Gowda is popular surname in Karnataka state in India, though originally it refers to a person who holds senior most position in the village, that infers that Gowda is not a caste name, its a name given to the head of village, in karnataka there are many Gowdas yadava (golla),Kuruba, Eediga, Vokkaliga etc. Gowda is not the surname of any caste, however Kuruba, eegidas [Ezhava] and vokkaligas have surnames as Gowda. In north karnataka lingayaths also have the surname of gowdas but they are pure vegetarian and they worship Lord basavanna as their dharma guru. Edgar Thurston, (Castes and Tribes of Southern India), the popular Kannada linguist Shamba Joshi and others propose a derivation from the Sanskrit - go (cow) and govala (cowherd) (Govala->Goula- >Gowda). Etymology The etymology of Gauda is also heavily debated by scholars. The term and its archaic forms Gamunda, Gavunda, Gavuda (and hence Gauda), appear frequently in the inscriptions of Karnataka, recorded in the Epigraphia Carnatica. In fact the Epigraphia Carnatica is replete with such references to land grants, donations to temples, hero-stones (Veeragallu), stone edicts and copper plates dating back to the age of the Western Ganga Dynasty (est. 350 CE) and earlier. Attributing a Sanskrit origin, H.V.Nanjundayya has derived the word from Grama or Gava meaning a village and Munda meaning head, thus a Gamunda being the head of the village. Gowda communities Kodagu Gowda Kumbara Gowda Telugu Gowda/ Gouda/Goud Notable people Siddaramaiah Siddarame Gowda, Current Chief Minister of Karnataka D. V. Sadananda Gowda, Indian politician who was the 20th Chief Minister of Karnataka Kempe Gowda I (1510 -1569), feudatory ruler under the Vijayanagara Empire H. D. Deve Gowda (born 1933), the 11th Prime Minister of India (1996–1997) Tulsi Gowda Vikas Gowda (born 1983) , Indian discus thrower Girisha Nagarajegowda (born 1988) , Indian paralympic silver medalist Arun Mune Gowda (born 1982) , Karnataka Table tennis player
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