Bunts community

The Bunts (Tulu: ಬಂಟರ, Kannada: ಬಂತವರು, Malayalam: ബന്ടര്), are a largely Tulu speaking Hindu community of erstwhile nobility, feudals and gentry from the region of Tulu Nadu in the south west of India which comprises the districts of Udupi and Mangalore in the Indian state of Karnataka and Kasaragod taluk of Kerala. According to the system of Varna Bunts belong to the Nagavanshi (Serpent Lineage) order of Kshatriyas (Warriors). Bunts traditionally follow the matrilineal system of descent and kinship...

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