The Lad subcaste is from Gujarat, while the Lingayats originally belonged to the Telugu and canarese country.
"The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II"
R. V. Russell
On the north lies Sindh or the lower valley and delta of the Indus, a region essentially Mahomedan both historically and as regards the population; then more to the south, Gujerat, containing, on the contrary, the most diverse and mixed elements, and comprising all the districts of the northern coast, the Mahratta country, and the interior districts of the Deccan; and, finally, the provinces where the canarese language is spoken, divided in their turn into four British districts and eight Native States.
"Les Parsis"
D. Menant
She was the first child sent to us from the canarese country; and I thought of the friends who had sent her, newly interested and stirred to seek these little ones, and of what it would mean of discouragement to them if she were taken, and my heart held on for her.
"Lotus Buds"
Amy Carmichael