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.

It is the primary language of Kodavas, but a large portion of other communities and tribes in Kodagu also use Kodava Takk.

Kodagu, also known by its anglicised former name of Coorg, is an administrative district in Karnataka, India.

Madikeri ( English: Mercara ) is the headquarters of Kodagu.

Kodagu is home to the native speakers of Kodava language.

Map of South Indian states prior to the States Reorganisation Act, 1956. Kodagu ( then called Coorg ) is in dark green.

Kodagu is located on the eastern slopes of the Western Ghats.

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.

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.

The Coffea arabica variety is also grown in some parts of southern and western Kodagu, the historical area of coffee production.

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 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 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.

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.

Kodagu ( then called Coorg ), home of the Kodavas, is in dark green.

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.

Malayali Muslims are members of a Malayalam-speaking Islamic community spread across Kerala, Lakshadweep, Kodagu and across Malayali Diaspora around the world.

* Ethnologue report for Kodava takk – note however that this reference uses the district name, Kodagu, rather than the language name, which it mentions later.

The Kodavas were the earliest agriculturists in Kodagu, having lived there for centuries.

Kodagu has a sex ratio of 1019 females for every 1000 males, and a literacy rate of 82. 52 %.

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 )

* Official site for Kodagu and D. K Gowdas

* Social Networking Site for Kodagu and D. K Gowdas

Many Kodava people have migrated to areas outside Kodagu, to other Indian cities and regions, predominantly to Bangalore, Mysore, Mangalore, Ooty, Chennai, Mumbai, Kerala, Hyderabad and Delhi for better job prospects.

While there is no definite consensus as to which theory is correct, historians agree that they have lived in Kodagu for over a thousand years, hence they are the area's oldest inhabitants.

He retained control of Kodagu for sometime by very repressive means.

This after-school resource center, the first of which was set up in Thithimati in Kodagu district, aims to provide an enabling and learning environment for underprivileged children.

The most commonly used coffee beans are Arabica and Robusta grown in the hills of Tamil Nadu ( Nilgiris District, Yercaud and Kodaikanal ), Karnataka ( Kodagu, Chikkamagaluru and Hassan ), and Kerala ( Malabar region ).

To the east the district is bounded by the Western Ghats, which forms the border with Karnataka State, in its district 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.