Category: Kodagu Culture

By P.T. Bopanna My association with Coorg jewellery started way back in 2006 when I was putting together my first book ‘Discover Coorg’. I had visited writer C.P. Belliappa’s home (Home Estate!) in Kodagu...

By P.T. Bopanna The Balele Kodava Samaja in Kodagu (Coorg) district in Karnataka seems to have got its priorities mixed up. The Samaja recently passed a resolution (in picture) not to rent their premises...

By Neelamma Subramani Poonacha* Wedding is a memorable and eventful day for a woman. For a Kodava bride in Karnataka’s Kodagu (Coorg) district, the accumulation of trousseau is an exciting journey which starts months...

By P.T. Bopanna This year’s Kailpod, the festival of arms, being celebrated by the Kodavas (Coorgs) in Karnataka on September 3 is special because for the first time the Union government has recognised the...

By P.T. Bopanna Is saffronisation killing the soul of the Kodavas (Coorgs), a microscopic community in the state of Karnataka? Not long ago, because of their high literacy rate and their long exposure to...

By P.T. Bopanna I run a dozen pages on Facebook. Among the pages, one of the most popular pages is coorgjewellery.in. The page has over 3,200 followers. I created the page as an extension...

Zarina Sannu Mallangada says: “As a Kodava, I am privileged not to be bound or bundled by something called religion and it gives me both an edge to privacy while freedom to watch and...

Today (April 14) is the first day of the Kodava month of Edmyaar. It marks the commencement of the Kodava calendar and the start of the agriculture cycle in Kodagu (Coorg) in Karnataka. Kodavas...

By Roona Uthappa Ballachanda “I am no longer a Hindu!’ I declared, years ago, while in a rebelliously angry mood, after reading some of the misogynistic laws in the “Manusmrithi”. I was young, a...

By Pria Makanda Finding the right man as your life partner is a myth, just like spotting a Ferrari in the city traffic. But I would rather be happy with my Kodava Kinna (boy)...