Padval

Padval (Konkani: पडवळ , ಪದವಲ್ ) is a minor caste and surname among the Mangalorean Catholics.
History.
During the sixteenth and seventeenth century, a significantly large number of Goan Catholics, migrated to Canara due to a
variety of reasons. The arrival of the Christians, particularly from Goa to the Canara was neither completely voluntary
nor completely peaceful. The migration was the result of religious, political, economic, cultural, social and other causes. "Padvals" were the local Catholic converts of South Canara and did not mix with the Christian immigrants from Goa. Catholic historian Severine Silva in his "The Marriage Customs of the Christians in South Canara, India" (1965), speculates that the "Padvals" in the Christian community were Jain converts. Their descendants constitute a minor caste among the Mangalorean Catholics of Dakshina Kannada. According to Mangalorean genealogist Michael Lobo, the major "Padval" clans are the Rodrigues family of Ambepol, Bantwal, Bejai, Nod and Kadri; Tauro family of Bantwal, Kodialbail and Kankanadi; Lobo family of Bellore, Derebail and Mermajal; and D'Souza family of Bejai, Kadri and Vamanjoor.