Tulu Gowda

Dakshina Kannada and Kodagu Vokkaliga Gowdas

Emblem of Tulu (Dakshina Kannada) and Arebhashe (Kodagu) Vokkaliga Gowdas.
Total population
(approx 0.4 million in South Canara and Kodagu)
Regions with significant populations
Dakshina Kannada, Coorg, Bangalore, Mysore
Languages
Tulu and Are Bhashe
Religion
Hinduism
Related ethnic groups
Tuluvas, Kodavas, (10 Kutumba - 18 Bali/Gotra), Vokkaliga, Gowda

Tulu Gowda (Dakshina Kannada and Kodagu Gowda) communities, as their name indicates, hail mostly from those districts. Tulu Gowdas are Vokkaliga community they are speak Tulu in Dakshin Kannada and Are Bhashe in Kodagu places. Originally they are the migrants from Ikkeri (present Shimoga District). They were originally Natha Pantha and Shivaites owing allegiance to Sringeri Matha. Later Emperor Vishnuvardhana's rule they became Vaishnavites and worship 'Tirupati Timmappa' (Balaji of Thirupati) and 'Sabbakka' (Sharada of Sringeri). They speak the Are Bhashe or Gowda Kannada dialect of Tulu and Kannada. They are said to have 10 Kutumba and 18 Balis as their primordial root families, from which arose around a Nooru Mane or hundred families. Concerning the Vokkaligas in the district of Dakshina Kannada & Coorg, Rev. G. Richter, in Gazetteer of Coorg (1870) lists them as Tulu Gowdas (Vokkaligas in Dakshin Kannada and Kodagu) who migrated to Coorg (Kodagu) from the Mangaluru-Udupi (Dakshina Kannada-Udupi) region under the Canarese (Kannada) speaking peoples.

Tulu and Are Bhase Gowdas are a major ethnic group in parts of Dakshina Kannada, like Belthangady, Puttur, parts of Bantwal and SulliaTaluks, and in parts of Kodagu.

Marriages and Gotra's

Gowdas believe that people from same Bali or Gotra marry as they have originated from the same base family. However, cousin marriage between children of brother and sister is accepted (but not between children of two brothers or two sisters). Once married, a girl assumes the okka name of her husband. People followed "Makkala Kattu" system of inheritance.[1]

The "Tribe System" still remains powerful in Gowdas to play a crucial role in strengthening and expanding the Gowdas family. The Gotra comes down from the father to the children in Gowda. Some scholars have attempted to achieve 18 bali(gotra) in Gowda, based on the words "Ten families Eighteen tribe" in Gowda.[2]

Now only 12 bari(tribe) are present in Gowdas.[3] They are

Originally the Gowda Culture Book Further more, some sources have 18 families (including 12 above)

Culture

Tulu/Kodagu Gowdas are celebrate Huttri Habba. Huttri means new rice and is the rice harvest festival (also called huttari in Kannada). This takes place in late November or early December.

On the day the whole family, which is decorated with flowers and green mango leaves and banana leaves.Then the eldest member of the family hands a sickle to the head of the family and one of the women leads a procession to the paddy fields with a lit lamp in her hands. The path leading to the field is decorated. Then beginning of the harvest, with chanting of Poli Poli Deva (prosperity) by all present. Then the symbolic harvesting of the crop begins. The rice is cut and stacked and tied in odd numbers and is carried home to be offered to the gods.

References

  1. ↑ "History of Tulu and Arebashe Gowdas". KDK Gowda. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Root Families of Tulu and Arebashe Gowdas".
  3. ↑ "Bali of Tulu and Arebashe Gowdas".
  1. ↑ "KODAGU & DAKSHINA KANNADA GOWDAS (Arebashe and Tulu Gowdas)".
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