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Kodagu, also known by its anglicised former name of Coorg, is an administrative district in Karnataka, India.
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Kodagu and also
It is the primary language of Kodavas, but a large portion of other communities and tribes in Kodagu also use Kodava Takk.
The Coffea arabica variety is also grown in some parts of southern and western Kodagu, the historical area of coffee production.
Kodagu is also known for its forest honey.
Kodagu is considered rich with wildlife and has three wildlife sanctuaries and one national park: the Brahmagiri, Talakaveri, and Pushpagiri Wildlife Sanctuaries, and the Nagarhole National Park, also known as the Rajiv Gandhi National Park.
Kodagu also offers a wide variety of birds, roughly around 300 birds have been sighted and reported over the years.
Seere also has different variations of draping depending on regions like Kodagu, North and South Karnataka and Karavali.
Importantly, rights over the adjacent forests ( bane ) were also attached to Jamma tenure, such that relatively expansive agricultural-forestry estates across Kodagu.
Kodagu being the catchment area of the river Kaveri, the river's water would also deplete due to such indiscriminate forest clearances.
A few Mappila traders from Malabar settled in Coorg ( also called Kodagu ) district of Karnataka.
Its range also includes Kodagu in Karnataka, Kodayar Hills in Tamil Nadu and many other hilly areas in Kerala and Tamil nadu.
Kodagu and known
Kodagu is well known in the world for coffee and its " brave warriors ", like Field Marshal K. M. Cariappa.
Though the language has no script, recently German linguist Gregg M. Cox developed a new writing system for the language known as the Coorgi-Cox alphabet, used by a number of individuals within Kodagu.
Despite the Kodavas being known in India as " brave warriors " and members of the Indian warrior caste, Kodagu did not have indigenous rulers for long as the Kodavas failed to evolve political consensus.
A system of land tenure, known as Jamma, was formerly instituted in Kodagu from the time of the Rajas.
Kodagu and by
Kaveri rises in the Western Ghats of Kodagu ( Coorg ) District, in Karnataka, and is joined by many small tributaries.
It is located by Brahmagiri hill ( not to be confused with the Brahmagiri range further south ) near Bhagamandala in Kodagu district, Karnataka, 1, 276 m. above sea level.
Power lines and hydro-electric projects planned by Karnataka and Kerala in Kodagu further exploit the resources of the region.
Endangered as a culture and language and with the exploitation of the farms and forests of Kodagu, the indigenous Kodavas seek autonomy for Kodagu ; to be governed by a hill council consisting of their own elders like those existent in Ladakh ( Leh and Kargil ), Darjeeling and the North-east ( Bodoland, Karbi, Dima, Tripura, Meghalaya and Mizoram )
To the east the district is bounded by the Western Ghats, which forms the border with Karnataka State, in its district of Kodagu.
Arebhashe or Gowda Kannada is a dialect of the Kannada language, particularly, spoken by the people belonging to ‘ Gowda ’ community ( among Hindus ) who are the natives of Madikeri, Somwarpet, Virajpet, Bhagamandala and Kushalanagara of Kodagu district and Sullia of Dakshina Kannada.
He retained control of Kodagu for sometime by very repressive means.
Traditionally all the members of an okka lived in a large ancestral Ainemane house ( ayyangada mane – House of the Elders ). The emergence of townships, as such, has been a relatively recent phenomenon and many of the main towns in Kodagu are inhabited by recent migrants and non-Kodavas.
Kodagu and its
The main river in Kodagu is the Kaveri ( Cauvery ), which originates at Talakaveri, located on the eastern side of the Western Ghats, and with its tributaries, drains the greater part of Kodagu.
Born in Halugunda village of Kodagu as Chengappa, Shambhavananda joined the Ramakrishna Order at its Bangalore centre in 1917.
Both Hyder Ali and Tippu were interested in Kodagu because of its abundant rice crop which brought much revenue to the state treasury.
The Kaveri cult has its center and origin in Kodagu.
Kodagu and anglicised
The Kodavas ( Kodava and, anglicised as Coorgs ) are a patrilineal ethno-lingual group from the region of Kodagu, in Karnataka state of southern India who traditionally were land-owning agriculturists with martial traditions and natively speak the Kodava language.
Kodagu and name
* Ethnologue report for Kodava takk – note however that this reference uses the district name, Kodagu, rather than the language name, which it mentions later.
Until 2000 the name of CNC was Kodagu Rajya Mukti Morcha ( KRMM or Kodagu State Liberation Front ).
They are the indigenous people of Kodagu, the land to which they gave their name.
Kodagu and Coorg
Map of South Indian states prior to the States Reorganisation Act, 1956. Kodagu ( then called Coorg ) is in dark green.
Kodagu ( then called Coorg ), home of the Kodavas, is in dark green.
Map of South Indian states prior to the States Reorganisation Act, 1956. Kodagu ( then called Coorg ) is in dark green.
Chandra Varma had a privy army who escorted him on his campaigns until he came into Kodagu ( Coorg ).
Critics argue that traditional hockey bastions such as Kodagu ( Coorg ), Jharkhand, Orissa and parts of Punjab have been ignored, but organisers say that in due course of time more teams may be included.
The indigenous Muslims of Coorg, Kodagu Mappilas, are believed to be descended from the converted natives, who had embraced Islam during the period of Mysore Sultans.
According to Ramchandra Rao " Punganuri " Tipu converted 500 Hindus in Kodagu ( Coorg ).
Kannur is connected to Kodagu, Mysore and Bangalore in Karnataka through the Thalassery – Coorg – Mysore interstate highway.
Kodagu and is
The Kodagu district is famous for spicy pork curries ( pig curry ) while coastal Karnataka specializes in seafood.
Kodava Takk or Kodava takka, ( Kannada script: ಕ ೊ ಡವ ತಕ ್) is the original language of the south Karnataka district of Kodagu.
Madikeri ( English: Mercara ) is the headquarters of Kodagu.
Kodagu is home to the native speakers of Kodava language.
Kodagu is located on the eastern slopes of the Western Ghats.
Kodagu is part of the Mysore, Lok Sabha, parliamentary constituency.
Much of Kodagu is used for agriculture.
Kodagu is the second coffee production region in India, after the Baba Budangiri hills in Chikkamagaluru district.
Continuous weeding is required for the growth of good quality coffee. The coffee agro-forestry systems of Kodagu are one of the richest agro-forest in the world, with about 270 species of shaded trees inventoried ( see publications of CAFNET project ).
Kodagu is home to many communities with diverse ethnic origins, with Kodavas being the main ethnic group.
It is the third least populous district in Karnataka ( out of 30 ), after Kodagu and Bangalore Rural.
* Kodagu style – this drape is confined to ladies hailing from the Kodagu district of Karnataka.
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