Occupying mostly the main town, Mercara, they are another sect of mysterious people. These sects of people are found at large in the Dakshina Kannada region [Mangalore, Puttur etc]. Bearys follow Islam religion and celebrate all Islamic festivals.
Byaris, both humours and fun loving, differ from the other Muslim community in their life style. They have the ability to chum up with people belonging to any community with their heavenly smile and helping nature and a friendly attitude.
Most Byaris prefer to work abroad and the ones back home are excellent businessmen and intend to work in business related activities.
The Beary (also known as Byari) is a Muslim community concentrated mostly in coastal South Kanara (Dakshina Kannada), in the district of Karnataka, a south Indianstate. 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 theNorth 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 theMalabar coast. The Beary people are followers of Islam, and belong to the Shafi'i school of Islamic jurisprudence, unlike North Indian Muslims who generally adhere to theHanafi school. Since Bearys make up the majority of the Muslim population in the Dakshina Kannada district, the Muslim community is some times referred to as Bearys or Byaris by locals.
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.[2] One mosque was built in the Bunder area ofMangalore by Habeeb Bin Malik, an Arab Da'ee, in 644 A.D
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