Tulunadu

                                                         Yakshagana The Yakshagana s a night-long dance and drama performance practised in Tulu Nadu with great fanfare.Pilivesha is a unique form of folk dance in the region fascinating the young and the old alike, which is performed during  Marnemi  (as Dasara is called in Tulu) and Krishnajanmastami  Karadi Vesha  (Bear Dance) is one more popular dance performed during  Dasara   in Tulu Nadu. Daivakola (Spirit worship), which is usually done at night is practised here. Kambala (Buffalo race) is conducted in water filled paddy fields.  Korikatta  (Cockfight) is another favourite sport for the people. Nagaradane (Snake worship) is practised in the Tulu Nadu according to the popular belief of the Nagadevatha t...

Tulunadu(Karnataka, India) Koti and Chennayya  ( ಕೋಟಿ ಚೆನ್ನಯ್ಯ   Kōṭi Cennayya ,) (Circa 1556 A.D to 1591 A.D.) are legendary Tuluva twin heroes characterized in the Tulu epic of the same name, which is considered one of the two truly long epic in Tulu language The birthplace of Koti and Chennaya is Padumale in Puttur taluk, Dakshinakannada The story of these heroes may be taken to roughly five hundred years back, when reference to Ballads were made in the Tulu Padana. Koti and Chennayya were born to the  Deye Baidethi  of the Billava people of Tulunadu in the state of Karnataka. Owing to the brothers heroic deeds, they are worshipped and remembered as protectors. They died in combat near Yenmoor. Memorial temples called  garadi  "gymnasiums" have been built in the name of Koti and Chennayya all over Tulu Nadu.

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