 Saletore further adds that the Naga origin of the Alupas is proved by two facts.The figure of a hooded serpent which is found in an effaced Alupa stone inscription in the Gollara Ganapati temple in Mangalore and their ultra Saivite tendencies.Saletore dismisses the idea regarding the Dravidian origin of the name from the Kannada word "Alu" meaning 'to rule' or 'govern'.