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Bisu Parba - The Tulu New Year
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Bisu Parba - The Tulu New Year

Every April, as the sun crosses from Pisces into Aries, families in Tulunadu wake before dawn to arrange the Bisu Kani - a tableau of abundance that welcomes the Tulu New Year.

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Jayaram Banan

Jayaram Banan was born in a modest family in the Udupi region of Karnataka. His father worked as a driver and was known to be strict,...

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Lolamma Pachchanadi

In the world of Yakshagana, the name Lolamma Pachchanadi is immortal. The reason is this, even though she lived in extreme poverty, she...

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Manohar Prasad

Manohar Prasad hailed from Karual village in the Karkala taluk in Tulunad.He completed his college education in Mangaluru.

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Ullala Mohan Kumar
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Ullala Mohan Kumar

Ullala Mohan Kumar was born on 4 October 1933 in Kolya Kotekar, Ullal (Ullāla), in the Mangalore region of India.

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Ashish Kumar Ballal
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Ashish Kumar Ballal

Ashish Kumar Ballal (born 8 October 1970 in Mumbai, Maharashtra) is a former Indian international field-hockey goalkeeper and captain who...

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H. V. K. Udupa
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H. V. K. Udupa

Handady Venkata Krishna Udupa (born 18 October 1921 in Udupi district, Tulunad, died 3 July 2003) was a prominent Indian scientist,...

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Udupi Ramachandra Rao
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Udupi Ramachandra Rao

Udupi Ramachandra Rao (10 March 1932 – 24 July 2017) was a pioneering Indian space scientist, often affectionately referred to as “ India’s...

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K. K. Shetty
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K. K. Shetty

Kemthur Kanthappa “K. K.” Shetty was born on 18 April 1901 at Kemthur, in the South canara district of the Madras Presidency (today...

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Dinesh Chandra Bhandary
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Dinesh Chandra Bhandary

Dinesh Chandra Bhandary was born on 4 August 1934 (though some service records list 4 January 1934) and hailed from the aristocratic Bunt...

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Harini
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Harini

Harini was born in Udupi (in present-day Karnataka) into a Tulu-speaking Shivalli Madhva Brahmin family, the daughter of renowned tulu...

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K. K. Hebbar
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K. K. Hebbar

Kattingeri Krishna Hebbar better known as K.K.Hebbar was born on 15 June 1911 in Kattingeri, near Udupi in what is now Karnataka, India.

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