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Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Baliga is a family name used by the Goud Saraswat Brahmins (GSB for short) of the Konkan region of India.The Baliga surname is used by three major families in the Goud Saraswath Brahmin community: the Bantwal Baliga, Manjeshwar Baliga and Kallianpur Baliga. Their Gotra and Kuldevata are different. The Manjeshwar Baligas are of Koundinya Gotra and Kallianpur Baligas are of Vachcha Gotra and both worship the deities of Ramnathi and Santheri Kamakshi. Bantwal Baligas are of Kashyap Gotra and they worship Aryadurga and Damodar as their Kuldev (family deities).Baliga is the written form of the surname but actually in spoken language it is used as Bale or Ballo.The earliest documented evidence referring to a Baliga or Ballo can be found in the book \"The Goa Inquisition - Being A Quarter Century Commemoration Study On Inquisition On India\" by Ananth K. Priolkar. During the Goa Inquisition in 1567, soon after the temples in Salcete had been destroyed, a meeting of its inhabitants was convened by the invading Portuguese and they were asked to disclose under oath the information regarding the properties held by the destroyed Hindu Temples. In the list of those who were present in one such meeting there is one Ballo called Naru Ballo. You can search this string \"Naru Ballo\" in Google Books and get a restricted result displaying a snippet on this para.In 1637, at the flourishing rice port of Basrur (Barcelore in Portuguese Records) on the Canara Coast, a group of merchants expressed their unhappiness over the atrocities by local Portuguese officials to the Portuguese Viceroy of Goa, through a letter. The letter also said that if the problems continued they will leave the port city with their money. This letter was signed by one Narayan Ballo, Shiv Ballo and Damo Ballo among other Saraswat and Jain merchants.The other notable mention is in The Ancient History of South Canara written by Ganapathi Rao Aigal, which mentions one Damarsa Bale, among nine other Samasthas (Noblemen) of Bantwal, signing a copper inscription of offering to Sri Bhadra Narasimha Temple of Manjeshwar. Details about this inscription, created in the year 1747 A.D., The complete text can be found in the above book.Today, there are families in Goa who use the surname Bale and their Gotra and Kuldev match that of the Manjeshwar Baligas. Since the actual form of the surname Baliga in usage in Konkani language is Bale or Ballo, we can assume the connection between Manjeshwar Baligas and Bales of Goa.Some historians claim that foot soldiers wielding spears were called Balle (Ballo for singular, Balle for plural). The soldier Ballo (Baliga) was under the command of the Nayak (Chieftain). The daily requirements of every family for survival, presentations, etc., were the responsibility of the Ballo.The faction of the Baligas that reside in current day Bantwal, called Bantwal Baligas, are said by some to have hailed from the Hegde family. Incidentally, the Hegde Family also bears the same Gotra (Kashyap) and Kuldevata (Aryadurga-Damodar)."@en }

• Baliga abstract "Baliga is a family name used by the Goud Saraswat Brahmins (GSB for short) of the Konkan region of India.The Baliga surname is used by three major families in the Goud Saraswath Brahmin community: the Bantwal Baliga, Manjeshwar Baliga and Kallianpur Baliga. Their Gotra and Kuldevata are different. The Manjeshwar Baligas are of Koundinya Gotra and Kallianpur Baligas are of Vachcha Gotra and both worship the deities of Ramnathi and Santheri Kamakshi. Bantwal Baligas are of Kashyap Gotra and they worship Aryadurga and Damodar as their Kuldev (family deities).Baliga is the written form of the surname but actually in spoken language it is used as Bale or Ballo.The earliest documented evidence referring to a Baliga or Ballo can be found in the book \"The Goa Inquisition - Being A Quarter Century Commemoration Study On Inquisition On India\" by Ananth K. Priolkar. During the Goa Inquisition in 1567, soon after the temples in Salcete had been destroyed, a meeting of its inhabitants was convened by the invading Portuguese and they were asked to disclose under oath the information regarding the properties held by the destroyed Hindu Temples. In the list of those who were present in one such meeting there is one Ballo called Naru Ballo. You can search this string \"Naru Ballo\" in Google Books and get a restricted result displaying a snippet on this para.In 1637, at the flourishing rice port of Basrur (Barcelore in Portuguese Records) on the Canara Coast, a group of merchants expressed their unhappiness over the atrocities by local Portuguese officials to the Portuguese Viceroy of Goa, through a letter. The letter also said that if the problems continued they will leave the port city with their money. This letter was signed by one Narayan Ballo, Shiv Ballo and Damo Ballo among other Saraswat and Jain merchants.The other notable mention is in The Ancient History of South Canara written by Ganapathi Rao Aigal, which mentions one Damarsa Bale, among nine other Samasthas (Noblemen) of Bantwal, signing a copper inscription of offering to Sri Bhadra Narasimha Temple of Manjeshwar. Details about this inscription, created in the year 1747 A.D., The complete text can be found in the above book.Today, there are families in Goa who use the surname Bale and their Gotra and Kuldev match that of the Manjeshwar Baligas. Since the actual form of the surname Baliga in usage in Konkani language is Bale or Ballo, we can assume the connection between Manjeshwar Baligas and Bales of Goa.Some historians claim that foot soldiers wielding spears were called Balle (Ballo for singular, Balle for plural). The soldier Ballo (Baliga) was under the command of the Nayak (Chieftain). The daily requirements of every family for survival, presentations, etc., were the responsibility of the Ballo.The faction of the Baligas that reside in current day Bantwal, called Bantwal Baligas, are said by some to have hailed from the Hegde family. Incidentally, the Hegde Family also bears the same Gotra (Kashyap) and Kuldevata (Aryadurga-Damodar).".