Devadiga are a community from the districts of

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of Karnataka and Maharashtra. They are temple servants and traditional musicians of Tulunadu. They follow the traditional Tulu system of matrilineal inheritance and have similar marriage ceremonies like Bunts. Traditionally they are vaishnavas. Word Devadiga means "Devarannu Adisuvavaru" in Kannada. Which means they play musical instruments to make god happy.

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{{reflist Indian castes Social groups of Karnataka Surnames of Indian origin