of Andhra Pradesh]]

Dravidulu - Revision history

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