Thigalas, also known as Thigalaru it is a relatively new name of an endogamous social group or caste of people native to southern Karnataka

Karnataka

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, Andhra Pradesh and border regions of Tamil Nadu

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The Name Thigala takes birth from the Kula "Thee-Kula" Meaning From the 'Family of Fire'.

29 TIGALA
which abstain from using the fruit or leaves of the thonda
plant.

Thumma (babul : Acacia arabicd).