Kota Brahmins
Kota Brahmins are a community from the Kundapur and surrounding areas of Udupi district in Karnataka, Mangalore, Bantwal and Puttur taluk in Dakshina Kannada district. Originally thought to have been brought to Kota and adjacent areas from northern India. They speak a Kannada different from the other regional dialects. Kota Brahmins who had been originally concentrated in the villages of Kota of Udupi district, have spread to other areas.
Kotas are a subsect of the Brahmin caste of Hinduism, in the Smarta tradition. The Guru Narasimha Temple, Saligrama is important to them.
