Banga Arasa

[2] The Banga Arasas were said to have been given control of 15 sub-divisions (Magane) of Southern Tulu Nadu by the Hoysala Ballal Emperor, Vira Narasimha.

[4] The dynasty patronized Jainism.They also built Hindu temples as well as shrines to deities of the Buta Kola folk tradition.

Ullalthi, a form of the mother goddess worshiped in the Buta Kola tradition was the tutelary deity of the dynasty.

[3] Following the decline of the Alupas, the coastal districts of Karnataka which is also known as Tulu Nadu came under the sway of various local Bunt-Jain feudal families.

Due to the prevalence of the matrilineal Aliyasantana law of inheritance five women from the family also ruled.