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Billava

The Billava (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}IPA: ), Billoru, Biruveru people are an ethnic Tuluva group of India. They constitute 18% of the coastal Karnataka population. They are found…

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Etymology and origins

Language

Marriage, death and inheritance

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Worship of Bhutas

Traditional occupations

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Billava

Nodes67
Edges66
Triples132
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.029851
Components1

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Billava

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related to Language · 27
Billava → Although, Arabian Sea, As, Billavas, Brahmin, Bunts, Chandragiri, Common Tulu, Gouds, India, It, Kannada, Karnataka, Kasaragod, Kerala, Konkani, Madras Presidency, Marathi, Netravati, Northern Common Tulu
related to Social changes · 23
Billava → Billavas, Brahmanic, Brahmins, British, Brückner, Bunts, Christian, Christian Basel Mission, Christianity, Fourth Anglo-Mysore War, God, Hindu, India, Kerala, Mangalore, Paravars, Protestant, Some Billavas, The Billava, The British
related to Traditional occupations · 19
Billava → According, Agricultural Research, Billavas, Bunt, Bunts, By, Ghosh, Heidrun Brückner, Indian Council, Iyer, Koti-Chennaya, Neither Thurston, South Kanara, The Billavas, They, This, Though, Tuluva, Writing
related to Worship of Bhutas · 16
Billava → Alagodi, Among, Bhuta, Bhuta Kola, Bhuta Nema, Bhutasthana, Billavas, Brahmins, Garidi, Hindu, Hindus, Iyer, Poojary, South Canara, The, The Billavas
related to Kudroli Gokarnanatheshwara Temple · 11
Billava → After, Billavas, Ezhavas, Kerala, Kudroli Gokarnanatheshwara Temple, Mangalore, Narayana Guru, Naryana Guru, Sivagiri, Sree Narayana, Using
related to Subgroups · 9
Billava → Aliya Santana, All, Bhuta, Brahmin, Iyer, There, These, Thurston, Tuluva
related to Etymology and origins · 8
Billava → AD, Amitav Ghosh, Ananthakrishna Iyer, Edgar Thurston, The, The Billavas, Tuluva, Tuluva Bunt
related to Marriage, death and inheritance · 5
Billava → Aliya Kattu, Aliya Santana, Ghosh, Iyer, The Billavas

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billavas tulu community also social known system bhuta missionaries nadu tuluva iyer caste among conversion marriage worship kerala bunts people

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
educationinstance ofKannada is used in formal situations0.80text
while Tulu is the lingua franca used in everyday communicationinstance ofKannada is used in formal situations0.80text
the Buntsinstance ofwhile communities0.80text
Billavasinstance ofwhile communities0.80text
Gouds use it frequentlyinstance ofwhile communities0.80text
and the tribal communities are increasingly abandoning their own dialects in favour of it.William Logan's work Manual of Malabarinstance ofwhile communities0.80text
a publication of the British Raj periodinstance ofwhile communities0.80text
recognised the Billavas as being the largest single community in South Canarainstance ofwhile communities0.80text
representing nearly 20 per cent of that district's populationinstance ofwhile communities0.80text
the Billava provide the practical services of officiatinginstance ofothers0.80text
tending the shrinesinstance ofothers0.80text
while those at the bottom of the hierarchy enact the ritualsinstance ofothers0.80text

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