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Hebbar Iyengars are followers of Ramanuja's philosophy preaching Vishishtadvaita. They are mainly from Mysore, Bangalore, Hassan, Mandya, Tumkur and the surrounding places in southern Karnataka. The etymology of Hebbar, in Kannada, resolves to "hebbu/hiridhu" (meaning big) + "haruva" (meaning brahmin).

The characteristic dialect of the Hebbar Iyengars is called "Hebbar Tamil" and is a mixture of Kannada and archaic Tamil, along with a minor influence of Sanskrit. However almost all Hebbar Iyengars are conversant in Kannada as the language of communication with others in society.

An excellent analysis on Hebbar Tamil has been done here

History: The lack of any written historical records hampers the search for the origin of the Hebbar Iyengars and hence nothing can be precisely concluded about origin of the Hebbar Iyengars. One theory is that the Hebbar Iyengars of today are descended from the Jains residing in Karnataka who were converted to Vishishtadvaita philosophy along with their monarch, Bittideva, the Hoysala king, around 1180 AD, by the philosopher Ramanuja. Ramanuja was at the time residing at Melkote (near Mysore) at that time. However another theory is that Hebbar Iyengars are local Kannadigas introduced to the Vishishtadvaita philosophy by Ramanuja. Another possibility is that the Hebbar Iyengars are the descendants of Ramanuja's disciples from Tamil Nadu during his stay at Melkote.

The sect has good number of contributors to various fields including Literature, Carnatic music, Science and Technology. Prominent amongst these are:

Dr. Raja Ramanna - eminent Nuclear Scientist.
Masti Venkatesh Iyengar - eminent Kannada novelist.
Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar - eminent Kannada novelist.
G. P. Rajarathnam - eminent Kannada novelist.
Vasundhara Das - Singer and Actress.

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 History:
-The lack of any written historical records hampers the search for the origin of the Hebbar Iyengars and hence nothing can be precisely concluded about origin of the Hebbar Iyengars. One theory is that the Hebbar Iyengars of today are descended from the Jains residing in Karnataka who were converted to Vishishtadvaita philosophy along with their monarch, Bittideva, the [[Hoysala]] king, around 1180 AD, by the philosopher Ramanuja. Ramanuja was at the time residing at Melkote (near Mysore) at that time. However another theory is that Hebbar Iyengars are local Kannadigas introduced to the Vishishtadvaita philosophy by Ramanuja. Another possibility is that the Hebbar Iyengars are the descendants of Ramanuja's disciples from Tamil Nadu during his stay at Melkote.
+The lack of any written historical records hampers the search for the origin of the Hebbar Iyengars and hence nothing can be precisely concluded about origin of the Hebbar Iyengars. One theory is that the Hebbar Iyengars of today are descended from the Jains residing in Karnataka who were converted to Vishishtadvaita philosophy along with their monarch, Bittideva, the [[Hoysala]] king, around 1180 AD, by the philosopher Ramanuja. Ramanuja was at the time residing at [[Melkote]] (near Mysore) at that time. However another theory is that Hebbar Iyengars are local Kannadigas introduced to the Vishishtadvaita philosophy by Ramanuja. Another possibility is that the Hebbar Iyengars are the descendants of Ramanuja's disciples from Tamil Nadu during his stay at Melkote.
 The sect has good number of contributors to various fields including Literature, Carnatic music, Science and Technology. Prominent amongst these are: