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Kanara

The Kanara or Canara region (called Karavali) that comprises three coastal districts of Karnataka

Karnataka

Karnataka is a States and territories of India in the southern part of India. It was Unification of Karnataka on November 1, 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act....
, a southern state of India

India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
. Tulu, Konkani

Konkani language

Konkani is an Indo-Aryan languages belonging to the Indo-European languages family of languages spoken in the Konkan coast of India. It has approximately 7.6 million speakers of its two individual languages, Konkani and Goan Konkani....
and Kannada are the main languages spoken here.

Geography
The three districtis in the region are North Canara (Uttara Kannada

Uttara Kannada

Uttara Kannada is a district in the southern Indian states and territories of India of Karnataka. It is sometimes called North Canara, or North Kanara....
) whose administrative headquarters is Karwar

Karwar

Karwar is the capital of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka, India; it is a seaside town situated on the west coast of the Indian subcontinent....
, Udupi district

Udupi district

Udupi District in the Karnataka state of India was created in August 1997. The three northern taluks, Udupi, Kundapur and Karkal, were separated from Dakshina Kannada to form Udupi district....
whose district headquarters is Udupi

Udupi

Udupi is a city and the headquarters of the Udupi District in the States of India of Karnataka. Udupi is famous for the Krishna temple located here....
, and South Canara (Dakshina Kannada

Dakshina Kannada

Dakshina Kannada , , is a coastal Districts of Karnataka in the states and territories of India of Karnataka in India. It is bordered by Udupi District to the north, Chikkamagaluru district to the northeast, Hassan District to the east, Kodagu District to the southeast, and Kasaragod District in Kerala to the south....
), whose administrative headquarters is Mangalore

Mangalore

Mangalore is the chief port city of the India state of Karnataka. Bounded by the Arabian Sea and the Western Ghats mountain ranges, Mangalore is the administrative headquarters of the Dakshina Kannada district in southwestern Karnataka....
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The Kanara or Canara region (called Karavali) that comprises three coastal districts of Karnataka

Karnataka

India

Konkani language

Geography

The three districtis in the region are North Canara (Uttara Kannada

Uttara Kannada

Karwar

Karwar is the capital of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka, India; it is a seaside town situated on the west coast of the Indian subcontinent....
, Udupi district

Udupi district

Udupi

Udupi is a city and the headquarters of the Udupi District in the States of India of Karnataka. Udupi is famous for the Krishna temple located here....
, and South Canara (Dakshina Kannada

Dakshina Kannada

Mangalore

Western Ghats

The Western Ghats also known as the Sahyadri mountains, is a mountain range along the western side of India. It runs north to south along the western edge of the Deccan Plateau, and separates the plateau from a narrow coastal plain along the Arabian Sea....
and on the west by the Arabian Sea

Arabian Sea

The Arabian Sea is a region of the Indian Ocean bounded on the east by India, on the north by Pakistan and Iran, on the west by Arabian Peninsula, on the south, approximately, by a line between Cape Guardafui, the north-east point of Somalia, Socotra, Kanyakumari in India, and the western coast of Sri Lanka....
. The coastal strip between the Western Ghats and the sea, including Kanara and the state of Goa

Goa

Goa is India's smallest states and territories of India in terms of area and the List of states and territories of India by population. Located on the west coast of India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its western...
and coastal Maharashtra

Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a States and territories of India located on the western coast of India. Maharashtra is a part of Western India. It is India's List of states of India by area and List of states of India by population....
to the north, is known as the Konkan

Konkan

The Konkan , also called the Konkan Coast or Karavali, is a rugged section of the western coastline of India from Raigad to Mangalore. The sapta-Konkan is a slightly larger region described in the Skanda-purana....
coast, while the coast of Kerala

Kerala

Kerala is a Indian Union States and territories of India located in the southwestern part of India. With an Arabian Sea coastline on the west, it is bordered on the north by Karnataka and by Tamil Nadu on the south and east....
is known as the Malabar coast

Malabar Coast

The Malabar Coast also known as the Malabarian Coast, is a long and narrow south-western shore line of the mainland Indian subcontinent....
. Kanara is also known as the Karavali

Karavali

Karavali is the geographical area covered by sea-coast of Karnataka. This region is also called Canara. Karavali forms the southern part of the Konkan Coast....
coast.

History

According to legend Parashurama

Parashurama

Parashurama , a Brahmin, the sixth avatar of Vishnu, belongs to the Treta yuga, and is the son of Jamadagni and Renuka. Parashu means axe, hence his name literally means Rama-of-the-axe....
, the avatar of Vishnu, retrieved this place from the sea by throwing his axe into the sea. The sea fell back to the place where his axe fell. Hence this place is also called Parshurama Kshetra. It was ceded to the British in 1799.

Culture

Even though many languages are spoken like Tulu, Konkani

Konkani language

Konkani is an Indo-Aryan languages belonging to the Indo-European languages family of languages spoken in the Konkan coast of India. It has approximately 7.6 million speakers of its two individual languages, Konkani and Goan Konkani....
and to some extent Kannada there are many common factors in food, culture, rituals, traditions. Rice, fish and coconut

Coconut

The Coconut Palm is a member of the Family Arecaceae . It is the only species in the genus Cocos, and is a large palm, growing to 30 m tall, with pinnate leaf 4-6 m long, pinnae 60-90 cm long; old leaves break away cleanly leaving the trunk smooth....
oil are commonly used ingedients in the food of the people of Karavali region. Spirit worship (Bhuta Kola

Bhuta Kola

Bhuta Kola or Holy Spirit Worship is an ancient form of worship prevalent among the Tulu-speaking community in Udupi, Dakshina Kannada districts in Karnataka and Kasargod district in Kerala....
), Serpent worship (Nagaradhane

Nagaradhane

Nagaradhane is a form of snake worship which, along with Bhuta Kola, is one of the unique traditions prevalent in coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi in Karnataka....
), Buffalo race (Kambala

Kambala

Kambala or Kambla is a rural sport, prominent in districts of Udupi and Mangalore in Karnataka and also Kasargod district in Kerala. Kambala is basically a traditional buffalo race in muddy waters, held from December till March....
), Yakshagana

Yakshagana

Yakshagana is a dance drama popular in the state of Karnataka. It is believed to have evolved from pre classical music form and theatrical arts ....
are some of common traditional rituals followed. Major ethnic groups are the Tuluvas and konkanis.

Kanara

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