Senior Congress leader B.K. Hariprasad speaks at CNC seminar Madikeri: Kodavas have been agitating for over two decades seeking the grant of their Constitutionally-guaranteed rights and only these rights and privileges can guarantee the survival of this rare community, opined MLC and senior Congress leader B.K. Hariprasad. He was addressing a seminar on Kodava rights,…
Indian Arms Act exemption: Four Kodava organisations implead themselves in PIL
August 12, 2021Bengaluru: Federation of Kodava Samajas, Balugodu, Kodava Samaja Bengaluru (KSB), Codava National Council (CNC) and United Kodava Organisation (UKO) filed an Interlocutory Application (IA) urging the Karnataka High Court to consider them as respondents in the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed with regard to gun licence exemption to Kodavas. The PIL has been filed by…
PIL questions gun licence exemption extension to Kodavas
July 9, 2021Bengaluru: A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Karnataka High Court (HC) challenging the Centre’s decision 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 till 2029. On Oct.19, 2019, the Union Ministry of…
Kodavas rekindle cultural glory, spirit at ‘Koyime’
March 7, 2021Gonikoppal: 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…
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