Hebbar Iyengar

Hebbar Iyengar
Guru	Ramanuja
Religions	Hinduism
Languages	Kannada, Hebbar Tamil, Telugu, Sanskrit,
Country	India
Original state	Karnataka
Populated states	Karnataka
Related groups	Iyengars

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Hebbar Iyengar or Hebbari Srivaishnava is a caste of Hindu Brahmins of Tamil and Kannada origin whose members follow the Visishtadvaita philosophy propounded by Ramanuja. They are found primarily in the Indian state of Karnataka especially in the southern districts.^{[ citation needed ]} They speak Hebbar Tamil, a minority dialect. ^{[1] [2]}

Notable Hebbar Iyengars

• Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar - yogacharya credited with popularizing yoga in the west
• B.S. Ranga - Film director and producer
• Raja Ramanna - Nuclear physicist and director of India's nuclear program
• H.K. Kesavan - Systems theorist and computer scientist at the University of Waterloo., and first chair of Electrical Engineering at IIT, Kanpur
• Jairam Ramesh - Indian politician from the Indian National Congress
• Sargur Srihari - Computer scientist at the University at Buffalo, credited with developing the first handwritten address interpretation system
• Vasundhara Das - actress and playback singer ^[3]

See also

• Visishtadvaita

References

1. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/356986189_Pronouns_and_grammatical_markers_in_Hebbar_Tamil
2. "News & Media". Hebbar Sabha. 7 December 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
3. "What do Aishwarya Rai, Guru Dutt, Feroz Khan have in common? Take a look at B-wood's Karnataka connection". News18. Retrieved 19 June 2025.