Koti and Chennayya

The birthplace of Koti and Chennaya is Padumale in Puttur taluk, Dakshina Kannada.

[2] The story of these heroes may be taken to roughly five hundred years back, when reference to Ballads were made in the Tulu Padana.

Koti and Chennayya were born to the Deyi Baidethi of the Billava people of Tulu Nadu.

Owing to the brothers heroic deeds, they are worshipped and remembered as protectors.

Memorial temples called garadi "gymnasiums" have been built in the name of Koti and Chennayya all over Tulu Nadu.