It is stated in the Manual of the Nellore district that, when a Golla bridegroom sets out for the house of his mother-in-law, he is seized on the way by his companions, who will not release him until he has paid a piece of gold.
The custom of illatom, or application of a son-in-law, obtains among the Gollas, as among the Kāpus and some other Telugu classes.*[1]
In connection with the death ceremonies, it may be noted that the corpse, when it is being washed, is made to rest on a mortar, and two pestles are placed by its side, and a lighted lamp near the head.
There is a proverb to the effect that a Golla will not scruple to water the milk which he sells to his own father. Another proverb refers to the corrupt manner in which he speaks his mother-tongue.
The insigne of the caste at Conjeeveram is a silver churning stick.†[2]
Gollāri (monkey). — An exogamous sept of Gadaba.
Gomma. — Recorded by the Rev. J. Cain as the name for Kōyis who live near the banks of the Godāvari river. Villages on the banks thereof are called gommu ūllu.
Gōnapala (old plough). — An exogamous sept of Dēvānga.
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
