Padval

Padval (Konkani: पडवळ (Devanagari), ಪದವಲ್ (Kannada)) is a minor caste[1] and surname[2] among the Mangalorean Catholics.

History

During the sixteenth and seventeenth century, a significantly large number of Goan Catholics, migrated to Canara due to a variety of reasons. The arrival of the Christians, particularly from Goa to the Canara was neither completely voluntary nor completely peaceful. The migration was the result of religious, political, economic, cultural, social and other causes.[3][4] Padvals were the local Catholic converts of South Canara and did not mix with the Christian immigrants from Goa. Catholic historian Severine Silva in his The Marriage Customs of the Christians in South Canara, India (1965), speculates that the Padvals in the Christian community were Jain converts. Their descendants constitute a minor caste among the Mangalorean Catholics of Dakshina Kannada.[1] According to Mangalorean genealogist Michael Lobo, the major Padval clans are the Rodrigues family of Ambepol, Bantwal, Bejai, Nod and Kadri; Tauro family of Bantwal, Kodialbail and Kankanadi; Lobo family of Bellore, Derebail and Mermajal; and D'Souza family of Bejai, Kadri and Vamanjoor.[5]

Citations

1. Silva & Fuchs 1965, p. 5
2. Pinto 1999, p. 168
3. "Christianity in Mangalore". Diocese of Mangalore. Archived from the original on 22 June 2008. Retrieved 30 July 2008.
4. Pinto 1999, p. 124
5. Lobo 2000, p. 526

See also

• Christianity in Karnataka
• Roman Catholicism in Mangalore
• Roman Catholic Brahmin
• Roman Catholic Kshatriya
• Forward caste
• Konkani people
• Tulu Jains

References

• Farias, Kranti K. (1999). The Christian Impact on South Kanara. Church History Association of India.
• Lobo, Michael (2000). Distinguished Mangalorean Catholics, 1800–2000: a historico-biographical survey of the Mangalorean Catholic community. Camelot Publishers. ISBN 978-81-87609-01-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link).
• Pinto, Pius Fidelis (1999). History of Christians in coastal Karnataka, 1500–1763 A.D. Mangalore: Samanvaya Prakashan.
• Silva, Severine; Stephen Fuchs (1965). "The Marriage Customs of the Christians in South Canara, India" (PDF). 2. 24. Asian Folklore Studies, Nanzan University (Japan). Archived from the original (PDF, 2.48 MB) on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2008. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)