Charodi (community)
Charodi Mesta community from Karnataka state in India.[1] They known as Konkan Achar/Acharya or Charodi in North Canara & Malenadu Karnataka, Also known as Chari in Goa, and Nayak/Mesta/Mestha in North/South Canara, Karnataka.[2] Their traditional work is carpentry.[2] (They known as 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐰𝐚 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐡𝐦𝐢𝐧, 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐡𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐬/𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐚 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐧).
They as per their tales, they migrated from Goa via a sea route to coastal Karnataka during Portuguese rule.[2]
History and religion
[edit]During the British Raj, they were included among the "Denotified Tribes" of India.[3]
They are followers of Sringeri Matha.[2] Also Mesta's are followers of Shiva, which is locally known as Ravalnath and Sringeri Matha - Sringeri Sharadamma. Ravalnath is a Kuladevata (tutelary deity) of all the Mestas, and Kuladevata still resides in Goa. While they migrated from Goa, they left their god (Kuldevata) back in Goa. Mesta samaj has its temples in Goa, Mangalore, Kundapur, Shiroor, Honnavar, Sirsi, Karwar, Sagar, and Shimoga. Many of the Mestas still reside in Goa.
References
[edit]- ^ Identity, ecology, social organization, economy, linkages and development process: a quantitative profile by Kumar Suresh Singh. Anthropological Survey of India. 1996. p. 113,144. ISBN 978-0-19-563353-5.
- ^ a b c d Karnataka State gazetteer, Volume 13. Printed by the Director of Print, Stationery and Publications at the Govt. Press. 1973. p. 101.
- ^ A socio-history of ex-criminal communities OBCs by Shyam Singh Shashi, P. S. Varma. Sundeep Prakashan. 1991. p. 188. ISBN 9788185067698.
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