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The religious customs and practices of the hill people of Coorg gradually and subtly began to be influenced by the Brahmin practises and rituals. The role of the Coorg priest, via: Amma Kodavas declined and that of the Brahmin priest increased. In due course, the Amma Kodavas had no role to play in the religious aspects of the people of Coorg.
Hyder offered five rupees for every head of a Coorg (Kodava) that was brought before him. After some time when his soldiers brought him 700 heads, Hyder got the carnage stopped. [10] [11] Coorg was again invaded by Hyder in 1773 at the invitation of Linga Raja who claimed the throne for his nephew Appaji Raja against Devappa Raja of Horamale. [12]
Coorg (Kodagu) was the smallest province in India, with an area of only 1,582 square miles (4,100 km 2). As a province of British India, it was administered by a commissioner, subordinate to the Governor-General of India through the resident of Mysore, who was also officially chief commissioner of Coorg. Later freedom fighters from Kodagu ...
Ethnic group 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 ...
Coorg was one of India's largest producers of tea with a total of 415 acres under tea cultivation. During the rule of the Coorg Rajahs, rice was the most important crop cultivated. It was replaced by coffee when the state passed into British rule. The first coffee plantation was established near Mercara in 1854.
Kodagu district (Kodava:) (also known by its former name Coorg) is an administrative district in the Karnataka state of India. Before 1956, it was an administratively separate Coorg State at which point it was merged into an enlarged Mysore State .
Watercolour of the guest house of the Raja of Coorg with the fort in the background, 1795 Portico of the Coorg Rajah's palace at Somwaspett (May 1853, X, p.48) [1] The Kingdom of Coorg (or Kingdom of Kodagu) was an independent kingdom [2] that existed in India from the 16th century until 1834. [3] It was ruled by a branch of the Ikkeri Nayaka ...
They have a somewhat elaborate system of caste government. [citation needed] In every village there are two headmen, the Grāma Gowda and the ottu Gauda.[citation needed] For every group of eight or nine villages there is another head called the Māganē Gauda, and for every nine Māganēs there is a yet higher authority called the Kattēmanēyava.