TuLu Research & Studies

A heritage blog by: Ravindra Mundkur & Hosabettu Vishwanatha

TuLu Research & Studies

A heritage blog by: Ravindra Mundkur & Hosabettu Vishwanatha

TuLu Research & Studies

A heritage blog by: Ravindra Mundkur & Hosabettu Vishwanatha

Saturday, August 30, 2008

141.Village name suffixes

The usual word-suffixes for designating villages in Dravidian languages in southern India are -oor, palli/ halli, grama, naaD, koppal etc. ...

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

140.Uchila

Uchila village in the NH 17 between Mangalore and Udupi is an interesting name that has been interpreted differently. There is one more Uchi...

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

139.Cluster villages

Like regions united socio-politically into States and confederations, certain like-minded adjacent villages during the history, united thems...

Monday, August 25, 2008

138. Mandekolu

'Mande-kakke' in Tulu represents rather unusual large headed crow that makes slightly different sound compared with the ordinary c...

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

137.Chitrapu

Chitrapu is a picturesque peninsula like semi-island along the Karavali coastline located southwest of Mulki town. It is formed in the coast...

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

136. Kukkian lineage

Kukkian is one of the lineages among the present Billava community. This surname is generally not found in other Tulu communities. Evidences...

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Debacle of a verdant land : ‘Bailare’ at Posodi

Contributed by Hosabettu Viswanath Since my contribution on ‘ Bailare ’ (Post 120), I was thinking about the irretrievable damage done to ‘...

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