My
Village
Delampady - the treasure of
nature,fully covered by reserve forests from 3 sides - is the place
where I was born and brought up. This is to this place that my
ancestors have come some what 300 years ago from northern Kerala.
Delampady is a land of multi culture. It is a center of multi language. In ancient times Tulu was the only language of this
area. Due to the migration, the people of all community have came here and
get their shelter in this nature rich hub of Kerala. Now the people
of all Religions and communities are living here.
Delampady is a Village of Delampady Panchayat, Kasaragod Taluk and District of Kerala
State.Our Village office is situated at Parappa and Panchayat office
is at Adoor.
Earlier as per the information that we
are getting, this land was under the control of
Ballals, the Tulu speaking Kings belongs to Jainism. But now there is not
even a single person who belongs to Jainism here. These Jain Kings
gave this area to Bunt and Brahmin landlords. After that they gave shelter to the tenants of different communities. So a strong
Jamindari system or Feudalism was emerged in this area. This system
was prevailed up to 60s and 70s. Then because of the land reforms act,
'Tiller becames the owner of this land'. Hence the people got their
land and so many families have emerged as agriculturists.
Before 1980s only Hindus and
Muslims were here. A large group of Christians have migrated from
Southern and Medieval Kerala during this period. So many people have also come
here. This migration gave a major change to the social setup of this
village. Introduction of Rubber plantation is the major effect of this migration. With this influence the local people also tried to introduce this new plantation crop. Earlier cashew nut was the only
plantation crop of hill areas of Delampady. Then this has
transformed to Rubber. Now it is a wonder to say that more than 97%
of the dry land has Rubber plantation. This changed the
financial status of our area. Now more than 75% of the families are
having Rubber plantation and the standard of living is also improved
to a major extent.
Except Rubber, the other
conventional crops of this area are
arecanut, coconut, pepper, coca, paddy etc. Like other parts of our State
Paddy fields are diminishing day by day.
Geographically and politically
speaking Delampady is fully covered by the land areas of Karnataka
state. 7 to 8 roads are connecting our area to the outside world, among
them 7 roads are touching Delampady after crossing Karnataka
State. This is also a major hindrance for the development of our area. The people
of this area have major contacts with the cities of Karnataka State - Puttur, Sullia and Mangalore for commercial
transactions, business, education, medical facilities etc. Most of the
people are going to Kasaragod only for official purpose.
Delamapdy is highly rich in
culture. Different religions and communities have gave theirown
contribution in the cultural development of this area. Besides the
general celeberations and cultural performances of major religions we
can see the Gondolu Nritya a special worshiping dance form of Marati
community, Koraga Nritya, Kanyapu, Aati kalanja, Sona Jogi etc which made
this place culturally rich. But nowdays because of the influence of
the modern culture the people who were performed this from ancient
times, are giving away this performances.
Yakshagana is the major art form
that the people of Delampady are performing. Banari Sri Gopalakrishna
Yakshagana Kala Sangha is doing the lead role in developing this art
form. There are more than 25 famous Yakshagana artists here. Among
them some people like Kedagadi Guddappa Gowda (got State award), Sri K
V Narayana Rai, Sri Pakkeera Alva, Sri Mahalinga Patali, Sri K Babu
Rai, Sri Ramappa Gowda, Sri M Narayana Rai and others gave their great contribution to
this field and left this world after leaving their own footprint in this great art form of Northern Kerala and Karnataka. Sri M Shanthappa Rai, Sri M Radhakrishna Rai, Sri M Thimmappa Gowda, Sri M Ramananda Rai, Sri
Balakrishna Gowda, Sri Mohana Suvarna Nadubail, Sri Mohana Menasinakana, Sri Veerappa Nadubail, Sri
Sanjeeva Mayyala, Sri Rama Naika Delampady, Sri Ramanna Master, Sri D
Venkatramana Bhat, Sri Sadashiva Rai Bellippady, Sri Kusumadhara
Valthaje and others are the famous Yakshagana artists of the area, performing the art in nowadays also. Sri Vishwa Vinoda Banari is
now taking the lead role as a director in our area in Yakshagana.
The people who are living in this area are speaking Tulu, Kannada, Malayalam, Konkani, Marati, Arebhashe (gowda kannada),
Havyaka Kannada, Byari bhashe, shivalli Tulu and Tamil in nowadays.
The celebrations of the area are
deepavali – Parba, Keddasa, Bisu, Aati amavasye, Pernal, Christmas, Hajj
Pernal, Moulod, etc.
The village has 7 Mosques, 3
temples, 6-7-daivasthanas, bhajana mandirs and a Church. The place is
well connected from Kasaragod, Puttur, Ishwaramangala, Sullia by road.
To sum up now Delampady a land
which has evolved from time to time with the contribution of
different religions, communities, people and culture is now developing
as a miniature form of India with its diversity. The people of all
groups gave their great contribution for the religious
harmony, cultural unity and economic stability of our village
DELAMPADY - THE DREAM GIRL OF NATURE.
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