Charodi (community)

Charodi also referred to as Meshta/ Achari / Konkani Achari/ Nayak / Khandekar is a community from Karnataka State in India.[1][2] They are usually called as Achari , Mestha or Charodi in Some North part of Karnataka (Karwar, Honnavar , Sirsi and Sagar) and Nayak or Mestha in Southern part of Karnataka (Shiroor, Kundapura , Mangalore).[3]They as per their tales, they have migrated from Goa via sea-route to coastal Karnataka.[1][3]They are included in other backward class communities of Karnataka in post-independent India.[4]They are generally followers of Sringeri Matha.[3] They are also worshipers of Shiva, which is locally also known as Ravalnath.

According to one version , the word Charodi means 'Four (char) boats(hodi) in Konkani, to explain that their ancestors had fled from Goa in four boats. Another version states that the word is the short form acharwadi which means ' settlement of acharis (carpenters)'.

More details can be viewed in www.charodi.asia

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Karnataka by Kumar Suresh Singh, B. G. Halbar. Anthropological Survey of India. 2003. p. 384-389.
  2. ↑ Identity, ecology, social organization, economy, linkages and development process: a quantitative profile by Kumar Suresh Singh. Anthropological Survey of India. 1996. p. 113,144.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Karnataka State gazetteer, Volume 13. Printed by the Director of Print, Stationery and Publications at the Govt. Press. 1973. p. 101.
  4. ↑ "Central list of OBCs for the state of Karnataka"