Kota Brahmins

Kota Brahmin
Regions with significant populations
Karnataka, India
Languages
Mother tongue is Kota Kannada, a dialect of Kannada[1]
Religion
Hinduism

Kota Brahmins are a community from the Kundapur and surrounding areas of Udupi[1] district in Karnataka, Mangalore, Bantwal and Puttur taluk in Dakshina Kannada district. Originally thought to have been brought to Kota (Udupi Taluk) and adjacent areas from northern India by Parashurama, they speak a Kannada different from the other regional dialects. Kota Brahmins who had been originally concentrated in the villages of Kota, Saligrama, Koteshwara and Kundapura of Udupi district, have spread to other areas.

Kotas are a subsect of the Brahmin caste of Hinduism.

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References

  1. 1 2 Krishnendu Ray, Tulasi Srinivas (2012). Curried Cultures: Globalization, Food, and South Asia. University of California Press. p. 100. ISBN 0520270118. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
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