Last Sunday, 31st January 2021, I went to Madikeri on a bore-breaking trip with my wife and two friends. It was a two-and-a-half-hour journey by car via Kushalnagar. The road being good travelling was comfortable. Kushalnagar is the Gateway to Kodagu, with River Cauvery flowing quietly as a boundary between Mysuru and Kodagu districts. The…
Irregularities in Kodava Heritage Centre works: Assembly Petition Committee recommends suspension of six officials
January 12, 2021Madikeri: Alleging grave irregularities in the execution of works on Kodava Heritage Centre project coming up near Madikeri, the District headquarters of Kodagu, Madikeri MLA Appachu Ranjan said that the Legislative Assembly Petition Committee has recommended suspension of six officials, including a PWD Engineer. Addressing press persons here recently, Appachu Ranjan said that the Petition…
Madikeri Kodava Samaja President inspects Kodava Heritage Centre
December 8, 2020Madikeri: With the works on Kodava Heritage Centre near Vidyanagar on the outskirts of Madikeri having resumed recently, Madikeri Kodava Samaja President Konganda S. Devaiah and Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa – General K.S. Thimayya Forum Convenor Col. Kandrathanda C. Subbaiah visited the site on Monday and inspected the ongoing works. The two received inputs on…
DC inspects Kodava Heritage Centre in Madikeri
November 28, 2020Madikeri: With works on the ambitious Kodava Heritage Centre Project having recommenced after years of neglect, Kodagu Deputy Commissioner (DC) Annies Kanmani Joy visited the site on Thursday and reviewed the progress of work. The Heritage Centre is coming up in a 4-acre land at Karavale Badaga village near Vidyanagar and close to Mahindra Holiday…
Kodava Heritage Centre: Former Minister appeals Govt. to transfer funds to Kodava Federation
November 26, 2020Madikeri: With the works on the ambitious Kodava Heritage Centre coming up near Madikeri going on at a snail’s pace, former Minister M.C. Nanaiah has urged the Government to stop spending more money on the Heritage Centre construction works and to transfer the sanctioned funds to Federation of Kodava Samajas (a 31-member body) at Balugodu…
Kodava Heritage Centre still in limbo
October 22, 2020Works remain incomplete even after 15 years Mysore/Mysuru: Kodava Heritage Centre, the ambitious project of the Central Government envisaged over 15 years ago to showcase the unique tradition of Kodavas, is still in limbo. This proposed Centre coming up near Vidyanagar in Madikeri was to be built on the lines of the traditional Kodava Ainmane…
Nostalgically Speaking — 12: Mrs. Rathi Vinay Jha IAS – Visionary behind Kodava Heritage Centre —1
October 12, 2020Racially the ethnic groups in India have their own problems related to their personal life and security. Of their landed properties, personal freedom to practice their tradition and religion etc. Kodavas of Kodagu district, Karnataka, belong to one such ethnic groups, racially distinct from all other people. Kodavas (Coorgs as English called them) are living…
Works on Kodava Heritage Centre to be completed in 10 months, says Minister
September 27, 2020Bengaluru: Tourism Minister C.T. Ravi said that the works on ‘Kodava Heritage Centre’ at Vidyanagar near Madikeri, the district headquarters of Kodagu, will be completed in ten months. The project was envisaged by the Government in 2004-05 for introducing the unique Ainmane tradition of Kodavas with a museum. The Kodava Heritage Centre Project features an…
Some hope about Kodava Heritage Centre and Museum at Madikeri
September 18, 2019Works remain incomplete even after eight years Madikeri: The ‘Kodava Heritage Centre,’ Madikeri, envisaged by the Government in 2009-10 for introducing the unique Ainmane tradition of Kodavas with a Museum, is now in a limbo. When the project was envisaged in 2009-10, the cost of the project was estimated at Rs. 1.45 crore, but now…
Kodava Heritage Centre deserted
March 20, 2019Plans on to revive the unique Centre at Madikeri after Lok Sabha Elections By Prasad Sampigekatte While a unique Kodava Cultural Centre on a sprawling 15-acre land at the sleepy and picturesque Balugodu, 6 km from Virajpet in Kodagu is attracting Kodava community members in hordes for marriages and other social, cultural and community gatherings,…
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