The Baliga surname is used by three major families in the Goud Saraswath Brahmin community: the Bantwal Baliga, Manjeshwar Baliga and Kallianpur Baliga.
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The other notable mention is in The Ancient History of South Canara written by Ganapathi Rao Aigal, which mentions one Damarsa Bale, among nine other Samasthas (Noblemen) of Bantwal, signing a copper inscription of offering to Sri Bhadra Narasimha Temple of Manjeshwar.
Manjeshwar Ganapathi Rao Aigal (1881–1944) was a Historian and served as a Teacher in Bantwal, Dakshina Kannada.