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'''Reddy'''/'''Reddi''' is an Indian surname. In India it is predominantly used by members of the [[Telugu language|Telugu]] speaking [[Reddy]] caste. It is also used as a surname by members of the Reddi [[Lingayat]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Reddy|first=K N|date=12 January 2017|title= Karnataka: The Lingayats are no longer as united as they were?|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/120117/the-lingayats-no-longer-as-united-as-they-were.html |work=Deccan Chronicle |location=Gulbarga, Karnataka, India|access-date=13 April 2021}}</ref> and [[Vokkaliga#Subgroups|Reddy Vokkaliga]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://karepass.cgg.gov.in/CasteReport.do?actionParameter=CasteWise&castecat_code=4|title=Karnataka Caste Wise Report}}</ref><ref name="Second Backward Classes Commission">{{cite book|date=1986 |title=Report of the Second Backward Classes Commission|volume=3|location=Bangalore|publisher=Government of Karnataka|pages=48–49}}:”'Okkalu' means cultivation or agriculture. The main sub-divisions are 'Morasu Vokkaliga', 'Ganga- dikara Vokkaliga', Kudu Vokkaliga, Kunchitiga, Hallikar(Pallikar) Vokkaliga, Namdhari Vokkaliga, Reddy Vokkaliga, Telugu Vokkaliga, Sarpa Vokkaliga, Uppinakolagada Vokkaliga, Mustiku Vokkaliga, Kapu Vokkaliga, Pakanatha Reddy Vokkaliga, Nadashetty Vokkaliga, Gowdas, Gounder and Vokkaliga Hegde.”</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Bhatt |first1=S.C.|last2=Bhargava|first2=Gopal K.|date=2006|title=Land and People of Indian States and Union Territories: In 36 Volumes. Karnataka, Volume 13|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zo5lvtslcEUC&q=reddy+vokkaliga&pg=PA145|location=Delhi|publisher=Kalpaz Publications|page=145|isbn=81-7835-369-5}}</ref> communities of Karnataka.