Bada Poojary hailed from the Iruvail Panila family in the Tulunad, deeply embedded in agrarian and rural-sport traditions.

Background B. Janardhana Poojary, is a senior politician from Indian National Congress party and former union minister. He was born to a Tulu Billawa family on 27 April 1937. His father is Jarappa Poo...
Giriyappa was born to a Biruva(Billawa) family in 1885 as an elder son of Arasappa, who was a social reformer. Giriyappa completed his matriculation at Canara Highschool in 1902, B.A at St. Aloysius C...

Karnad Sadashiva Rao was a prominent Indian freedom fighter and social reformer from Karnataka. He was born to Tulu-speaking family to Ramachandra Rao and Radhabai in the year 1881. He studied in Pres...