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The Kannadigas or Kannadigaru [a] (Kannada: ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರು [b]), often referred to as Kannada people, are a Dravidian ethno-linguistic group who natively speak Kannada South Indian state of Karnataka in India and its surrounding regions. [5] The Kannada language belongs to the Dravidian family of languages. [6]
Apart from Kannadigas, Karnataka is home to Tuluvas, who also consider themselves as Kannadigas. Minor populations of Tibetan Buddhists, Siddhi tribes, and a few other ethnic groups also live in Karnataka. The traditional folk arts are major theatrical forms in coastal Karnataka.
[93] [101] An inscription of 1128 AD quotes a couplet by the famous Sanskrit poet Dandin (active 680–720 AD), highly praising Srivaradhadeva, for his Kannada work Chudamani, as having "produced Saraswati (i.e., learning and eloquence) from the tip of his tongue, as Siva produced the Ganges from the tip of his top-knot." Bhattakalanka (1604 CE ...
National interest monuments: (Main list.Bangalore circle. Belgaum. Bidar. Bijapur. Dharwad. Gulbarga. North Kanara. Raichur); State protected monuments list; List of ...
National interest monuments: (Main list.Bangalore circle. Belgaum. Bidar. Bijapur. Dharwad. Gulbarga. North Kanara. Raichur); State protected monuments list; List of ...
Kannadigas in India and overseas [1] Type: State: Significance: Unification of Kannada-speaking regions of South India as the state of Karnataka: Celebrations: Hoisting of Kannada flag, Processions, Cultural events, Rajyotsava Awards [2] Begins: Every year 1 November: Ends: 1 day after the start only in Karnataka State of India: Date: 1 ...
Public sector employment and education provided opportunities for Kannadigas from the rest of the state to migrate to the city. In the decades that followed, Bangalore's manufacturing base continued to expand with the establishment of private companies such as MICO (Motor Industries Company), which set up its manufacturing plant in the city.
During his early days as a writer, Ranna may have been patronized by Chavundaraya (or Chavundaraya), the famous minister of the Western Ganga Dynasty. [5] With the rise of the imperial Western Chalukya Empire, Ranna became an important poet in the court of King Tailapa II and his successor King Satyashraya who bestowed upon him the title Kavi Chakravarti (lit, "Emperor among poets").