Arebhashe gowdas or Kodagu and Dakshina Kannada Gowdas are a major ethnic group in parts of Dakshina Kannada, like Sullia, Puttur, parts of Bantwal and Belthangadi Taluks, and in parts of Kodagu. They were mainly living in some of these places called as (Amara Sulya (Sulya), which was part of Kodagu (Coorg) during Haleri Dynasty of Kodagu, hence the Tulu and Dakshina Kannada Gowdas are also called Kodagu Gowdas (Coorg Gowdas). Guddera (Guddemane) Appaiah, whose family was given lands in Kodagu in 1800, along with others from Kodagu and Dakshina Kannada rebelled against the British and hoisted Jangama(Lingayite monk) Kalyanaswamy's flag in Bavuta Gudde in Mangalore
