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List of Kodavas

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Kodava People
Regions with significant populations
India
Languages
Kodava language

Part of a series on the
Culture of Karnataka
Emblem of Karnataka
History Political history of medieval Karnataka Unification of Karnataka Etymology Historical sites of North Karnataka Alupa dynasty. Kadamba dynasty. Chalukya dynasty. Rashtrakuta dynasty. Hoysala Empire. Western Ganga dynasty Vijayanagara: (Origin. Empire. Musicological nonet. Medieval city. Military. Haridasa. Battle of Raichur. Battle of Talikota) Sultanate: (Ahmadnagar. Berar. Bidar. Bijapur. Deccan. Golconda) Kodagu: (History. Kodavas captivity. Kingdom of Coorg. Coorg State. Coorg War)
People Kannadigas Tuluvas Kodavas Konkani Veerashaiva Kota Brahmins Komarpant Vokkaliga/Gowda Kodagu Gowda Tulu Gowda Kunchitiga Ethnic groups Lists: (Kannadigas. Tuluvas. Kodavas. Bangaloreans) Tulu Nadu state movement Belgaum border dispute Gokak agitation
Languages Kannada: (Language. Grammar. Prosody. Old Kannada) Byari Kodava Konkani Kurumba Sholaga Tulu Urdu Urali Dialects: (Kundagannada. Havigannada. Arebhashe) In cities: (Bangalore Kannada. Bangalori Urdu. Mangalore Kannada)
Mythology Kannada epic poetry Vedic mythology Buddhist mythology
Cuisine Common cuisine North Karnataka South Karnataka Udupi Malenadu Kodagu Coastal/Malenadu Mangalorean Navayath Mavalli Tiffin Room (MTR)
Festivals State: (Kannada Rajyotsava. Nada habba)
Religion Hinduism Buddhism in North Karnataka Jainism: (In Karnataka. In North Karnataka. Jain Bunt) Lingayatism
Art Architecture: (State. Kadamba. Dravidian. Badami Chalukya. Western Chalukya. Hoysala. Vijayanagara. Islamic) Inscriptions: (Kannada. Halmidi. Shravanabelagola. Atakur. Doddahundi nishidhi. Kannada inscription people) Tourism: (State. Bangalore. Mangalore. Mysore) Culture: (Bangalore. Mysore)
Literature Poetry Literature: (Kannada. Mysore literature in Kannada. Milestones. Modern Kannada. Dasa sahitya. Vachana sahitya. Hoysala. Rashtrakuta. Western Chalukya. Vijayanagara. Vijayanagara literature in Kannada. Western Ganga) Extinct Kannada literature Kadamba script Telugu-Kannada script Tigalari- Tulu script Conference: (Kannada Sahitya Sammelana)
Music and performing arts Jaanapada Art and culture Haridasas and Carnatic music Vasanta Habba Folk arts: (Kamsale) Yakshagana: (Playlist. Raga. Tala. Poetry. Bayalaata. Artists. Instruments: Bells. Maddale. Chande) Dances: (Aati kalenja. Buta Kola. Veeragase) Puppet shows: (Togalu Gombeyaata. Gaarudi Gombe) Tala-Maddale
Media Cinema Newspapers Magazines Television Radio
Sport Cricket: (Governing body (KSCA). Men's cricket team. Women cricket team. List of Karnataka cricketers. KPL. CCL) Tennis: (Bangalore Open) Badminton: (CBL) Hockey: (Kodava hockey players. Kodava Hockey Festival)
Monuments National interest monuments: (Main list. Bangalore circle. Belgaum. Bidar. Bijapur. Dharwad. Gulbarga. North Kanara. Raichur) State protected monuments list List of forts List of temples: (Vijayanagara era. Hindu temples. Chola temples in Bangalore. Tulu Nadu. Mahakuta group. Badami cave temples. Western Chalukya. North Karnataka) Mahakuta Pillar Tyagada Brahmadeva Pillar Gol Gumbaz Gumbaz
Symbols Flag Coat of arms
Organisations Legislative: (Assembly. Council. Vidhana Soudha) Karnataka Public Works Department Museums: (List. Janapada Loka) Cultural: (Kannada Sahitya Parishat. Bangalore Gayana Samaja. Ranga Shankara. Rangayana. Chowdiah Memorial Hall. Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath. Nrityagram. Ravindra Kalakshetra. Gubbi Veeranna Rangamandira. Rangayana. Ninasam. Prabhat Kalavidaru. Karnataka Vidyavardhaka Sangha. Karnataka Rakshana Vedike)
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Political history of medieval Karnataka

Unification of Karnataka

Etymology

Historical sites of North Karnataka

Alupa dynasty. Kadamba dynasty. Chalukya dynasty. Rashtrakuta dynasty. Hoysala Empire. Western Ganga dynasty

Vijayanagara:
(Origin. Empire. Musicological nonet. Medieval city. Military. Haridasa. Battle of Raichur. Battle of Talikota)

Sultanate:

(Ahmadnagar. Berar. Bidar. Bijapur. Deccan. Golconda)

Kodagu:
(History. Kodavas captivity. Kingdom of Coorg. Coorg State. Coorg War)

Kannadigas

Lists:
(Kannadigas. Tuluvas. Kodavas. Bangaloreans)

Kannada:
(Language. Grammar. Prosody. Old Kannada)

Dialects:
(Kundagannada. Havigannada. Arebhashe)

In cities:
(Bangalore Kannada. Bangalori Urdu. Mangalore Kannada)

Kannada epic poetry

Vedic mythology

Buddhist mythology

Common cuisine

Mavalli Tiffin Room (MTR)

State:
(Kannada Rajyotsava. Nada habba)

Hinduism

Buddhism in North Karnataka

Jainism:
(In Karnataka. In North Karnataka. Jain Bunt)

Lingayatism

Architecture:
(State. Kadamba. Dravidian. Badami Chalukya. Western Chalukya. Hoysala. Vijayanagara. Islamic)

Inscriptions:
(Kannada. Halmidi. Shravanabelagola. Atakur. Doddahundi nishidhi. Kannada inscription people)

Tourism:
(State. Bangalore. Mangalore. Mysore)

Culture:
(Bangalore. Mysore)

Poetry

Literature:
(Kannada. Mysore literature in Kannada. Milestones. Modern Kannada. Dasa sahitya. Vachana sahitya. Hoysala. Rashtrakuta. Western Chalukya. Vijayanagara. Vijayanagara literature in Kannada. Western Ganga)

Conference:
(Kannada Sahitya Sammelana)

Jaanapada

Art and culture

Haridasas and Carnatic music

Vasanta Habba

Folk arts:
(Kamsale)

Yakshagana:
(Playlist. Raga. Tala. Poetry. Bayalaata. Artists. Instruments: Bells. Maddale. Chande)

Dances:
(Aati kalenja. Buta Kola. Veeragase)

Puppet shows:
(Togalu Gombeyaata. Gaarudi Gombe)

Tala-Maddale

Cinema

Cricket:
(Governing body (KSCA). Men's cricket team. Women cricket team. List of Karnataka cricketers. KPL. CCL)

Tennis:
(Bangalore Open)

Badminton:
(CBL)

Hockey:
(Kodava hockey players. Kodava Hockey Festival)

National interest monuments:
(Main list. Bangalore circle. Belgaum. Bidar. Bijapur. Dharwad. Gulbarga. North Kanara. Raichur)

List of temples:
(Vijayanagara era. Hindu temples. Chola temples in Bangalore. Tulu Nadu. Mahakuta group. Badami cave temples. Western Chalukya. North Karnataka)

Flag

Coat of arms

Legislative:
(Assembly. Council. Vidhana Soudha)

Karnataka Public Works Department

Museums:
(List. Janapada Loka)

Cultural:
(Kannada Sahitya Parishat. Bangalore Gayana Samaja. Ranga Shankara. Rangayana. Chowdiah Memorial Hall. Karnataka Chitrakala Parishath. Nrityagram. Ravindra Kalakshetra. Gubbi Veeranna Rangamandira. Rangayana. Ninasam. Prabhat Kalavidaru. Karnataka Vidyavardhaka Sangha. Karnataka Rakshana Vedike)

The following is a list of prominent Kodavas (also known as the Coorg or Coorgi community).

Gallery

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Religion

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Chandra Varma, legendary ancestor of the Kodavas according to Kaveri Purana in the local Skanda Purana
Kalyatanda Ponnappa (c.1600), religious leader and warrior who is now worshipped as a demi-god
Sadguru Appayya Swami (1885–1956), (born of Kodava parents) founder of Kaveri Ashram, a Hindu monastery in Virajpet, born as Palanganda Appaiah, ordained into Sannyas (monkhood) by Guru Ramgiri.^[1]
Swami Narayanananda^[2]^[3]
Swami Shambhavananda^[4]^[5]

Freedom Fighters

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Kannanda Doddayya, who defeated Hyder Ali thrice
Mathanda Appachu, defeated the British in battle in 1834
Pandyanda Belliappa (also called Pandianda Belliappa or P I Belliappa) Gandhian, freedom fighter, politician, journalist^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]
C M Poonacha (Cheppudira Muthanna Poonacha) Gandhian, freedom fighter, politician^[12]^[13]

Armed forces

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Field Marshal K M Cariappa (Kodandera family), OBE, first Indian Commissioned Officer, later became first Indian General and then first Commander-in-Chief of India. High Commissioner (Ambassador in the Commonwealth) of India in Australia and New Zealand, Field Marshal in 1986. Residency Road and a park in Bangalore has been renamed after him.^[14]
General K. S. Thimayya (Kodandera), DSO, secured Ladakh for India during the Kashmir War of 1948, General and Chief of the Indian Army, after retirement he led the UN peacekeeping forces during when he won International acclaim, Chairman of the Repatriation Committee after Korean War, died in Cyprus, his statue was set up in Singapore Wax Museum, the Cyprus Govt. issued stamps in his honour. Richmond Road in Bangalore has been renamed after him.^[15]
General A C Iyappa, first chief of Bharat Electronics Limited
Squadron Leader A B Devaiah (Ajjamada), who shot down an enemy aircraft before presumably dying in Pakistan during the 1965 war. He is the only Air Force officer to be awarded the Maha Vir Chakra posthumously.^[16]
Mangerira Chinnappa Muthanna Army Martyr^[17]
Squadron Leader Mandepanda Appachu Ganapathy, Maha Vir Chakra awardee, IAF fighter pilot who shot down a PAF sabre during the Battle of Boyra, Indo-Pakistan War of 1971.
Lieutenant General Channira Bansi Ponnappa, former UN Peacekeeper
Pattacheruvanda C. Thimayya, Lieutenant General of Indian Army

Sports

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Ashwini Ponnappa - Indian badminton player ^[18]
Jagat and Anita Nanjappa - motor racers^[19]^[20]
Joshna Chinappa - Indian squash player ^[21]
Rohan Bopanna - Indian tennis player ^[22]^[23]
K. C. Cariappa, professional cricketer
Robin Uthappa, Indian Cricketer
Ashwini Nachappa, Arjuna Awardee, India's sprint queen
Vidwath Kaverappa , Indian Cricketer

Hockey

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Kodavas have a long history of association with the game of field hockey. The district of Kodagu is considered as the cradle of Indian hockey.^[24]^[25]

A B Subbaiah, Indian field hockey goalkeeper and coach.^[26]
Len Aiyappa, Indian field hockey player.^[27]
M. M. Somaya, Indian field hockey player.^[28]
M. P. Ganesh, Indian field hockey captain and coach.^[29]
S. K. Uthappa, Indian field hockey player.^[30]

Civil office

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B. B. Ashok Kumar, police officer^[31]
C B Muthamma (Chonira), first woman Indian Foreign Service officer^[32]
C. G. Somiah, first IAS Officer from Coorg to rise to be the Home Secretary, Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) and Comptroller and Auditor General.^[33]
Diwan Bahadur Ketoli Chengappa, administrator (Chief Commissioner of Coorg province)^[34]^[35]

Governmental

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Rao Bahadur IGP P.K.Monnappa (Pemmanda), IPS Officer, DGP of Madras, helped suppress the Nizam's rebellion in Hyderabad in 1950 as part of the Police Action led by Sardar Patel, IGP of Hyderabad then of Mysore, also first police chief of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.^[36]

A. S. Bopanna (Ajjikuttira Somaiah Bopanna) is a Judge of Supreme Court of India. He is former Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court. He is also former Judge of Karnataka High Court. He was born in Madikeri, Kodagu on 20 May 1959.

Actors

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Literature

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Appachcha Kavi (also called Appachu Kavi), playwright^[40]
Boverianda Nanjamma and Chinnappa, translators, authors ^[41]
B D Ganapathy^[42]^[43]
I. M. Muthanna, author and translator^[44]^[45]
Nadikerianda Chinnappa, folklore compiler^[41]^[46]
Anjana Appachana (born into Somayanda Kodava family)

Entrepreneurs

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N S Narendra, Firepro founder^[47]^[48]

Politics

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Prema Cariappa, Mayor of Bangalore, Rajya Sabha MP^[49]^[50]
Appachu Ranjan, former sports minister, Government of Karnataka ^{[citation needed]}

Music

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Biddu Appaiah is a Kodava (Coorgi) by birth. He is a British Indian musician and winner of Grammy award. He was pivotal in the career success of sister-brother duo, Nazia and Zoheb Hassan

Other fields

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K. T. Achaya (Konganda Thammu Achayya) is an Indian chemist born in Kollegal into the Kodava Konganda family.

References

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