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Beary (also known as Byari ) is a small Muslim community concentrated mostly in coastal South Kanara ( Dakshina Kannada ) district of Karnataka , a south Indian state.1It is an ethnic society having its own unique traditions, and distinct cultural identity. The Beary community holds an important place among the other coastal Muslim communities like Nawayath 's of North Kanara district, Mappilas (Moplahs) of the Malabar coast and Labbay of the Coromandel coast . Bearys incorporate the local Tulu culture of Dakshina Kannada and diverse traditions of the Moplahs of the Malabar coast .2The Beary people are followers of Islam and belong to the Shafi'i school of Islamic jurisprudence , unlike North Indian Muslims who generally adhere to the Hanafi school. Since Bearys are in the majority amongst the Muslims in Dakshina Kannada district, the Muslim community thus is some times referred to as Bearys or Byaris by local people.3The Beary community of Dakshina Kannada or Tulunadu is one among the earliest Muslim population of India with a clear history of more than 1350 years.4One mosque was built in the Bunder area of Mangalore by Habeeb Bin Malik, an Arab Da'ee, in 644 A.D.5The Tulu folk songs called Paād-danāas , an integral part of Tulu culture, refer several times to olden days Bearys who were still following Tulu culture.6
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Ethnic group The Beary (also known as Byari ) is a community concentrated mostly along the southwest coast of India , in coastal Dakshina Kannada , a district in the South Indian state of Karnataka . It is an ethnic society, having its own unique traditions and distinct cultural identity. The Beary community holds an important place among the other coastal Muslim communities, like Nawayath 's of the Uttara Kannada district, Mappilas (Moplahs) of the Malabar coast and Labbay of the Coromandel coast . Bearys incorporate the local Tulu culture of Dakshina Kannada and diverse traditions of the Moplahs of the Malabar coast . The Beary community of Dakshina Kannada or Tulunadu is one among the earliest Muslim inhabitants of India, with a clear history of more than 1350 years. One mosque was built in the Bunder area of Mangalore by Habeeb Bin Malik, an Arab Da'ee, in 644 A.D.
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( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Ethnic group The Beary (also known as Byari ) is a community concentrated mostly along the southwest coast of India , in Coastal Dakshina Kannada , a district in the South Indian state of Karnataka . It is an ethnic society, having its own unique Traditions and distinct cultural identity. The Beary community holds an important place among the other coastal Muslim communities , like Nawayath 's of the Uttara Kannada district, Mappilas (Moplahs) of the Malabar coast and Labbay of the Coromandel coast . Bearys incorporate the local Tulu culture of Tulunadu and diverse traditions of the Moplahs of the Malabar coast . The Beary community of Tulunadu is one among the earliest Muslim inhabitants of India , with a clear history of more than 1350 years.
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Indian ethnic group This article is about the ethnic group.( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Ethnic group The Beary (also known as Byari ) are a community concentrated along the southwest coast of India , mostly in the Mangalore district of the south Indian state of Karnataka . The Beary community of Tulunadu is one among the earliest Muslim inhabitants of India , with a clear history of more than 950 years.
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small muslim community concentrated mostly in coastal south kanara
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muslim community concentrated along the southwest coast of india
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