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[[File:Shri Koti-chennaya.jpg|right|thumb|'''Koti & Chennaya''' (Circa 1556 A.D to 1591 A.D.), Twin Heroes of [[Tulu Nadu]] (Karnataka, India)]]<br />
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'''Koti and Chennayya''' ({{langx|tcy|ಕೋಟಿ ಚೆನ್ನಯ್ಯ}} '''Kōṭi Cennayya''') (circa 1556 A.D to 1591 A.D.)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://kankanadygarodi.in/history1.html|title=Shree Brahma Baidarkala Garodi Kshethra|website=kankanadygarodi.in|access-date=2016-09-25|archive-date=27 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927080700/http://kankanadygarodi.in/history1.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> are legendary [[Tuluva]] [[twin]] heroes characterized in the Tulu epic of the same name, which is considered one of the two truly long epics in the [[Tulu language]]. The birthplace of Koti and Chennaya is Padumale in [[Puttur, Karnataka|Puttur]] taluk, [[Dakshina Kannada]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/birthplace-of-koti-chennaya-may-be-the-next-tourist-hub-of-tulu-nadu/article5337598.ece|title=Birthplace of Koti, Chennaya may be the next tourist hub of Tulu Nadu|date=2013-11-11|newspaper=The Hindu|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|access-date=2016-09-10}}</ref> 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 Kirodian bari (Kirodiyyanaya) of the [[Billava]] (Bydyer) people of [[Tulu Nadu]]. 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.<ref name="garadi">{{cite web|url=http://www.billawabalagadubai.com/J1010/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=34&Itemid=32 |title=Gardi - The Billawa Temple |work=Online webpage of Billava Balaga |publisher=Billava Balaga, Dubai |accessdate=2007-07-13 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927162734/http://www.billawabalagadubai.com/J1010/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=34&Itemid=32 |archivedate=27 September 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{better source needed|date=August 2016}}<br />
[[File:ಕೋಟಿ ಚೆನ್ನಯ೧.JPG|thumb|Koti and Chennayya]]<br />
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== Religious places ==<br />
*[[Padumale]], the birthplace of Koti Chennaya.<br />
*[[Shree Brahma Baiderkala Garodi, Yenmoor]], Maha samadhi of Koti Chennaya.<br />
*[[Shree Brahma Baidarkala Garadi Kshetra]] or popularly known as ''<nowiki/>'Garodi''' is a religious place for [[Tulu people|Tulu community]], dedicated to Koti and Chennayya at Garodi in [[Kankanadi]].<br />
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==In modern culture==<br />
* A movie based on the lives of Koti and Chennaya was made in [[Kannada language|Kannada]] and [[Tulu language]]s as [[Koti Chennayya]]<br />
* [[Koti Chennaya]], a 2007 movie made in [[Tulu language|Tulu]] which went to win the 54th [[National Film Awards]].<ref name="movie">{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/kannada/article/19767.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930165331/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/kannada/article/19767.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 September 2007|title='Koti Chennayya' Tulu film completes shooting |work=Online webpage of India Glitz|accessdate=2007-07-13}}</ref><br />
* A project of TV serial in [[Kannada language]] based on Koti Chennaya was telecasted in DD chandana, a Kannada channel<ref name="serial">{{cite web|url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=29823&n_tit=Udupi%3A+%27Koti+Chennaya%27+being+Made+into+Serial+in+Kannada|title= 'Koti Chennaya' being Made into Serial in Kannada|work=Online webpage of Daiji World|publisher=Daiji World|accessdate=2007-07-13}}</ref><br />
*In 2019 another movie was made in [[Tulu language|Tulu]] as "[[Deyi Baidethi]]" in 2019.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Aati kalenja]]<br />
* [[Yakshagana]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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===Bibliography===<br />
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* {{cite journal |last1=Burnell |first1=A. E. |last2=Temple |first2=R. C. |date=1894 |title=The Devil Worship of the Tuluvas: The Song of Koti and Channayya |journal=[[Indian Antiquary]] |volume=23 |pages=29–49, 85–91 |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044084494251&seq=45}}<br />
* {{cite journal |last1=Burnell |first1=A. E. |last2=Temple |first2=R. C. |date=1895 |title=The Story of Koti and Channayya |journal=[[Indian Antiquary]] |volume=24 |pages=114–21, 141–53, 211–15, 242–44, 267–72 |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044077741817&seq=150}}<br />
* {{cite journal |last1=Burnell |first1=A. E. |last2=Temple |first2=R. C. |date=1896 |title=The Devil Worship of the Tuluvas: The Origin of the Beiderlu (Mr. Männer's variants) |journal=[[Indian Antiquary]] |volume=25 |pages=295–310, 328–42 |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044089639025&seq=351}}<br />
* {{cite journal |last1=Burnell |first1=A. E. |last2=Temple |first2=R. C. |date=1897 |title=The Devil Worship of the Tuluvas: The origin of the Bhūta Panjurli (Mr. Männer's variants) |journal=[[Indian Antiquary]] |volume=26 |pages=47–54 |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044084494376&seq=63}}<br />
* {{cite book |translator=Shankar Narayana D. Poojary |title=Epic of the Warriors (Koti Chennaya Pardana) |editor=Damodar Kalmady |location=Chennai, India |publisher=National Folklore Support Center |date=2007 |isbn=81-901481-8-4 |language=Kannada, English}}<br />
* {{cite journal |last=Billava |first=Shiva |title=Legendary Twins: Koti-Chennaya |journal=Indian Literature |volume=52 |issue=2 (244) |date=2008 |pp=161–67 |jstor=24159415}}<br />
* {{cite book |title=The Tale of The Twin Warriors (Koti Chennaya) |publisher=SAHITYA AKADEMI |author=Bannanje Babu Amin |date=2009 |isbn=9788126027811}}<br />
* {{cite journal |last=Nandavara |first=Vamana |title=Unrivalled 'Two in the Biruva Crew': Kóṭi-Chennaya–A Tulu Folk Epic |journal=Indian Literature |volume=61 |issue=2 (298) |date=2017 |pp=161–89 |jstor=26791339}}<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* {{cite book |last1=Adluri |first1=V. |first2=J. |last2=Bagchee |chapter=Boar And Twins: Comparing The Tulu ''Kōtị-Cennaya Pāḍdana'' And The Tamil ''Elder Brothers Story'' |title=When the Goddess was a Woman |location=Leiden, The Netherlands |publisher=Brill |date=2011 |pages=487–516 |doi=10.1163/ej.9789004193802.i-624.79}}<br />
* {{cite journal |last=Shetty |first=Yogitha |title=Koti and Chennaya: Culturally Resistant Symbols of Tulunadu |journal=Indian Literature |volume=61 |issue=2 (298) |date=2017 |pages=156–60 |jstor=26791338}}<br />
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