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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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Among the Dravida families settled in the Telugu country, the following are worth mentioning: Aaraama Dravida; Timila Dravida and Puduru Dravida. Several of the Puduru Dravida families, even today speak Tamil at home though they ....
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There are also a few Dravida Brahmin migrants especially from the Tamilnad speaking either Tamil or Telugu or both.
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Avadhanum Paupiah belonged to a poor but learned Brahmin family in Nellore District. His community is known as the Tummagunta Dravida Community.
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Professor Mamidipudi Venkata Rangayya has a cultured pedigree and he is the descendant of Puduru Dravidian Brahmin family reputed and recognized for Vedic lore.