Dakshina Kannada
| Author:Laxman Burdak, IFS (R) |
Dakshina Kannada (formerly South Canara) is a district of Karnataka state in India, with its headquarters in the coastal city of Mangalore.
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Location
It is part of the larger Tulu Nadu region. The district covers an area nestled in between the Western Ghats to its east and the Arabian Sea to its west. Dakshina Kannada receives abundant rainfall during the Indian monsoon. It is bordered by Udupi district ( formerly a part of this district) to the north, Chikmagalur district to the northeast, Hassan district to the east, Kodagu to the southeast and Kasaragod district of Kerala to the south.
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History
South Canara was a district of the Madras Presidency of British India, located at 13.00°N 75.40°E. It covered the areas of the present-day Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts of Karnataka, and the Kasaragod District of Kerala, with the capital in Mangalore.
South Canara was annexed by the British East India Company following the defeat of Tipu Sultan in the Fourth Mysore War 1799 and along with North Kanara formed the district of Kanara in the Madras Presidency. In 1859, Kanara was split into two districts, North and South. North Kanara was transferred to the Bombay Presidency, and South was retained by Madras.
Mangalore was the administrative headquarters of the district. The district covered an area of 10,410 square kilometres. South Canara District was bordered by North Canara to north, the princely state of Mysore to east, Coorg state to southeast, Malabar District to south, and Arabian Sea to west. South Canara was one of the two districts on the western coast (Malabar coast) of Madras Presidency along with Malabar District (otherwise known as Malayalam District).
Nagavanshi History
Dr Naval Viyogi[1] writes.... In the South Kanara[2] district, on one of the highest mountains of the Western Ghat named, Subrahmanya, there is one of the most famous serpent-temples of India. Here the locality is extremely wild and full of fever excessively, so during the cold and dry seasons; nevertheless, great numbers of pilgrims resort thither especially during the December festival.
Dr Naval Viyogi[3] writes.... In South Kanara[4] two curious rites are known to exist in connection with serpent worship; they have been described as follows : Three afflictions are looked upon as due to the wrath of serpents for having killed a snake in a former life, namely leprosy, childlessness and sore eyes. People so afflicted often perform costly ceremonies to remove the curse which are superintended by the Mādhava Brahmans, originally fishermen, and not acknowledged as Brahmans out of Kanara.
Tehsil (CD Block) in District
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References
- ↑ Nagas, The Ancient Rulers of India, Their Origins and History, 2002, p. 31
- ↑ Vogel JPH P-272
- ↑ Nagas, The Ancient Rulers of India, Their Origins and History, 2002, p. 32
- ↑ Vogel JPH P-274