The Vokkaligas are an Indian caste or social group found mainly in the Old Mysore Region

Mysore State

The Kingdom of Mysore was one of the three largest princely states within the erstwhile British Empire of India. Upon India gaining its independence in 1947, the Maharaja of Mysore merged his realm with the Union of India...

 of southern Karnataka

Karnataka

Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...

 state. In Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

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 they are known as Okkaligar and use Gowder as a title. The Vokkaliga belong to the Vaisya (cultivator) varna in Hinduism, sometimes classified as satvic.
Vokkalathana in Kannada language means tilling land and Vokkaliga means one who tills land.