Kota Brahmins

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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 Hindu Brahmin subcaste mainly from the Indian state of Karnataka.[1] Kota Brahmins take their name from their native village Kota. They speak a Kannada different from the other regional dialects. Kota Brahmins are mainly concentrated in the villages of Kota of Udupi district.[2] Kotas follow Smarta tradition. The Guru Narasimha Temple, Saligrama is important to them.[3]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Krishnendu Ray, Tulasi Srinivas (2012). Curried Cultures: Globalization, Food, and South Asia. University of California Press. p. 100. ISBN 978-0520270114. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  2. N. Shyam Bhat (1 January 1998). South Kanara, 1799-1860: A Study in Colonial Administration and Regional Response. Mittal Publications. p. 25. ISBN 9788170995869.
  3. Karnataka State Gazetteer: South Kanara. Director of Print., Stationery and Publications at the Government Press. 1973. p. 109. The Kota Brahmins , so called from a village in the northern part of the Udipi taluk, are Smarthas.

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