Devadiga

Revision as of 13:41, 27 September 2021 by 182.75.249.198 (talk) (Devadiga doesn't belong to vaishnavite. They worship both vishnu and shiva. And in earlier days traditional musical instruments like nadaswara /saxophone , drum, tabala, sambela,etc. are played only by devadigas in Tulunadu)

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Devadiga are a community from the districts of Udupi and Dakshina Kannada in the Indian state of Karnataka. They are temple servants and traditional musicians of Tulunadu. They follow the traditional Tulu system of matrilineal inheritance and have similar marriage ceremonies like Bunts.^[1]

References

↑ Thurston, Edgar. Castes and Tribes of Southern India.

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