Thigala

The Thigala or Tigalar are a social group found in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu of India particularly the city of Bengaluru and in Southern Karnataka; the caste is traditionally occupied with livelihood on gardeners of flowers and vegetables.[1] . [2]

Thigala
Regions with significant populations
Languages
Tamil, Kannada,Tigalari,Tigalar
Religion
Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism
Related ethnic groups
Dravidian · Kannadiga · Tamil · Telugu · Tigalari

They are generally Hindus.[1] Their main deity is Draupadi and Dharmaraya Swamy. There's a Dharmaraya temple near corporation which was built in 11th century AD. Kempegowda the founder of Bangalore built four gopuras with this temple as the centre of the city.[3] and the Karaga festival celebrated in Kolar, Bangalore, Hosakote, Anekal, Kanakapura, Jakkasandra and other towns highly significant to the community.[4] The Thigala in Karnataka speak Kannada and tigalari language[5]

A Karnataka state government order of 1994 designated the Thigala there as members of the Backward Classes.

Tigalari language

Tigalari language is a mother tongue of Tigala community [6]

References
  1. Singh, Kumar Suresh; India, Anthropological Survey of (1 January 2003). People of India. Anthropological Survey of India. ISBN 9788185938981.
  2. http://www.ncbc.nic.in/Writereaddata/cl/karnataka.pdf
  3. Karnataka State Gazetteer: Bangalore District. Director of Print., Stationery and Publications at the Government Press. 1 January 1990. p. 173.
  4. Kamath, Suryanath U. (1 January 1996). A Handbook of Karnataka. Government of Karnataka, Karnataka Gazetteer Department.
  5. People of India - Kumar Suresh Singh, Anthropological Survey of India - Google Books
  6. Srinivas, Smriti (1 January 2001). Landscapes of Urban Memory: The Sacred and the Civic in India's High-Tech City. U of Minnesota Press. ISBN 9781452904894.
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