Tourism Department officials await an additional Rs. 4.95 crore to expedite works Madikeri: The ambitious ‘Kodava Heritage Centre’ project at Karavale Badaga village near Madikeri, designed to showcase the unique culture, customs and traditions of the Kodava community to tourists from across the district, State and beyond, remains incomplete. This Government initiative aimed at preserving…
Tourism Secretary asks Kodagu DC to submit fresh estimate for project completion By Prasad Sampigekatte Madikeri: With the completion of nearly 80 percent of the works of the Kodava Heritage Centre near K. Badaga village on the outskirts of Madikeri, the structure is now awaiting the attention of the authorities to finish the remaining tasks….
By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Madikeri: The impact of modernisation, globalisation, liberalisation and privatisation has significantly eroded indigenous customs and traditions, leading to their gradual decline. Nevertheless, the establishment of the Kodava Heritage Centre at Madikeri in Kodagu dedicated to preserving these customs and traditions for future generations is commendable, said Dr. M. Nanjaiah Honganur, Head,…
By B.C. Thimmaiah Former IAS Officer and Secretary, Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, Rathi Vinay Jha, a Kodavathi from Codanda family, has initiated a project to create a Virtual Museum on Kodava Heritage and Culture. Called ‘Sandooka,’ the Virtual Museum will be a repository of information on the heritage and culture of Kodavas through…
Tourism Secretary seeks DPR for pending works Madikeri: Works on the Kodava Heritage Centre being constructed at Vidyanagar near Madikeri are still pending and Tourism Department Secretary Dr. N.V. Prasad has asked the Kodagu Deputy Commissioner (DC) Dr. B.C. Satish to submit a Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the pending works and the funds needed…
Call to help preserve memories of a vanishing people While modernisation has opened many opportunities for the well-qualified, it has also distanced the young from their heritage and culture. This is even more accentuated amongst Kodavas living outside Kodagu. There is a need to establish a platform where young Kodavas could learn and keep in…
Says Kannada and Culture Minister Sunil Kumar in Legislative Council Madikeri: The Kodava Heritage Centre that is being constructed at Vidyanagar near Madikeri will be completed by the end of this July. This was stated by the Kannada and Culture Minister Sunil Kumar in the Legislative Council on behalf of Tourism Minister Anand Singh. Sunil…
Tourism Minister replies to Congress MLC at Belagavi session Madikeri: Tourism Minister Anand Singh said that the roofing works of two Ainmanes of Kodava Heritage Centre near Madikeri in Kodagu district has been completed and the rest of the works will be completed by the end of this month. Replying to a question by Congress…
Madikeri: Rathi Vinay Jha, former Secretary, Union Ministry of Tourism, in an article in the Coffeeland News Weekly, published from Madikeri, Kodagu, in its 26th November 2021 issue, has regretted the inordinate delay in completing the Kodava Heritage Centre civil work and wondered why Kodavas did not resonate to this work like the Parsis did….
‘It should be a living museum, a conservatory of information on Kodavas, a place where researchers can seek knowledge’ A Kodava Heritage Centre is being constructed at Vidyanagar near Madikeri, Kodagu District and construction has picked up only now though the idea was conceptualised way back in early 2000 when Rathi Vinay Jha, an IAS…
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