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|caption = Ugra [[Narasimha]] is the main deity of worship for Kota Brahmins<br />
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|popplace=[[Karnataka]], [[India]]<br />
|langs=[[Mother tongue]] is Kota Kannada, a dialect of [[Kannada language|Kannada]]<ref name="CurriedCultures">{{cite book |author=Krishnendu Ray, Tulasi Srinivas |date=2012 |title=Curried Cultures: Globalization, Food, and South Asia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p1kZBqJBjOgC&pg=PA100&dq=Kota+Brahmins#q=Kota%20Brahmins |publisher=[[University of California Press]] |page=100 |isbn=978-0520270114 |access-date=16 July 2015}}</ref><br />
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'''Kota Brahmins''' are a Hindu Brahmin subcaste mainly from the Indian state of [[Karnataka]].<ref name="CurriedCultures"/> Kota Brahmins take their name from their native village [[Kota, Karnataka|Kota]]. They speak a [[Kannada]] different from the other regional dialects. Kota Brahmins are mainly concentrated in the villages of [[Kota, Karnataka|Kota]] of [[Udupi district]].<ref>{{cite book|title=South Kanara, 1799-1860: A Study in Colonial Administration and Regional Response|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z0nZzbFDSAoC|page=25|author=N. Shyam Bhat|publisher=Mittal Publications|date=1 January 1998|isbn = 9788170995869}}</ref> Kotas follow [[Smarta tradition]]. The [[Guru Narasimha Temple, Saligrama]] is important to them.<ref>{{cite book|title=Karnataka State Gazetteer: South Kanara|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jooBAAAAMAAJ|publisher=Director of Print., Stationery and Publications at the Government Press|year=1973|page=109|quote=The Kota Brahmins , so called from a village in the northern part of the Udipi taluk, are Smarthas.}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Kannada Brahmins]]<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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*[http://kootabandhu.org/ Kootabandhu.org]<br />
*[http://www.boloji.com/places/0019.htm Boloji.com]<br />
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[[Category:Kannada Brahmins]]<br />
[[Category:Mangalorean society]]<br />
[[Category:Brahmin communities of Karnataka]]<br />
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