According to historian Severino da Silva, the ancient name for this region is Parashurama Srushti (creation of Parashurama).[3] According to him and Stephen Fuchs, the name Canara is the invention of Portuguese, Dutch, and English people who visited the area for trade from the early sixteenth century onwards. The Bednore Dynasty, under whose rule this tract was at that time, was known to them as the Kannada Dynasty, i.e., the dynasty speaking the Kannada language. "Karāvalli", the Kannada word for 'coast', is the term used by Kannada-speakers to refer to this region.[4] The letter 'd' being always pronounced like 'r' by the Europeans, the district was named by them as 'Canara' (a corruption of the word "Kannada"). This name was retained by the British after their occupation of the district in 1799, and has remained ever since. However, they also say that this issue is controversial.[4]
History
Since antiquity, much of the Canara coast (now spelled as 'Kanara') occupied a culturally distinct area known as Tulu Nadu.[5] Historically, Tulu Nadu lay between the Gangavalli River in the north and the Chandragiri River in the south.[6] Currently, Tulu Nadu consists of the Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts of Karnataka, and the Kasaragod taluka of Kerala.[7] The Uttara Kannada district in general is considered to be the southernmost part of the Konkan coast.[8] Specifically, the littoral region north of the Gangavalli River is traditionally included in the Konkan.[9]
The Portuguese occupied Kanara from 1498–1763. During this period, the geographical extent of Canara stretched from the southern banks of the Kali River in Karwar in the north to the northern banks of the Chandragiri River in Kasaragod in the south.[10]
In 1799, after the conclusion of the Fourth Mysore War, the British took over the region and established the Canara district of the Madras Presidency. The district was bifurcated into the North and South Canara districts in 1859.[11] The North Canara (also sometimes cited as 'North Kanara') district was transferred to the Bombay Presidency whereas the South Canara (also sometimes referred as 'South Kanara') district remained under the jurisdiction of the Madras Presidency. South Canara encompassed the undivided territory of the contemporary Udupi, Dakshina Kannada, and Kasaragod districts.[11]
After India's independence in 1947, the Bombay Presidency was reconstituted as the Bombay State. Following the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, the southern portion of Bombay State was added to Mysore State, which was renamed Karnataka in 1972. Kasaragod was included in Kerala.[12] Subsequently, North and South Canara were renamed Uttara Kannada and Dakshina Kannada respectively. In 1997, Udupi district was carved out of the bigger Dakshina Kannada district.[12]
Geography
The Kanara region forms the coast of Karnataka situated on the south-western portion of Peninsular India.[13] Coastal Karnataka forms the northern segment of the Malabar coast.[14] Kanara constitutes an area of about 10,000 square kilometres (4,000 square miles).[15] It is bounded by Konkan to the north, the Western Ghats to the east, the KeralaPlains to the south, and the Arabian Sea to the west.[16] It stretches from north to south for about 225 kilometres (140 miles) and has a maximum width of about 64 kilometres (40 miles) in the south.[17]
Hinduism is the largest and the most dominant religion in the region with over 35,98,634 lakh claiming to be practising hindus though some hindus don't follow the customary religious beliefs of Hinduism in this region and it have regional variations .
Islam is the second largest religion in the region many belive it to be had existed before the Muslim conquests of India it have over 7,72,874 lakh followers .
Christanity is the third largest religion in the region with over 2,81,718 lakh followers .
^A Konkan is now held to include all the land which lies between the Western Ghats and the Indian Ocean, from the latitude of Daman on the north to that of Terekhol, on the Goa frontier, on the south.[19] Although most sources generally assign Kanara (Karavali) to the Malabar Coast,[15] some other sources consider it to be a subterritory of the Konkan Coast.[20] Consequently, this segment is thought to overlap the Konkan and Malabar Coast continuum;[16] and usually corresponds to the southernmost and northernmost stretches of these locales respectively.[21][17]
Citations
^ ab Arnold, Alison, ed. (2017). "Coastal Karnataka". The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: South Asia: The Indian Subcontinent. Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. Routledge. ISBN9781351544382. Coastal Karnataka, formerly called the Canara Coast, is the part of Indias southwestern coastline north of Kerala and south of Goa. [sic]
^ K., Prakashnarayana (2018). "Geography of Karnataka". Know Our Karnataka: A book for Competitive Exams. pp. 27–36. Popularly known as Canara region or Karavali...
^ "This city has six names in six languages, and the official one Mangaluru, is the least popular". The News Minute. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
^ Bhatt, P. Gururaja (1969). Antiquities of South Kanara. Prabhakara Press. p. 2.
^ "Tulu Nadu Region". keralatourism.org. Government of Kerala. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
^ Charlesworth, Neil (2001). Peasants and Imperial Rule: Agriculture and Agrarian Society in the Bombay Presidency 1850–1935. Cambridge South Asian Studies. Vol. 32 (revised ed.). CUP. p. 60. ISBN9780521526401.
^Memorandum on Maharashtra-Mysore border dispute to the Commission on Maharashtra-Mysore-Kerala boundary disputes. 1967. Government of Maharashtra. p. 59.
^ ab Shastry, Bhagamandala Seetharama (2000). Borges, Charles J. (ed.). Goa-Kanara Portuguese Relations, 1498–1763. XCHR studies series. Vol. 8. Concept Publishing Company. ISBN9788170228486.
^ ab "Chapter 3 – Profile of the Study Area: Coastal Karnataka" (PDF). Shodhganga. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
^ ab Bhat, N. Shyam (1998). South Kanara, 1799–1860: A Study in Colonial Administration and Regional Response. Mittal Publications. ISBN9788170995869.
^ Goldberg, Maren (ed.). "Malabar Coast". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Retrieved 19 September 2019. Malabar Coast...the southern part of India's western coast, approximately from the state of Goa southward...
^ ab Pletcher, Kenneth (ed.). "Karnataka Coast". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Retrieved 19 September 2019. Karnataka Coast, coastal lowlands in western Karnataka state, southwestern India... it is bounded by Konkan to the north... The region forms a transitional zone between Maharashtra (north) and Kerala (south) states.
^ "Profile of Coastal Karnataka". Coastal Karnataka Calling!!! Tourism and the Coastal Investors Meet – December 2003. 2003. pp. 2–4. Coastal Karnataka consists of three districts - Uttara Kannada, Udupi and Dakshina Kannada. [sic]
^ Nairne, Alexander Kyd (1988). History of the Konkan. Asian Educational Services. p. ix. ISBN9788120602755.
^ Turley, Jeffrey Scott; Souza, George Bryan (2017). The Commentaries of D. García de Silva y Figueroa on his Embassy to Shāh ʿAbbās I of Persia on Behalf of Philip III, King of Spain. European Expansion and Indigenous Response. BRILL. pp. 163, 222. ISBN9789004346321. The coastline of the Karnataka region was called Konkan (present-day Karavali) and runs from Thane... to Mangalore. Kanara (Canara or Canera...) is a subregion of Karnataka that forms the southern part of the Konkan coast...
^ Banerjee, Lalit Kumar (2002). Diversity of coastal plant communities in India. ENVIS & EMCBTAP-Botanical Survey of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests. p. 6. The South of the river Narmada to Mangalore is known as Konkan coast...
References
Silva, Severine; Fuchs, Stephen (1965). The Marriage Customs of the Christians in South Canara. 2. Vol. 24. Asian Folklore Studies, Nanzan University, Japan.
Silva, Severine (1961). History of Christianity in Canara. Vol. I. Coompta, North Canara: Star of Kanara Press.
Further reading
Michell, George, ed. (2012). Kanara, a Land Apart: The Artistic Heritage of Coastal Karnataka (Illustrated ed.). Marg Foundation. ISBN9788192110639.
External links
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Kanara.
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For similarly named places see Canara disambiguation This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Kanara news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message Kanara or Canara also known as Karavali is the historically significant stretch of land situated by the southwestern coast of India alongside the Arabian Sea in the present day Indian state of Karnataka 1 The subregion comprises three civil districts namely Uttara Kannada Udupi and Dakshina Kannada 2 Kassergode was included prior to the States Reorganisation Act Karavali Kanara 1 KaravaliKanara spotlighted in orange occupies Karnataka s entire seaboardCountry IndiaStateKarnatakaLargest cityMangaloreHeadquartersUttara Kannada Karwar Udupi Udupi Dakshina Kannada MangaloreTaluksUttara Kannada Karwar Ankola Kumta Honnavar Bhatkal Sirsi Siddapur Yellapur Mundgod Haliyal Joida Dandeli Udupi Udupi Karkala Kundapur Baindur Brahmavar Kaup Hebri Dakshina Kannada Mangalore Moodabidri Bantwal Belthangady Sullia Puttur KadabaArea Total18 730 km2 7 230 sq mi Languages OfficialKannadaTime zoneUTC 5 30 IST Vehicle registrationSirsi KA 31 Karwar KA 30 Honnavar KA 47 Dandeli KA 65 Udupi KA 20 Mangalore KA 19 Puttur KA 21 Surathkal KA 62 Bantwal KA 70Coastline320 km 200 mi Sex ratio1 040 Literacy87 03 Highest in Karnataka Contents 1 Etymology 2 History 3 Geography 4 Civil administration 5 Demographics 5 1 Religious Demographics 6 See also 7 Notes 8 Citations 9 References 10 Further reading 11 External linksEtymology EditAccording to historian Severino da Silva the ancient name for this region is Parashurama Srushti creation of Parashurama 3 According to him and Stephen Fuchs the name Canara is the invention of Portuguese Dutch and English people who visited the area for trade from the early sixteenth century onwards The Bednore Dynasty under whose rule this tract was at that time was known to them as the Kannada Dynasty i e the dynasty speaking the Kannada language Karavalli the Kannada word for coast is the term used by Kannada speakers to refer to this region 4 The letter d being always pronounced like r by the Europeans the district was named by them as Canara a corruption of the word Kannada This name was retained by the British after their occupation of the district in 1799 and has remained ever since However they also say that this issue is controversial 4 History EditSince antiquity much of the Canara coast now spelled as Kanara occupied a culturally distinct area known as Tulu Nadu 5 Historically Tulu Nadu lay between the Gangavalli River in the north and the Chandragiri River in the south 6 Currently Tulu Nadu consists of the Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts of Karnataka and the Kasaragod taluka of Kerala 7 The Uttara Kannada district in general is considered to be the southernmost part of the Konkan coast 8 Specifically the littoral region north of the Gangavalli River is traditionally included in the Konkan 9 The Portuguese occupied Kanara from 1498 1763 During this period the geographical extent of Canara stretched from the southern banks of the Kali River in Karwar in the north to the northern banks of the Chandragiri River in Kasaragod in the south 10 In 1799 after the conclusion of the Fourth Mysore War the British took over the region and established the Canara district of the Madras Presidency The district was bifurcated into the North and South Canara districts in 1859 11 The North Canara also sometimes cited as North Kanara district was transferred to the Bombay Presidency whereas the South Canara also sometimes referred as South Kanara district remained under the jurisdiction of the Madras Presidency South Canara encompassed the undivided territory of the contemporary Udupi Dakshina Kannada and Kasaragod districts 11 After India s independence in 1947 the Bombay Presidency was reconstituted as the Bombay State Following the States Reorganisation Act 1956 the southern portion of Bombay State was added to Mysore State which was renamed Karnataka in 1972 Kasaragod was included in Kerala 12 Subsequently North and South Canara were renamed Uttara Kannada and Dakshina Kannada respectively In 1997 Udupi district was carved out of the bigger Dakshina Kannada district 12 Geography EditThe Kanara region forms the coast of Karnataka situated on the south western portion of Peninsular India 13 Coastal Karnataka forms the northern segment of the Malabar coast 14 Kanara constitutes an area of about 10 000 square kilometres 4 000 square miles 15 It is bounded by Konkan to the north the Western Ghats to the east the Kerala Plains to the south and the Arabian Sea to the west 16 It stretches from north to south for about 225 kilometres 140 miles and has a maximum width of about 64 kilometres 40 miles in the south 17 Civil administration EditContemporary Kanara extends from the village of Majali in the north to the village of Talapady in the south 10 The three districts in the region Uttara Kannada Udupi and Dakshina Kannada have their capitals in Karwar Udupi and Mangalore respectively 18 Demographics EditReligion in Kanara regions Hinduism 76 49 Islam 16 42 Christanity 5 9 Others 1 19 The Kanara region have 3 Districts Uttara Kannada Udupi and Dakshina Kannada the combine population of these districts According to 2011 Census is about 47 04 179 Lakhs Religious Demographics Edit Hinduism is the largest and the most dominant religion in the region with over 35 98 634 lakh claiming to be practising hindus though some hindus don t follow the customary religious beliefs of Hinduism in this region and it have regional variations Islam is the second largest religion in the region many belive it to be had existed before the Muslim conquests of India it have over 7 72 874 lakh followers Christanity is the third largest religion in the region with over 2 81 718 lakh followers See also EditFort Anjediva Konkan Carwar North Canara South Canara erstwhile district Sunquerim Karnataka Tulunaad Udupi Udupi district Mangalore Dakshina Kannada Kasaragod Kassergode district Hosdurg FortNotes Edit A Konkan is now held to include all the land which lies between the Western Ghats and the Indian Ocean from the latitude of Daman on the north to that of Terekhol on the Goa frontier on the south 19 Although most sources generally assign Kanara Karavali to the Malabar Coast 15 some other sources consider it to be a subterritory of the Konkan Coast 20 Consequently this segment is thought to overlap the Konkan and Malabar Coast continuum 16 and usually corresponds to the southernmost and northernmost stretches of these locales respectively 21 17 Citations Edit a b Arnold Alison ed 2017 Coastal Karnataka The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music South Asia The Indian Subcontinent Garland Encyclopedia of World Music Routledge ISBN 9781351544382 Coastal Karnataka formerly called the Canara Coast is the part of Indias southwestern coastline north of Kerala and south of Goa sic K Prakashnarayana 2018 Geography of Karnataka Know Our Karnataka A book for Competitive Exams pp 27 36 Popularly known as Canara region or Karavali Silva 1958 p 74 a b Silva amp Fuchs 1965 pp 1 2 This city has six names in six languages and the official one Mangaluru is the least popular The News Minute 6 November 2014 Retrieved 15 September 2019 Bhatt P Gururaja 1969 Antiquities of South Kanara Prabhakara Press p 2 Tulu Nadu Region keralatourism org Government of Kerala Retrieved 15 September 2018 Charlesworth Neil 2001 Peasants and Imperial Rule Agriculture and Agrarian Society in the Bombay Presidency 1850 1935 Cambridge South Asian Studies Vol 32 revised ed CUP p 60 ISBN 9780521526401 Memorandum on Maharashtra Mysore border dispute to the Commission on Maharashtra Mysore Kerala boundary disputes 1967 Government of Maharashtra p 59 a b Shastry Bhagamandala Seetharama 2000 Borges Charles J ed Goa Kanara Portuguese Relations 1498 1763 XCHR studies series Vol 8 Concept Publishing Company ISBN 9788170228486 a b Chapter 3 Profile of the Study Area Coastal Karnataka PDF Shodhganga Retrieved 15 September 2019 a b Bhat N Shyam 1998 South Kanara 1799 1860 A Study in Colonial Administration and Regional Response Mittal Publications ISBN 9788170995869 India Coastal areas Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc 16 October 2019 Retrieved 19 October 2019 From Goa south to Cape Comorin the southernmost tip of India is the Malabar coastal plain Goldberg Maren ed Malabar Coast Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc Retrieved 19 September 2019 Malabar Coast the southern part of India s western coast approximately from the state of Goa southward a b Pletcher Kenneth ed Kanara Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc Retrieved 19 September 2019 Kanara region along the Malabar Coast of the Arabian Sea western Karnataka state India a b Pletcher Kenneth ed Karnataka Coast Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc Retrieved 19 September 2019 Karnataka Coast coastal lowlands in western Karnataka state southwestern India it is bounded by Konkan to the north The region forms a transitional zone between Maharashtra north and Kerala south states a b Ghori G K 18 September 2019 Karnataka Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc Retrieved 19 October 2019 The coastal plain represents a northward continuation of the Malabar Coast Profile of Coastal Karnataka Coastal Karnataka Calling Tourism and the Coastal Investors Meet December 2003 2003 pp 2 4 Coastal Karnataka consists of three districts Uttara Kannada Udupi and Dakshina Kannada sic Nairne Alexander Kyd 1988 History of the Konkan Asian Educational Services p ix ISBN 9788120602755 Turley Jeffrey Scott Souza George Bryan 2017 The Commentaries of D Garcia de Silva y Figueroa on his Embassy to Shah ʿAbbas I of Persia on Behalf of Philip III King of Spain European Expansion and Indigenous Response BRILL pp 163 222 ISBN 9789004346321 The coastline of the Karnataka region was called Konkan present day Karavali and runs from Thane to Mangalore Kanara Canara or Canera is a subregion of Karnataka that forms the southern part of the Konkan coast Banerjee Lalit Kumar 2002 Diversity of coastal plant communities in India ENVIS amp EMCBTAP Botanical Survey of India Ministry of Environment amp Forests p 6 The South of the river Narmada to Mangalore is known as Konkan coast References EditSilva Severine Fuchs Stephen 1965 The Marriage Customs of the Christians in South Canara 2 Vol 24 Asian Folklore Studies Nanzan University Japan Silva Severine 1961 History of Christianity in Canara Vol I Coompta North Canara Star of Kanara Press Further reading EditMichell George ed 2012 Kanara a Land Apart The Artistic Heritage of Coastal Karnataka Illustrated ed Marg Foundation ISBN 9788192110639 External links Edit Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Kanara Yakshagana Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kanara amp oldid 1137205060, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
