Holeya - Revision history

Pdewan at 17:30, 1 April 2014

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‎Holeya

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''' Castes and Tribes of Southern India '''
By '' Edgar Thurston,..."

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 A Kulwādi, whom I came across, was carrying a brass ladle bearing the figure of a couchant bull (Basava) and a lingam under a many-headed cobra canopy. This ladle is carried round, and filled with rice, money, and betel, on the occasion of marriages in those castes, of which the insignia are engraved on the handle. These insignia were as follows:—
 •	Weavers—Shuttle and brush.
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 •	Bestha—Fish.
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 •	Uppāra—Spade and basket for collecting salt.
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 •	Korama—Baskets and knife for splitting canes and bamboos.
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 •	Īdiga—Knife, and apparatus for climbing palm-trees.
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 •	Hajām—Barber’s scissors, razor, and sharpening stone.
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 •	Gāniga—Oil-press.
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 •	Madavāli—Washerman’s pot, fire-place, mallet, and stone.
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 •	Kumbāra—Potter’s wheel, pots, and mallet.
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 •	Vakkaliga—Plough.
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 •	Chetti—Scales and basket.
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 •	Kuruba—Sheep-shears.
 A small whistle, called kola-singanātha, made of gold, silver, or copper, is tied round the neck of some Holeyas, Vakkaligas, Besthas, Agasas and Kurubas, by means of threads of sheep’s wool intertwined sixteen times. All these castes are supposed to belong to the family of the God Bhaira, in whose name the whistle is tied by a Bairāgi at Chunchingiri near Nāgamangala. It is usually tied in fulfilment of a vow taken by the parents, and the ceremony costs from a hundred to two hundred rupees.

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- It is recorded in the Mysore Census Report, 1901, that “351 out of the entire population of 577,166 have returned gōtras, the names thereof being Harichandra, Kāli, Yekke, and Karadi. In thus doing, it is evident that they are learning to venerate themselves, like others in admittedly higher grades of society.”
+It is recorded in the Mysore Census Report, 1901, that “351 out of the entire population of 577,166 have returned gōtras, the names thereof being Harichandra, Kāli, Yekke, and Karadi. In thus doing, it is evident that they are learning to venerate themselves, like others in admittedly higher grades of society.”
 Some Holeya families are called Halē Makkalu, or old children of the Gangadikāra Vakkaligas, and have to do certain services for the latter, such as carrying the sandals of the bridegroom, acting as messenger in conveying news from place to place, carrying fire before corpses to the burning-ground, and watching over the burning body. It is said that, in the performance of these duties, the exogamous septs of the Holeya and Vakkaliga must coincide.

Holeya - Revision history

Pdewan at 17:30, 1 April 2014

Pdewan: /* Holeya */

Pdewan: Created page with " {| class="wikitable" |- |colspan="0"| This article is an excerpt from ''' Castes and Tribes of Southern India ''' By '' Edgar Thurston,..."

Pdewan: Created page with " {| class="wikitable" |- |colspan="0"|
This article is an excerpt from
''' Castes and Tribes of Southern India '''
By '' Edgar Thurston,..."