Koti and Chennayya ( tcy, ಕೋಟಿ ಚೆನ್ನಯ್ಯ Kōṭi Cennayya,) (Circa 1556 A.D to 1591 A.D.) are legendary

Tuluva The Tulu people or Tuluvas are an ethno-linguistic group from Southern India. They are native speakers of the Tulu language and the region they traditionally inhabit is known as Tulu Nadu. This region comprises the districts of Dakshina Kannada ...

twin heroes characterized in the Tulu epic of the same name, which is considered one of the two truly long epic in

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. The birthplace of Koti and Chennaya is Padumale in Puttur taluk,

Dakshina Kannada Dakshina Kannada district is a district of Karnataka state in India, with its headquarters in the coastal city of Mangalore. It is part of the larger Tulu Nadu region. The district covers an area nestled in between the Western Ghats to its east ...

. The story of these heroes may be taken to roughly five hundred years back, when reference to Ballads were made in the Tulu Padana. Koti and Chennayya were born to the ''Deyi Baidethi'' of the Daivashakthi people of

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. Owing to the brothers heroic deeds, they are worshipped and remembered as protectors. They died in combat near Yenmoor. Memorial temples called ''garadi'' "gymnasiums" have been built in the name of Koti and Chennayya all over Tulu Nadu.

Religious Places

* PADUMALE, the birth place of Koti Chennaya. * Shree Brahma Baiderkala Garodi, Yenmoor, Maha samadhi of Koti Chennaya. *

Shree Brahma Baidarkala Garadi Kshetra Shree Brahma Baidarkala Garadi Kshetra or popularly known as Garodi is a temple in Mangalore dedicated to the twin cultural heroes of Tulu Nadu region, Koti and Chennayya (Circa 1556 A.D to 1591 A.D.).The temple is located at Kankanadi adjacent ...

or popularly known as '''Garodi is a religious place for Tulu community, dedicated to Koti and Chennayya at Garodi in

Kankanadi Kankanadi or Kankanady is one of the major upscale commercial and residential localities of Mangalore city. It houses many highrise buildings and transforming into a highrise hub of Mangalore CBD region along with its major counterparts like Bej ...

In modern culture

* A movie based on the lives of Koti and Chennaya was made in

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and

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Koti Chennayya Koti may refer to: Places * Koti, Armenia * Koti Department, Burkina Faso, and its capital Koti, Burkina Faso * Koti, Hyderabad, India * Koti, Novo Mesto, Slovenia * Koti Island, Mozambique * Koti (princely state), now part of Solan distric ...

Koti Chennaya ''Koti Chennaya'' is 2007 historical Tulu language film based on the lives of Koti and Chennayya, the twin cultural folk heroes of Tulu Nadu. The film, which combines history, folklore and social stratum of yesteryear Tulu Nadu, is directed by A ...

, a 2007 movie made in

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which went to win the

National Film Awards The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India. Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian government's Directorat ...

(54th). * A project of TV serial in

Kannada language Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native sp ...

based on Koti Chennaya was telecasted in DD chandana, a Kannada channel *In 2019 another movie was made in

as "

Deyi Baidethi ''Deyi Baideti – Gejjegiri Nandanodu'' is a 2019 Indian Tulu-language historical film directed and produced by Suryoday Permapalli. The film is presented by Lakshman K Ameen under the banner of Sankri Motion Pictures. The film's soundtracks wa ...

" in 2019.

References

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Religious Places

In modern culture

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