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Tulu Nadu is bounded on the west by the Arabian Sea and on the east by the Western Ghats. With Chandragiri river forming a historical southern border. Tulu Nadu spans an area of 8,441 km 2 (3,259 sq mi), roughly 4.4 per cent of the total geographical area of present-day Karnataka and Kasaragod district is the northernmost district of Kerala.
According to mythology, Tulu Nadu was reclaimed by Parashurama from the sea. [citation needed] According to the 17th-century Malayalam work Keralolpathi, the lands of Kerala and Tulu Nadu were recovered from the Arabian Sea by the axe-wielding warrior sage Parasurama, the sixth avatar of Vishnu (hence, Kerala is also called Parasurama Kshetram 'The Land of Parasurama' [6]).
The predominant languages in Tulu Nadu are Tulu, Kundagannada, Konkani, Malayalam, and Beary, [12] [13] [14] with Tulu being the lingua franca in Mangalore and major parts of Udupi district. Hinduism is followed by many of the population, with Billavas , Devadigas , Bunts , Kulalas , Mogaveeras , Ganiga , and Vokkaliga (Native Tuluvas).
Mera (also known as Moger in Tulu and Mogera in Kannada), is a community of Tulu Nadu, India, an indigenous people mainly spread in the areas of modern Kasaragod District of Kerala and Mangalore, Udupi, Coorg Districts of Karnataka. They follow a matriarchal family system called as "Bari". The Language spoken by Meras' is Tulu.
The Bunt (/ ˈ b ʌ n t /, [1] Tulu: [bɐɳʈɐɾɯ]) people are an Indian community who historically have inhabited the Tulu Nadu region in South India. [2] Bunts were traditionally a warrior-class or martial caste community, [3] [4] with agrarian origins, [2] forming the landed gentry of the region. [5]
According to the works of Sangam literature (300 BCE – 300 CE), [5] [6] [7] Tulu Nadu was one of the 12 socio-geographical regions included in the ancient Tamilakam. [8] Tulu Nadu must certainly at one time have formed part of ancient Kerala (Chera dynasty), where the western coastal dialect of Old Tamil was spoken. [9]
The history of Bhuta Kola is unknown but some scholars suppose that this tradition was probably originated during 700 BCE by the migration of early tulu tribes introducing the worship of Bermer , Panjurli (the boar spirit) and other spirits although Bhuta Kola is a modified form of prehistoric religious rituals.
Since antiquity, much of the Canara coast (now spelled as 'Kanara') occupied a culturally distinct area known as Tulu Nadu. [5] Historically, Tulu Nadu lay between the Gangavalli River in the north and the Chandragiri River in the south. [6] Currently, Tulu Nadu consists of the Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts of Karnataka, and the ...