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…
Kodavas and Arebhashe Gowdas are like kith and kin: Rangayana Director
January 16, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The two major ethnic groups of Kodagu, Kodavas and Arebhashe Gowdas, are like kith and kin and have contributed immensely for Kodagu land, opined Rangayana Director Addanda C. Cariappa. He was speaking on the occasion of staging of Arebhashe play ‘Sahebru Bandavre!!!’, organised by Karnataka Arebhashe Samskruthi-Sahitya Academy in association with Rangayana Mysuru at…
Reviving spiritual leaderships
January 11, 2021United Kodava Organisation to hold Mand Namme at Ammathi tomorrow By Mookonda Kushalappa The Kodavas were originally worshippers of ancestors and of nature. A Kodava joint family was called an Okka. The members of such a family owned and tilled their farmland in common. A group of these families formed a hamlet called a Keri….
Kodava Koota of North America to award scholarship to meritorious Kodava students studying in India
June 12, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The Kodava Koota of North America has instituted a scholarship for the year 2020 to recognise and reward meritorious Kodava students studying in India. Kodava Koota is a non-profit organisation founded in 2017 by like-minded Kodavas living in North America under the leadership of Gina Konganda, an entrepreneur based out of Dallas, Texas. She…
‘Kodavas are living like aliens in their own homeland’
February 27, 2020Rangayana Director Addanda Cariappa makes a fervent plea to save Kodava language, culture New Delhi: Kendra Sahitya Academy Member and Rangayana Mysuru Director Addanda C. Cariappa has urged the Union Government to give Kodavas geo-political autonomy over their ‘Codava Land’, by including Kodava language under the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution and granting them the…
Centre extends gun licence exemption to Kodavas till 2029
November 2, 2019New Delhi: The Centre has decided to continue the British-era rule of exempting Kodavas and Jamma land holders in Kodagu district from obtaining licence for firearms such as pistols, revolvers and double-barrelled shotguns. The exemption has been given for 10 years, till 2029. Kodavas worship weapons and guns are part and parcel of every festival…
Echo of Writ Petition in High Court over gun license exemption to Kodavas
May 9, 2018Petition aims to disturb harmony in Kodagu, alleges Kodava Samaja Madikeri: The Madikeri Kodava Samaja has questioned the move behind filing a Writ Petition in the High Court questioning the exemption to Kodavas and Jamma land holders in Kodagu district from obtaining a license to possess firearms under Section 3 and 4 of Indian Arms…
Echo of Writ Petition in High Court over gun license exemption to Kodavas: Kodava Samajas gear up for legal battle
May 8, 2018Madikeri: The Writ Petition questioning the exemption to Kodavas and Jamma land holders in Kodagu district from obtaining a license to possess firearms under Section 3 and 4 of the Indian Arms Act, 1959, that was filed before the Karnataka High Court has gained attention in Kodagu and representatives of Kodava Samajas are preparing for…
Kodava Heritage Centre ABANDONED
March 26, 2018By Prasad Sampigekatte, Madikeri, Kodagu Kodava “Ain Mane” (ancestral home), where all members belonging to a particular family lived, is a mere tradition now as elders have gone, families have split and migrated in search of greener pastures. “Ain Mane” has an important role in the socio-cultural traditions of Kodavas. Each “Ain Mane” belongs to an…
After Lingayats, Kodavas demand religious minority status
March 22, 2018Bengaluru: Post the Karnataka government’s decision to accord an independent religion tag to the Lingayats, Kodavas have demanded that they should also be declared as a religious minority. Two representatives from the Kodava community, M.M. Bansy and Vijay Muthappa have yesterday sent a memorandum to the State asking for a separate religion tag. The…
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