Castes and Tribes of Southern India/Gōndaliga

by Edgar Thurston

Gōndaliga. — The Gōndaligas are described, in the Mysore Census Report, 1901, as being mendicants "of Mahratta origin like the Būdabudikes, and may perhaps be a sub-division of them. They are worshippers of Durgi. Their occupation, as the name indicates, is to perform gondala, or a kind of torch-light dance, usually

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performed in honour of Amba Bhavāni, especially after marriages in Dēsastha Brāhman's houses, or at other times in fulfilment of any vow."