Madikeri: A 29-year-old youth from Virajpet was arrested yesterday for making derogatory comments on the Kodava community, women and their Goddess Cauvery through social media. The comments led to many protests in Kodagu, Mysuru and Bengaluru and also several FIRs were registered. The youth was identified as K.P. Divin Devaiah of Palangala village in Virajpet…
Madikeri/Mysuru: Kodava community members are up in arms against derogatory comments on social media on the community and Goddess Cauvery. Several complaints have been registered in this regard in Bengaluru and Kodagu, urging the Police to take action against the people who spread communal disharmony. An FIR has been registered at the Madikeri Town Police…
Bengaluru: Developmental works will be taken up for the welfare of Kodava community at a cost of Rs.10 crore, the CM announced. This apart, to stop elephant menace in Hassan, Chikkamagaluru and Kodagu districts, Rs.100 crore allocation will be made for constructing fences on Railway crossings, Bommai said. To popularise Kodagu and Jamboti honey and…
Community members meet Bommai at Belagavi; funds to be sanctioned in coming budget Belagavi: Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has assured that he would make an announcement in the coming budget regarding establishment of Kodava Development Corporation on the lines of Development Corporations announced for the welfare of other communities in Karnataka. Meeting a delegation of…
Madikeri: The Kodava Samajas of Ponnampet and Virajpet have banned cake cutting and champagne sharing by newly-wed couples of the Kodava community during weddings at community marriage halls. At the recently held meetings of the Samajas, Ponnampet Kodava Samaja President Chottekmada Rajiv Bopaiah and Virajpet Kodava Samaja President Vanchira Nanaiah have taken a decision along…
Gonikoppal: A two-day Kodava Cultural and Learning Festival, Koyime, began yesterday at Appachakavi Vidyalaya premises in Chikkamunduru village of Ponnampet taluk. The event is being organised by Connecting Kodavas Trust. The festival has been organised to bring together talents of Kodava community who have achieved a name in culture, tradition and art forms, literature and…
Madikeri/Mysuru: Puthari, the harvest festival of Kodagu, was celebrated by Kodava and Kodagu Gowda communities in a grand manner yesterday in most parts of Kodagu and in Mysuru. Puthari, which translates to new rice, is a festival of harvest and getting the harvested paddy crop home, highlighting the relationship and close bond between mother earth…
Seeks establishment of Kodava Language Authority Madikeri: Congress MLC B.K. Hariprasad has urged the Government to grant Tribal Status to Kodava community and also form Kodava Language Authority. He was speaking at the 30th Annual Codava National Day coinciding with Indian Constitution Day celebrations organised by Codava National Council (CNC) at a private hotel on…
Madikeri: Maintaining that Kodava community has been deprived of tribal status due to lack of organised efforts and killer instinct, Rajya Sabha (RS) member Kupendra Reddy called upon Kodava community members to launch a movement for getting Constitutionally mandated tribal status. He was speaking at a seminar on Kodava Tribal Status, organised by Codava National…
Mysuru: Kodava Samaja, Brahmagiri Kodava Sangha, Bhagavati Kodava Sangha, Kodava Samaja Cultural and Sports Club and Talacauvery Kshemabhivruddi Sangha together had organised a function at Kodava Samaja premises here yesterday to felicitate District in-Charge Minister G.T. Devegowda (GTD). Speaking on the occasion, Devegowda said that though he had studied only upto 8th standard, he expressed…
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