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                An unknown culture:   Tulunadu                  Tulunad  or  Tulu Nadu , also called  Bermere sristi  or  Parashurama Srishti , is a region and a  proposed state  on the southwestern coast of India.  The  Tulu people , known as 'Tuluva' (plural 'Tuluver'), speakers of  Tulu , a  Dravidian language , are the preponderant ethnic group of this region. According to mythology, the district was reclaimed by  Parashurama  from the sea. Tulu Nadu were recovered from the  Arabian Sea  by the axe-wielding warrior sage  Parashurama , the sixth  avatar  of  Vishnu  (hence, Kerala is also called  Parasurama Kshetram  'The Land o f Parasurama . surprisingly the language, culture, customs, and ethnicity of these regions are entirely different from other re...