the marriage is a mere ceremonial, and the bridegroom at the ceremony is not necessarily the spouse of actual life. His death deprives her of the right to wear the tāli, and makes her an Amangali (an inauspicious person) for all socio-religious purposes. At srāddhas (memorial service for the dead), the Tampurātti with her married husband alive faces the east, and one that has lost him has to look in the direction of Yamalōka (south).
Mr. Ravi Varma, the celebrated artist, who died recently, was a Koil Tampurān of Kilimānūr, an extensive village assigned to his ancestors rent-free for the military services they had rendered to the State in times of trouble.* [1]
Kōkala (woman's cloth).—An exogamous sept of Golla.
Kokkara.—Recorded, in the Travancore Census Report, as a sub-division of Nāyar.
Kokkundia.— See Kukkundi.
Kōla (ear of corn).—An exogamous sept of Mēdara.
Kōlāri.— See Kōlāyan.
Kolālo (arrack-seller).— A name of Sōndis.
Kolata Gudiya.—A name for Gudiyas engaged in agriculture.
Kōlayan.—It is recorded, in the Madras Census Report, 1901, that "the caste is found chiefly in the Kasaragōd tāluk of South Canara, and in the northern part of Malabar. In South Malabar, it is called Ūrāli.Its traditional occupation is herding cows, and it claims the privilege of supplying milk and ghee to certain Hindu temples, but at present most of its members are
- ↑ • See Ravi Varma, the Indian Artist. Indian Press, Allahabad.
