Padval ( Konkani: पडवळ in

Devanagari Devanagari ( ; , , Sanskrit pronunciation: ), also called Nagari (),Kathleen Kuiper (2010), The Culture of India, New York: The Rosen Publishing Group, , page 83 is a left-to-right abugida (a type of segmental Writing systems#Segmental syste ...

, ಪದವಲ್

Kanarese script The Kannada script (IAST: ''Kannaḍa lipi''; obsolete: Kanarese or Canarese script in English) is an abugida of the Brahmic family, used to write Kannada, one of the Dravidian languages of South India especially in the state of Karnataka. Ka ...

) is a subgroup of the

Christian Cxatria Roman Catholic Kshatriyas (also simply Cxatrias in Romi Konkani, Indo-Portuguese& Indian English) are a modern Christianised caste among Goan, Bombay East Indian, Mangalorean, Kudali& Karwari Catholics. They are the patrilineal descendants of K ...

caste, bearing the same ''

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'' (pre-conversion) surname among

Mangalorean Catholics Mangalorean Catholics ( kok, Kōdiyālcheñ Kathōlikā) are an ethno-religious community of Latin Catholics in India typically residing in the Diocese of Mangalore in the erstwhile South Canara area, by the southwestern coast of present-day Kar ...

, they converted from the

Jain Bunt The Jain Bunt are the Jainists of Bunt caste from Tulunaad area of India. It has been said that the Jain Bunts also have the highest per capita income in India. They have a feudal and martial race heritages, because of ties to the erstwhile r ...

varna that is native to

Canara Kanara, also known as Karavali is the historically significant stretch of land situated by the southwestern coast of India, alongside the Arabian Sea in the present-day Indian state of Karnataka. The region comprises three civil districts, ...

History

A large number of

Goan Catholics Goan Catholics ( gom, Goenchem Katholik) are an ethno-religious community of Indian Christians following the Roman Rite of worship from the Goa state, in the southern part of the Konkan region along the west coast of India. They are Konkani pe ...

immigrated to

in the 16th and 17th centuries due to various causes. ''Padvals'' were the local Catholic converts of

South Canara South Canara was a district of the Madras Presidency of British India, located at . It comprised the towns of Kassergode and Udipi and adjacent villages, with the capital in Mangalore city. South Canara was one of the most heterogeneous areas o ...

and did not mix with these Christian immigrants from Goa. In ''The Marriage Customs of the Christians in South Canara, India'' (1965), Severine Silva speculated that the ''Padvals'' in the Christian community were converts from

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. According to Mangalorean genealogist

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, the major ''Padval'' clans are the Rodrigues family of Ambepol,

Bantwal Bantwal () is a taluk in Dakshina Kannada district, Karnataka, India. It is located East of Mangalore city center. BC Road-Kaikamba of Bantwal is one of the fastest developing areas in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka. Along with BC ...

Bejai Bejai is one of the major localities in Mangalore city, Karnataka, India. The series of Bharath malls, Bharath mall & Bharath mall 2 (under construction), are located here. It is one of the upscale & the busiest residential cum commercial localit ...

, Nod and

Kadri Kadri may refer to: People * Kadri (name), a personal name Places * Kadri, Mangalore, a neighbourhood in Mangalore, India See also * Kadiri, a place of Hindu pilgrimage in Andhra Pradesh, India * Balakadri, form of traditional music on the Caribb ...

; Tauro family of Bantwal,

Kodialbail Kodialbail is a locality in the city of Mangalore in Karnataka state of India. It is located 2 km to the north of Hampankatta. It is home to some of the most prestigious educational institutes of Mangalore as well as the Mangalore Stock Exc ...

and

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 ...

; Lobo family of Bellore,

Derebail Derebail is a locality, situated about 6 kilometres from the heart of Mangalore city. Derebail spans over 5 corporate wards in the Mangalore City Corporation (Wards no. 17, 23, 24, 25 and 26). The total official population in the region, compri ...

and Mermajal; and D'Souza family of Bejai, Kadri and

Vamanjoor Vamanjoor is a residential locality which falls within the city corporation of Mangalore in Karnataka, India. It is en route to Moodabidri and Karkala by National Highway 169 (India), National Highway 169 (old NH13). Vamanjoor in Detail Vamanj ...

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