Castes and Tribes of Southern India/Pātramēla

by Edgar Thurston

Pātramēla.—Pātramēla, or Pātradēva, is the name of a class of dancing girls in South Canara. Pātramēla, Mr. H. A. Stuart writes,*^[1] is the name by which the Konkani Kalāvants (courtezans) are known above the ghauts,

1. * Manual of the South Canara istrict