People of India: Karnataka

accepted and exchanged ancestors bath Birth pollution boys Brahman Brahman priest bride bride-price bridegroom bridegroom's house called cash caste council child Christian clans consummation ceremony cooked food cremation Dakshina Kannada death Deepavali Dharwad District divorce dowry drink elders eldest endogamous Enthoven exogamous Fakir family deities father father's sister's daughter festivals Ganiga Golla gotras Gowdalu groups Handi Jogi Hasala headman Hindu Holeya Idiga India Jangama Jenu Kuruba Jingar jowar Kannada script Karnataka Kasai Kodagu Kodava Kumbara Lingayat Madiga male Marathi marriage marriage alliances married milk modern medicare Mogaveera Monogamy mother mother's brother's daughter Muslim Mysore naming ceremony nonvegetarian norm panchayat parents patrilocal patrilocal residence pollution is observed pre-delivery ritual remarriage remarry rice sacred specialists sari social staple food status study upto subgroups temple thali Thurston toe-rings traditional occupation Tribes and Castes Ugadi vertically extended families village Vokkaliga wage labour wear wedding whitecollar widowers woman women worship