User talk:Ashtagrama

Brief History of Ashtagrama

In the early 16th century few of our ancestors from North Arcot District of Tamil Nadu migrated to Ashtagrama villages as learned Priests, Vedic Scholars and Agriculturists.

Once a poor community, after 1950 new generation gradually transformed into well-educated prosperous middle class family.

In the recent years, more than twenty-one thousand of our Ashtagrama people have spread all over India and in other parts of the world including the USA, Canada, England, Australia and Middle East countries.

Majority of our people have slowly migrated from villages to lead their life in major cities like Bangalore, Madras, Mysore and Kolar district.

Its a great pride that our community has many professionals such as Doctors, Engineers, Scientists, Software Engineers, Accountants, Business people who have cherished very well in their profession and contributed their services to our community not only in India but also in countries all over the world.

They speak in a dialect called the Ashtagrama Tamil that has roots from Tamil, Kannada and Telugu.

Geography of Ashtagrama

Ashtagrama or eight villages is expanded into several villages, which is located in the Valley of Palar River, which flows through Kolar district into Tamil Nadu.

The following 10 villages fall on the East side of the Palar River.

Cholagunte

Doddiganahalli

Deverayasamudram

Gangigunte

Honnagaanahalli

Kothamangala

Minijenahalli

Thattangunte

Vijalapura

Yelagundanahalli

The following 5 villages fall on the West side of the Palar river.

Aralakunte

Chamarahalli

Gangapura

Hunkunda

Shillangeri

All these villages are surrounded by picturesque hills, tanks, orchards, agricultural lands and ancient temples located in Kolar district, Karnataka State.

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