Some Hebbar Iyengar Surnames/Lastnames |
Ambuga | |
Attavar | |
Belur | This name is after the famous historical town of Belur in Hasan Dist of Karnataka. Belur Temple is the abode of LORD Sri ChennaKeshava |
Bindingnavile | |
Chunchunakatte | |
Darog |  By: Prasana Darog
This Title was conferred on Grandfather by the Britishers when he was the Daroga of Chikmagalur District. By: Raj Narayan I have Found one in geni.com - Darog Venkata Narasimha Iyengar AND could Trace a path as a Tenkol Relative !! |
Dharmapuri |
 By: Raj Narayan - Picture is of My Grand Father
This is now in present day Tamil Nadu. My Grandfather Dharmapuri Ramaswamy Iyengar Hailed from there but at that time it was part of then Mysore State.
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Eswarahalli | |
Gorur | By:- Pradeep Srinivas Gorur is a small hamlet downstream of the Hemavathi Dam (built on the Hemavathi River). Gorur is around 30 km (20 miles) away from Hassan. The deity at Gorur is Yoga Narasimhar. The most famous personality that has come out of Gorur is, of course, Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar. |
Grama (Shantigrama) | |
Halthore | |
Hampapur | |
Haravu | 
By: Haravu Lakshminarasimh Jayaram This is a village close to Pandavpura. My forefathers lived there. The last I know for certain is that my great grandfather (on my father's side) and my grandfather lived there. My grandfather, who went to college in the late 1890's or early 1900's decided to leave the village to pursue a career in Chennai (then Madras) as this was the biggest city in the south. He then migrated to Hyderabad and brought with him his father and others from the village. My grand father decided to adopt the name of the village as his surname and the generations following him have kept up the tradition, although the name Haravu sounds strange to many Indians who misspell the name very badly.
I have visited the village 3 or 4 times and was impressed with its cleanliness and fertile soil and relatively well off citizenry, apparently because farming has been quite successful. Even the children of farm labour seem to be quite well fed and happy. There is a small primary school which I visited and liked.
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Hassan | |
Hebbar | This Last name has been Obvious choice, but very few iyengar families have this. Some South Canara (Tuluva Brahmins) that converted to MadhavaCharya's Philosphy and migrated there (from Nuggehalli) have this last name. |
Hemmige | |
Hiremagalur | |
Iyengar | This Last name has been Obvious choice, and many iyengar families have this. |
Jatavallabha | |
Kalkunte | |
Kambam(kumbam) | |
Kadaba | |
| Kadambi/Kidambi | |
Kedda
|  By: Raj Kedda
It came from Kedda operations. My great grandfather's name is Tatachar Kedda, who developed a technique of hunting and that was called Kedda operations. He was the owner of the technique and operations. From what I am told, Mysore Maharaja declared that as unique and he(Tatachar) was mostly known by that name. My grandfather's name is ShyamIyengar Kedda. My forefather portraits are in Nagorhole Museum and it was also published in Time magazine in 1994. My great grandfather at one time, owned the town of Sulekere. This was a gift from Maharaja to my grandfather. This is from bits and pieces from folks. I dont have beyond that and if others know more, would be happy to hear and learn.
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Kithane |  By: Govind K Kithane
Kithane refers to a small village which is situated @ 8th KM on the way to Mysore from Hassan.If u have heard Ambuga , it's just opp. (other side )to it. Kithane has a keshava temple built in 12th century which is under renovation now. Coming January (Januray 2010) there will be Gopura Prathishatam from 18th to 20th. Earlier there used to be 15 to 20 Iyengar families in kithane ( As told by Late.Grandma) which is reduced to 2 now. Currently we have 15-20 smartha Brahman families staying apart from Iyengars. |
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| Kollegal / Kungalli | |
| Mavanoor | |
| Mavinakere | Mavinkere is a Hillock Village and Home to Mavinkere SriRanganatha Temple. Even for people of Halthore, their Haath Parumal is The Lord here. |
| Mallur/Malloor |  By: Lavanya J Srinivasan
The origin of these names is from Doddamallur situated near Kanva River on Bangalore-Mysore Highway, about 2 Km from Channapatna. The village is famous for Lord Aprameya Swamy temple and Lord Navaneetha Krishna (Ambegal Krishna) temple. Saint Purandara Dasa composed the song: Adisidalu Yashoda Jagaoddharana after being inspired by the darshan of Lord Navaneetha Krishna. Doddamallur was patronized by Saint Ramanujacharya and has his deity in the main temple
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| Melkote | Many Iyengar families that hail from this region have their last name as Melkote. |
| Moudhgal (Moudgal) | |
| Mudambi | Mudambi was a coffee estate in Coorg district and some Iyengar Families that used to work and live there carry this their Last Name / Surname. |
| Nonavinakere | |
| Nuggehalli | |
| Ponnathpur | By: Ponnathpur Srinivasa Iyengar Bhagavan
This town was in Hasan district, karnataka, India. The erstwhile town was hosting several Iyengar families. Now the town is submerged in Hemavati River Back Waters of Gorur Dam.
Check out article under Family Tree |
| Sampige | This is Temple town dedicated to Sri Sampige Srinivasa and many Iyengar families hailing from there have Srivatsa Gotra. |
| Setlur (Setloor / Chetlur) | |
| Shanka (Shankam) | |
| Shankavaram | |
| Shantigrama | |
| Tangli (Tengli) | |
Tumkur | |
Yaadike |  Raghavan K.V This is Surname Carried by Ancestors of Families that now has Last Names as Kadaba or Bindignavile. Originally this Village exists in Andhra Pradesh and names have been adopted due to Migrations etc. Generally they have their Gotra as Kutsasa/Kutsa |
| Yeliyur |  Checkout Details of Yeliyuru balaga by Dr.YNI Anand under Family Tree Page |
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