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Prejudice

Reo Kwon is prejudiced against Kammas. Almost all caste-based articles in Wiki to some extent reflect glorification. Karamchedu incident was a Christian-Hindu conflict. All the so called "dalits" involved in the incident carry Christian names and their forefathers converted to Christianity during British time. The incident was magnified by anti-NTR Congress, Christian controlled media and psuedo-liberal NGOs driven by Christian agendas. -- — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.244.9.164 (talk • contribs)

Wikipedia is written based on reliable sources, a policy that you need to read and understand before commenting. -- Kautilya3 (talk) 10:26, 21 July 2021 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 1 November 2024

Kammas are all not Hindus. Some of us converted to Catholicism in the 17th century by the efforts of Jesuit missionaries. So kindly include Catholicism in the religion section and change Hindu caste to Telugu caste. BruceCarasala (talk) 15:23, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

Do you have a reliable source that we can cite for this? - Adolphus79 (talk) 19:00, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Bowler the Carmine | talk 20:16, 4 November 2024 (UTC)

I'm literally a Kamma Catholic and this is our verbal history. 2001:4958:352A:EF01:5C6B:E5BE:C381:6B12 (talk) 12:44, 3 May 2025 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 19 December 2024

Kamma is a Telugu caste from Southern India. They are believed to have originated from the landed gentry of the Kammanadu (transl. “Kamma Country”) region of the Krishna, Godavari, Guntur and Prakasam districts in Andhra Pradesh. Most historians agree that Kammas were Early Buddhists before adopting Hinduism in the 2nd century BCE. A few Kammas in Guntur converted to Catholicism through the Carnatic Mission of the Jesuits in the 17th century CE. The vast majority of them historically were landed farmers, tax collectors, merchants and moneylenders with a few holding positions of kings, zamindars, military commanders, polygars (governors) and ministers in royal courts. Rev J. Cain states in his book that Kammas were addressed by members of other castes in the Kistna district as “samsari-vallu” (transl. “the honourable”)

Propelled by their military activity in the Vijayanagara Empire, Kammas are believed to have spread out from the region during the Vijayanagara period, followed by some in-migration during the British period and out-migration again during the twentieth century.

Today they are regarded as one of the wealthiest and most educated groups in South India with socio-economic and political prominence throughout the country. In recent times, a sizable number of Kammas have migrated abroad; notably the United States, European Union, Canada, Australia and New Zealand due to India’s positive discrimination policies.

According to their origin story; they are the descendants of Buddhist refugees from the Indo-Gangetic plains in the 1st century BCE who fled because one of them insulted the Brahmin King Pushyamitra Shunga of the Maurya Dynasty for wanting to marry a girl from their community.

They were categorized as “Sat-Shudra” during the British Raj although they continue to claim to be of the Kshatriya varna. Sat-Shudra has a very different meaning south of the Vindhyas because they dominated the society and the economy and are locally seen as the ruling and trading class. BruceCarasala (talk) 12:41, 19 December 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Does all that text go in the article, and if so, where? Note that sources are needed for all of these statements. LizardJr8 (talk) 17:13, 19 December 2024 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 3 May 2025

Kamma is a Telugu caste from Southern India. They are believed to have originated from the feudal elite of the Kammanadu (transl. “Kamma Country”) region which constitutes the modern day districts of Krishna, Godavari, Guntur and Prakasam in Andhra Pradesh. They today constitute 9% of the population in these districts and continue to own over 80% of the lands. Most historians agree that Kammas were Early Buddhists before adopting Hinduism around the 2nd century BCE. A small section of high-ranking military families in Gandikota under the Pemmasani Nayaks converted to Catholicism through the Carnatic Mission of the Jesuits in the 17th century CE.

The overwhelming majority of them historically were landed farmers, tax collectors, military commanders, merchants, zamindars and moneylenders with a few kings, polygars (governors) and ministers in imperial courts. Rev J. Cain states in his book that Kammas were addressed by members of other castes in the Kistna district as “dora-lu” meaning “lords” in Telugu. Propelled by their military activity in the Vijayanagara Empire, Kammas are believed to have spread to Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala during the 14th century, followed by some in-migration during the British period and out-migration again during the twentieth century.

Today they are regarded as one of the wealthiest and most educated groups in South India with socio-economic and political prominence throughout the country. In recent times, a sizable number of Kammas have migrated abroad; notably the United States, European Union, Canada, Australia and New Zealand due to India’s positive discrimination policies. 2001:4958:352A:EF01:5C6B:E5BE:C381:6B12 (talk) 12:42, 3 May 2025 (UTC)

Kindly update the first paragraph of the page as such. 2001:4958:352A:EF01:5C6B:E5BE:C381:6B12 (talk) 12:45, 3 May 2025 (UTC)