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Kota Brahmin
Regions with significant populations
	Karnataka, India
Languages
	Mother tongue is Kota Kannada, a dialect of Kannada, Tulu, Sanskrit
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 dialect 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]

References

^ ^a ^b 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.
^ N. Shyam Bhat (1 January 1998). South Kanara, 1799-1860: A Study in Colonial Administration and Regional Response. Mittal Publications. p. 25. ISBN 9788170995869.
^ 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.

External links

Kootabandhu.org
Boloji.com Archived 10 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine

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[CurriedCultures-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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