COLACO KAMATH family from Hospet

From the Ferris Encyclopedia of Mangalorean Families.

There are two such families from the same region and they must be connected. I have been unable so far to get a link which is possibly a brother of Pascal. Pascal Colaco apparently came from Goa and settled in Taccode. He donated land to the "Holy Cross Church" of Hospet (which has a history of 200 years - the only church that was spared by Tippu Sultan in return for the favors received from the Jain King of Moodbidri as he had a special affinity for Hospet Catholics as they used to cultivate betel leaves and were the main suppliers of the Paan chewing Hindu community. Pascal Colaco made a condition for the land gifted to Hospet church as follows: A mass has to be said whenever a Colaco dies - and this condition remains perpetual to this day.,

- Source: Titus Colaco

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