Adiga

Adiga is a [Tulu and Kannada people] surname from coastal Karnataka in India. It is found among Hindus of the Shivalli Brahmin community.

Notable people with the surname include:

• Aravind Adiga, author of the book White Tiger, winner of the Man Booker Prize in 2008
• Gopalakrishna Adiga, pioneer of Navya-style poetry
• K. Suryanarayana Adiga, Indian lawyer and politician
• Rakesh Adiga, Indian film actor

See also

• Adyghe (disambiguation), sometimes spelled Adighe, alternate name for the Circassian people originally from the North Caucasus area in Russia

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