Nayaka

In particular, Shudras (from whose ranks came the Nayaka kings), merchants, and women began to endow temples and to present gifts (often not of land but of animals and other commodities easier to purchase) that conveyed the greater freedom and wealth to which they gained access in these periods.

1076-1147 2001

A practice encouraged by the Vijayanagara Empire, and continued under the Nayaka kingdoms that succeeded it (See By 1500), opened up temple patronage to a variety of actors not included within the twice-born castes previously privileged by normative texts.

1076-1147 2001

DNA had reported about one of thecaste conflicts that had started after a woman allegedly helped a Dalit boy elope with a girl from the Nayaka community in Lakshmisagar in January.

Analysis 2010

"Now, only women stay in the village, as Nayaka and Bhovi men have left out of fear,"

Analysis 2010

The Maha Nayaka Thero while discussing the present situation of the country with the President has emphasized that everyone is equal before the law and it is the due responsibility of all the citizens to act in conformity with the existing domestic laws.

Sri Lanka News - ColomboPage.com 2010

Angered by the allegation, Lingayat men beat up Nayaka and Bhovi community members with machetes, he said.

Analysis 2010

She said about 30 to 40 men from the Nayaka community had barged into her house on the morning of January 17.

Analysis 2010

Bhagyamma, a Dalit woman, was stripped naked and beaten up by a group of men, allegedly from the Nayaka community, on January 17.

Analysis 2010

They drive Mysore-Bangalore-Tumkur-Arsikere passenger express every day in two shifts.dna. sunday caught up with Nayaka before flagging off the train at 1.35 pm from the Bangalore City railway station.

Analysis 2010

This year, on February 26, members of the Nayaka and Bhovi communities alleged misappropriation of temple funds.

Analysis 2010