# Ballal > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ballal > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ballal.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballal > Source revision: 1354710292 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} '''Ballal''' (also spelt as '''Ballala''') is a [Tulu](/source/Tulu_language) surname from [coastal Karnataka](/source/coastal_Karnataka) in [India](/source/India). It is found among Shivalli Madhva Brahmins, [Hindu Samantha Arasu](/source/Hindu_Samantha_Arasu), [Bunt](/source/Bunt_(community)) and [Jain](/source/Jainism) Royal communities.{{cite book|title=Gender, Genre, and Power in South Asian Expressive Traditions|first1=Arjun |last1=Appadurai |first2=Frank J. |last2=Korom |first3=Margaret A. |last3=Mills |year=1991|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press|isbn=0-8122-1337-8}}{{cite news|title=For Veerendra Heggade, to serve is divine|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/031217/for-veerendra-heggade-to-serve-is-divine.html|accessdate=12 January 2018|agency=Deccan Chronicle}} ==History== The origin of the title 'Ballal' is reflects a claim of descent from the Hoysala dynasty|Hoysala Ballal|Kadamba Dynasty|Hindu Samantha Arasu Ballal kings.[Thurston, Ganapathi Igal, Ram Bhat Edgar Dr Munro](/source/Edgar_Thurston); [K. Rangachari](/source/K._Rangachari) (1909). [Castes and Tribes of Southern India](/source/Castes_and_Tribes_of_Southern_India) Volume 1.[https://archive.org/stream/castestribesofso01thuriala#page/145/mode/1up/search/ballal Pg. 145] Madras: Government Press The Hoysalas had matrimonial relations with the Alupa royal family of coastal Karnataka. In the Book Prachina Tulunadu (Ancient [Tulu nadu](/source/Tulu_nadu)), The writers N. S. Kille and N. A. Sheenappa Heggade state that following the decline of [Alupas](/source/Alupas), the coastal region of Karnataka (except kasaragod) came under the sway of powerful local Bunt-Jain feudal families who established feudatory states or chiefdoms. These Feudal lords and petty kings were generally referred to as Bunt Nadava's later owed allegiance to the [Vijayanagara Empire](/source/Vijayanagara_Empire).{{cite book|last1=Kiile, N. S. and N. A. Sheenappa Heggade|title=Prachina Tulunadu (Ancient Tulunadu)|date=1954|publisher=Universal Printers and. Publishers Limited}} Kadamba kings in the southern regions of erstwhile [South Canara](/source/South_Canara) and North [Kerala](/source/Kerala) sought to establish their high prestige and separate royal identity. The [Samantha Arasu Ballal and Varma](/source/Samantha_Arasu_ballal) kings were descendants of the kadamba Dynasty.{{cite book|last1=Ethnographic and Folk-Culture Society (Uttar Pradesh, India)|title=The Eastern Anthropologist, Volume 30|date=1977|publisher=Ethnographic and Folk Culture Society|page=154|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6XILAAAAIAAJ|accessdate=12 January 2018}} Various Ballal families are frequently mentioned in [Tulu](/source/Tulu_language) folk songs called Pardana. The Folk epic of [Koti and Chennayya](/source/Koti_and_Chennayya) for example, describes a battle between three Ballal princes namely the Ballal of Padumale, the Ballal of Panja and the Ballal of Yenmoor. The Ballal king is said to have built Shri Vaidyanatha Daivasthana temple, Shaktinagar, Mangalore{{cite book|last1=Günther-Dietz Sontheimer|title=In the Company of Gods: Essays in Memory of Günther-Dietz Sontheimer|date=2005|publisher=Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts [in association with] Manohar|isbn=9788173045912|pages=145–152|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V6rXAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=12 January 2018}} Following the chaos that followed the fall of the Vijayanagara Empire, The [Nayakas of Keladi](/source/Nayakas_of_Keladi) took control of the area and seem to have subdued a confederacy of the various Ballal families that held sway in the coastal region of Karnataka.{{cn|date=June 2022}} Guedumardady, Maipady, Doltady, Kulur, Panambur, Pedanar, Mudibidri, Yerumal, Kapu, Katpadi, Nidambur, Pervodi, Chittupadi, Belor, Konnara, Mudradi, Hebri, Hiretor, Tomboso, Anaji, Tagrette, Herar, Gololer, Agumbe, Muttur, Malor, Modicar, Adolly, Jeppu, Kedambady, Muloly, and Vitla were said to have been subdued and they were forced to pay annual tributes.{{cite book|last1=Bhagamandala Seetharama Shastry|title=Goa-Kanara Portuguese Relations, 1498-1763|date=2000|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|isbn=9788170228486|page=147|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=raLL0A3Pb_0C}} The title Ballal in its feminine form '''Ballalthi''' also appears to have been born by females. This was possible as the matrilineal culture of the Bunts allowed women to take family titles and enjoy ownership of land. An inscription from 1673 C.E states that one Sankara Devi Ballalthi possessed ownership of a land called ''[Kambala](/source/Kambala) gadde'' in [Sullia](/source/Sullia).{{cite book|title=The Quarterly Journal of the Mythic Society (Bangalore, India)., Volume 74|date=1983|publisher=Mythic Society (Bangalore, India)|page=151|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5R5uAAAAMAAJ}} Some women bearing the title are known to have established ancient temples as well. Ammu Devi Ballalthi was associated with establishing the [Dharmasthala Temple](/source/Dharmasthala_Temple) and the Ballalthi of Moodubelle is said to have established the Mahalingeshwara temple in [Belle, Udupi](/source/Belle%2C_Udupi){{cite news|title=Moodubelle Mahalingeshwara Temple|url=http://www.udayavani.com/kannada/news/nri-news/222828/moodubelle-mahalingeshwara-temple-reconstruction-committee-special-meeting|accessdate=3 September 2017|agency=[Udayavani](/source/Udayavani)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903164512/http://www.udayavani.com/kannada/news/nri-news/222828/moodubelle-mahalingeshwara-temple-reconstruction-committee-special-meeting|archive-date=3 September 2017|url-status=dead}} ==Notable people== *[Ramabai Peshwa](/source/Ramabai_Peshwa), wife of [Madhavrao I](/source/Madhavrao_I) *[Ashish Kumar Ballal](/source/Ashish_Kumar_Ballal), former Indian National Hockey Team Captain * [H. S. Ballal](/source/H._S._Ballal), Pro Chancellor, [Manipal University](/source/Manipal_Academy_of_Higher_Education) * [Hamdan Ballal](/source/Hamdan_Ballal), Palestinian filmmaker and photographer * [Kishori Ballal](/source/Kishori_Ballal), actor * [Vyasaraya Ballal](/source/Vyasaraya_Ballal), Kannada writer ==See also== * [Heggade](/source/Heggade)s, another historical title was used by Arasu Samantha ballal family's of Vitla, Karnataka ==References== {{reflist}} {{surname}} Category:Tulu-language surnames Category:Bunt (community) surnames --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Ballal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballal) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballal?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.