Introduction to Tulunadu

Tulunadu

Tulunadu is a area that includes major parts of karnataka, kerala. Tulunadu area also include dakshin kannada and Udipi districts of Karnataka. Tulunadu is famous for its very unique language known as Tulu, There are very less people are now can speak Tulu. Its my attempt to give a introduction of a very rare and unique culture which is now going towards extinction.

Tulunadu

TuluNadu is a major part of the south-western coast of India. Includes of the Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts of Karnataka, and the northern parts of the Kasargod district up to the Chandragiri river in Kerala. The Chandragiri river is traditionally considered to be a boundary between Tulu Nadu and Kerala. The first call for Tulu Nadu was made just after the Quit India Movement in 1942 by Srinivas Updhyaya Paniyadi, a banker and a press owner from Udupi. Tulu activists have been demanding a separate Tulu Nadu state since the 1990s, considering language and culture as the basis for their demand.

TuluNadu was ruled by several major powers. tulunadu has very rich history including famous dynasties such as the Kadambas, Alupas, Vijayanagara dynasty, and the Keladi Nayakas. The major part of this region known as Karnataka from 1956. The region encompassing Tulu Nadu formerly comprised the district of South Canara. Tulu Nadu is demographically and linguistically diverse with several languages, including Tulu, Konkarni, Coorgi, Kannada and Telgu. 

The Land and its People

Over the following many centuries, many ethnic groups were migrated to this area. Konkanies from Maharashtra and many of their sub-sects moved to Tulu Nadu, for the purpose of small business. Mangalore was a major port that was serving not only the Portuguese but also the Arabs for maritime trades so it helped many other groups in migration. Jains were already a prominent group and even today are uniquely preserved in Tulu Nadu. Their prominence declined not only after the Hoysala king, Vishnuvardhana converted to Hinduism ' with the influence of Ramanujacharya in Melukote ' but also because of targeted decimation of their population by the Muslim rulers in the North. Jain community thrived in smaller numbers, in the relative safety of Tulu Nadu. The ancient Jains have left behind indelible reminders of their glory with temples-bastis- (Mudabidri) and monolithic statues of Bahubali, the gomateshwara in Karkala, Venoor and now in Dharmasthala.