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  2. Madikeri - Wikipedia

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    Madikeri is located at [ 14 ] [ 15 ] Madikeri lies in the Western Ghats and is a popular hill station. Nearest major cities are Hassan (110 kilometres (68 mi)) to the north, Mangalore (138 kilometres (86 mi)) to the north-west, Mysore (120 kilometres (75 mi)) to the east and Kannur of Kerala to the west (112 km (70 mi)).

  3. Kodava people - Wikipedia

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    Traditional rural sports, like grabbing a coconut from the hands of a group of 8–10 people (thenge porata), throwing a stone the size of a cricket ball at a coconut from a distance of 10–15 paces (thenge eed), lifting a stone ball of 30–40 cm lying at one's feet and throwing it backwards over the shoulders, etc., are now conducted in ...

  4. Kodagu district - Wikipedia

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    They live in Sulya (in Dakshina Kannada) and in parts of Somwarpet, Kushalanagar, Bhagamandala and Madikeri. They speak a language known as Arebhashe a dialect of Kannada . Guddemane Appaiah Gowda along with many other freedom fighters from different communities revolted against the British in an armed struggle which covered entire Kodagu and ...

  5. Kingdom of Coorg - Wikipedia

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    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]

  6. Madikeri Town Assembly constituency - Wikipedia

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    Madikeri Town (also known as Mercara Town [1] [2] [3]) was a constituency of the Mysore Legislative Assembly (part of Coorg Legislative Assembly till 31 October 1956). The lone election to this constituency was conducted in 1952 to the legislature of the Coorg State (Kodagu) in India . [ 4 ]

  7. Madikeri Fort - Wikipedia

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    Madikeri Fort, also called Mercara Fort, is a fort in Madikeri, in the Kodagu district of the Indian state of Karnataka, first built by Mudduraja in the second half ...

  8. Madikeri Dasara - Wikipedia

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    Madikeri Dasara (Kannada: ಮಡಿಕೇರಿ ದಸರ) is the Dasara festival is celebrated in the city of Madikeri in the Indian State of Karnataka. It has a history of over a hundred years. Madikeri Dasara is a ten-day celebration, which is beautified by 4 Karagas and 10 Mantapas depicting killing of Asuras (demons) by Suras (God/Goddess ...

  9. Ooty - Wikipedia

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    A Tribal Museum was opened in 1995 as a part of the Tribal Research Center, located about (10 km (6.2 mi) from the town and hosts rare artifacts and photographs of tribal groups of Tamil Nadu and Andaman and Nicobar, and other anthropological and archaeological finds on early human culture and heritage. [83]