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| name = Kodagu district
| name = Kodagu district
| other_name = Coorg district, Koḍava nāḍ ([[Kodava language]])
| other_name = Coorg district, Kodava Naad ([[Kodava language]])
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| nicknames = ''Scotland of India, The Land of Warriors, Coffee Cup of India''
| nicknames = ''Land of Kodava Language, The Land of Warriors, Coffee Cup of India''
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| image_caption = Clockwise from top-left: [[Tadiandamol]], [[Namdroling Monastery|Tibetian Golden Temple]], Resort view from Tadiandamol , [[Pushpagiri (mountain)|Kumara Parvatha]], [[Harangi Dam|Harangi Elephant Camp & Tree Park]] and [[Abbey Falls]], [[Mandalpatti]] hill an 18km roadway from Medikeri
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| leader_name = B. C. Satheesh<br>{{small|([[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]])}}
| leader_name = Venkat Raja<br>{{small|([[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]])}}
| leader_title1 = [[Mysore (Lok Sabha constituency)|MP]]
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| leader_name1 = [[Pratap Simha]]
| leader_name1 = [[Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar|Yaduveer Wadiyar]]
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| leader_title2 = [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly|MLA]]
| leader_name2 = *[[K.G.Bopaiah]] (Virajpet)<br />
| leader_name2 = *[[A.S.Ponnanna]] (Virajpet)<br />
*[[Appachu Ranjan]] (Madikeri)
*[[Dr. Mantar Gowda]] (Madikeri)
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| area_footnotes = <ref name="dsert">{{cite web|title=Kodagu district Profile|url=http://dsert.kar.nic.in/dietwebsite/kodagu/DistrictProfile.htm|publisher=DSERT|access-date=11 January 2011}}</ref>
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| area_total_km2 = 4102
| area_total_km2 = 4102
| area_rank = 26th (31 districts)
| area_rank = 26th ([[List of districts in Karnataka|31 districts]])
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| elevation_footnotes = (Avg. of 5 taluks)
| elevation_m = 900
| elevation_m = 984
| population_total = 554,519
| population_total = 554,519
| population_rank = 31st (31 districts)
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| postal_code = 571201 (Madikeri)
| postal_code = 571201 (Madikeri)
| area_code = * + 91 (0) 8272 (Madikeri)
| area_code = * + 91 (0) 8272 (Madikeri)
* +91 (0) 8274 (Virajpet)
* +91 (0) 8274 (Virajpet)
* + 91 (0) 8276 (Somwarpet)
* + 91 (0) 8276 (Somwarpet)
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| registration_plate = KA-12
| registration_plate = KA-12
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| demographics1_info1 = [[Kannada]]
| demographics1_info1 = [[Kannada]] [[Kodava people|Kodava]]
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{{Culture of Karnataka}}
{{Culture of Karnataka}}
'''Kodagu''' (also known by its former name '''Coorg''') is an administrative [[List of districts of Karnataka|district]] in the [[Karnataka]] state of India. Before 1956, it was an administratively separate [[Coorg State]],<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Coorg|volume=7|pages=91–92}}</ref> at which point it was merged into an enlarged [[Mysore State]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kushalappa|first=Mookonda|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=km6EngEACAAJ&q=the+gandhi+of+kodagu|title=Long ago in Coorg|publisher=|year=2013|isbn=9781494282479|location=USA|pages=356–365|language=English}}</ref>
'''Kodagu district''' ({{IPA|kfa|koɖɐɡɨ|lang}}) (also known by its former name '''Coorg''') is an administrative [[List of districts of Karnataka|district]] in the [[Karnataka]] state of India. Before 1956, it was an administratively separate [[Coorg State]],<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Coorg|volume=7|pages=91–92}}</ref> at which point it was merged into an enlarged [[Mysore State]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kushalappa|first=Mookonda|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=km6EngEACAAJ&q=the+gandhi+of+kodagu|title=Long ago in Coorg|publisher=|year=2013|isbn=9781494282479|location=USA|pages=356–365|language=English}}</ref>
<!--It occupies an area of {{convert|4102|sqkm}} in the [[Western Ghats]] of southwestern Karnataka. In 2001 its population was 548,561, 13.74% of which resided in the district's urban centre, making it the least populous of the [[List of districts of Karnataka|31 districts]] in Karnataka.


The nearest railway stations are [[Mysore Junction]], located around {{cvt|95|km}} away, [[Thalassery]], and [[Kannur]], the latter two located in [[Kerala]] at a distance of about {{cvt|79|km}}. The nearest airports are [[Kannur International Airport]] in [[Kerala]] ({{cvt|90|km}} from Madikeri) and [[Mangalore International Airport]] ({{cvt|144|km}} from Madikeri).--><!-- Please don't uncomment the above until there are sources -->
It occupies an area of {{convert|4102|sqkm}} in the [[Western Ghats]] of southwestern Karnataka. In 2001 its population was 548,561, 13.74% of which resided in the district's urban centre, making it the least populous of the [[List of districts of Karnataka|31 districts]] in Karnataka.


[[File:Mandalpatti Hills.jpg|left|thumb|Mandalpatti Peak near [[Madikeri]] can be reached using road]]
The nearest railway stations are [[Mysore Junction]], located around {{conv|95|km}} away, [[Thalassery]], and [[Kannur]], the latter two located in [[Kerala]] at a distance of about {{conv|79|km}}. The nearest airports are [[Kannur International Airport]] in [[Kerala]] ({{conv|59|km}} from Kodagu) and [[Mangalore International Airport]] ({{conv|118|km}} from Kodagu).


==Geography==
==Geography==
Kodagu is located on the eastern slopes of the [[Western Ghats]]. It has a geographical area of {{convert|4102|sqkm|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=Districts of India|url=http://india.gov.in/knowindia/districts/andhra1.php?stateid=KA|publisher=Government of India|access-date=11 January 2011}}</ref> The district is bordered by [[Dakshina Kannada district]] to the northwest, [[Hassan district]] to the north, [[Mysore district]] to the east, [[Kasaragod]] district of Kerala in west and [[Kannur district]] of [[Kerala]] to the southwest, and [[Wayanad district]] of Kerala to the south. It is a hilly district, the lowest elevation being {{convert|50|m|ft}} above sea-level near [[makutta]]. The highest peak, [[Tadiandamol]], rises to {{convert|1750|m|ft}}, with [[Pushpagiri, Karnataka|Pushpagiri]], the second highest, at {{convert|1715|m|ft}}. The main river in Kodagu is the [[Kaveri]] (Cauvery), which originates at [[Talakaveri]], located on the eastern side of the Western Ghats, and with its tributaries, drains the greater part of Kodagu.
Kodagu is located on the eastern slopes of the [[Western Ghats]]. It has a geographical area of {{cvt|4102|sqkm}}.<ref>{{cite web|title=Districts of India|url=http://india.gov.in/knowindia/districts/andhra1.php?stateid=KA|publisher=Government of India|access-date=11 January 2011}}</ref> The district is bordered by [[Dakshina Kannada district]] to the northwest, [[Hassan district]] to the north, [[Mysore district]] to the east, [[Kasaragod]] district of Kerala in west and [[Kannur district]] of [[Kerala]] to the southwest, and [[Wayanad district]] of Kerala to the south. It is a hilly district, the lowest [[elevation]] being {{convert|50|m|ft}} above sea-level near [[makutta]]. The highest peak, [[Tadiandamol]], rises to {{convert|1750|m|ft}}, with [[Pushpagiri, Karnataka|Pushpagiri]], the second highest, at {{convert|1715|m|ft}}. The main river in Kodagu is the [[Kaveri]] (Cauvery), which originates at [[Talakaveri]], located on the eastern side of the Western Ghats, and with its tributaries, drains the greater part of Kodagu.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gazetteer.karnataka.gov.in/info-2/District+Gazetteer/Coorg+District+1870+(English)/en|access-date=21 July 2024|title=Coorg Gazettee 1870}}</ref>


===Rivers (Mouth)===
===Rivers (mouth)===
* [[Kaveri]] (Bay of Bengal)
* [[Kaveri]] ([[Bay of Bengal]])
* [[Payaswini]] (Arabian Sea)
* [[Payaswini]] ([[Arabian Sea]])
* [[Kariangode River|Tejaswini]] (Arabian Sea)
* [[Kariangode River|Tejaswini]] (Arabian Sea)
* [[Kuppam River]] (Arabian Sea)
* [[Kuppam River]] (Arabian Sea)
* [[Valapattanam River]] (Arabian Sea)
* [[Valapattanam River]] (Arabian Sea)
* [[Harangi]] (Kaveri)
* [[Harangi Dam|Harangi]] ([[Kaveri]])
* [[Lakshmana Tirtha]] (Kaveri)
* [[Lakshmana Tirtha]] (Kaveri)
* [[Barapole]] ([[Valapattanam River]])
* Barapole ([[Valapattanam River]])
* [[Kumaradhara]] ([[Netravathi River]])
* [[Kumaradhara]] ([[Netravathi River]])


===Peaks===
===Peaks===
* Tadiyandamol
* [[Tadiandamol|Tadiyandamol]]
* Kumara Parvatha
* [[Pushpagiri (mountain)|Kumara Parvatha]]
* [[Brahmagiri (hill), Karnataka|Brahmagiri]]
* [[Brahmagiri (Karnataka)|Brahmagiri]]
* [[Kote Betta]]
* [[Kabbe Hill]]
* Mandalpatti
* [[Nishane Motte]]
* [[Malethirike]]


==Rainfall==
Kodagu district receives majority of its rainfall from [[Monsoon|Southwest Monsoon]] winds. It is the 4th highest average annual rainfall receiving district in [[Karnataka]]. The amount of rainfall varies significantly due to the effects of El-nino and La-nina.

In the year 2018, Kodagu received 29% excess rainfall of {{convert|3737|mm|in}},<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ksndmc.org/en/Root/DownloadFile?path=%5C%5C192.168.2.21%5Ce%24%5CKSNDMC%20REPORTS%5CAnnual%20Report%5CAnnual%20State%20Report%5CAR_2018.pdf&fileName=Annual%20State%20Reports_2018.pdf|access-date=31 July 2024|title= Annual State Report 2018}}</ref> {{convert|3040|mm|in}} in 2019,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ksndmc.org/en/Root/DownloadFile?path=%5C%5C192.168.2.21%5Ce%24%5CKSNDMC%20REPORTS%5CAnnual%20Report%5CAnnual%20State%20Report%5CAR_2019.pdf&fileName=Annual%20State%20Reports_2019.pdf|access-date= 31 July 2024|title= Annual State Report 2019}}</ref> {{convert|2541|mm|in}} in 2020,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ksndmc.org/en/Root/DownloadFile?path=%5C%5C192.168.2.21%5Ce%24%5CKSNDMC%20REPORTS%5CAnnual%20Report%5CAnnual%20State%20Report%5CAR_2020.pdf&fileName=Annual%20State%20Reports_2020.pdf|access-date=31 July 2024|title= Annual State Report 2020}}</ref> and {{convert|2656|mm|in}} in 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ksndmc.org/en/Root/DownloadFile?path=%5C%5C192.168.2.21%5Ce%24%5CKSNDMC%20REPORTS%5CAnnual%20Report%5CAnnual%20State%20Report%5CAR_2021.pdf&fileName=Annual%20State%20Reports_2021.pdf|access-date=31 July 2024|title= Annual State Report 2021}}</ref>

In the year 2022, Kodagu received 11% Above-Normal rainfall of {{convert|3036|mm|in}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ksndmc.org/en/Root/DownloadFile?path=%5C%5C192.168.2.21%5Ce%24%5CKSNDMC%20REPORTS%5CAnnual%20Report%5CAnnual%20State%20Report%5CAR_2022.pdf&fileName=Annual%20State%20Reports_2022.pdf|access-date=30 July 2024|title= Annual State Report 2022}}</ref>

In the year 2023, it received 38% deficit rainfall of {{convert|1690|mm|in}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ksndmc.org/en/Root/DownloadFile?path=%5C%5C192.168.2.21%5Ce%24%5CKSNDMC%20REPORTS%5CAnnual%20Report%5CAnnual%20State%20Report%5CAR_2023.pdf&fileName=Annual%20State%20Reports_2023.pdf|access-date=30 July 2024|title= Annual State Report 2023}}</ref>

==Forest==
Kodagu is known for its dense forest cover and the exotic flora and fauna found there. It has three wildlife sanctuaries; [[Pushpagiri Wildlife Sanctuary]], [[Talakaveri Wildlife Sanctuary]] and [[Brahmagiri Wildlife Sanctuary]], one National Park; the [[Nagarahole National Park]] and the only private sanctuary of India; the [[SAI Sanctuary]].

Kodagu is home for species endemic to the Western Ghats. It has large tiger and elephant populations as well. As per the elephant census of 2023, Kodagu with 1,013 elephants, had nearly one-sixth of total elephant population in [[Karnataka]], second only to [[Chamarajanagar district|Chamarajanagar]].

==Agriculture==
Economy of Kodagu is dependent on agriculture. Major crops grown here are Paddy,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kodagu.nic.in/en/department-of-agriculture/|access-date=28 June 2023|title=Kodagu Land Use data}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/state/mangaluru/paddy-cultivated-on-9837-hectares-in-south-kodagu-1024588.html|access-date=28 June 2023|title=Paddy in Kodagu}}</ref> [[Coffee production in India|Coffee]], Rubber, Pepper, Cardamom, [[Coorg orange|Coorg Oranges]] and Honey production.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://starofmysore.com/its-honey-calling/|access-date=28 June 2023|title=Beekeeping in Kodagu|date=30 June 2018 }}</ref> Tea, Ginger and Cocoa are also grown in smaller quantities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianspices.com/sites/default/files/Major%20spice%20state%20wise%20area%20production%202022-23.pdf|access-date=28 June 2023|title= Spices production in India}}</ref>

===Coffee and pepper production===
Kodagu is the largest Coffee and Pepper producing district in [[India]]. Karnataka produces nearly 70% of the total [[Coffee production in India]], out of which 33% is contributed by Kodagu district alone.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiacoffee.org/coffee-statistics.html|access-date=28 June 2023|title=Coffee Production in Kodagu}}</ref> Also Kodagu produces nearly a quarter of India's Black Pepper.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kirehalli.com/karnataka-becomes-leading-pepper-producer-spices-board/|access-date=28 June 2023|title=Kodagu of Karnataka becomes leading Pepper producer|date=16 October 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.adipepper.com/adi-pepper|access-date=28 June 2023|title= Indigenous species of Black Pepper native to Kodagu}}</ref>
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==Administrative divisions==
==Administrative divisions==
===Taluks===
===Taluks===
The district is divided into five administrative [[Tehsil|taluks]]:
The district is divided into five administrative [[Tehsil|taluks]]:
* [[Madikeri]]
* [[Madikeri]]
* [[Virajpet]]
* [[Virajpet]]
* [[Somwarpet]]
* [[Somwarpet]]
* [[Ponnampet]]
* [[Kushalnagar]]
* [[Kushalnagar]]
* [[Ponnampet]]
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===Representation===
===Representation===
Two members of the legislative assembly are elected from Kodagu to the [[Karnataka]] Legislative Assembly, one each from the [[Madikeri]] and [[Virajpet]]. [[Appachu Ranjan|M P Appachu Ranjan]] represents the Madikeri constituency while [[K. G. Bopaiah]] represents the Virajpet constituency; they are from the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. Kodagu, formerly part of the Kodagu-Dakshina Kannada (Mangalore) constituency, is now part of the [[Mysore]] [[Lok Sabha]] parliamentary constituency. The current MP for this constituency is [[Pratap Simha|Shri Pratap Simha]], from the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].
Two members of the legislative assembly are elected from Kodagu to the [[Karnataka]] Legislative Assembly, one each from the [[Madikeri]] and [[Virajpet]]. Dr. Mantar Gowda represents the Madikeri constituency while A.S Ponnanna represents the Virajpet constituency; they are from the [[Indian National Congress]]. Kodagu, formerly part of the Kodagu-Dakshina Kannada (Mangalore) constituency, is now part of the [[Mysore Lok Sabha constituency|Mysore-Kodagu Lok Sabha constituency]] parliamentary constituency. The current MP for this constituency is [[Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar|Shri Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar]], from the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].


The Codava National Council and ''Kodava Rashtriya Samiti'' are campaigning for autonomy to Kodagu district.<ref name=hinduonnet2005021101>{{cite news|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2005/02/11/stories/2005021101650300.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103054215/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2005/02/11/stories/2005021101650300.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=3 January 2013|work=The Hindu|title=Codava National Council sets up global forum}}</ref><ref name=hinduonnet2005020402>{{cite news|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2005/02/04/stories/2005020402470300.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103015923/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2005/02/04/stories/2005020402470300.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=3 January 2013|work=The Hindu|title=Dharna staged for Kodagu State}}</ref>
The Codava National Council and ''Kodava Rashtriya Samiti'' are campaigning for autonomy to Kodagu district which would have made Coorg more prosperous and independent.<ref name=hinduonnet2005021101>{{cite news|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2005/02/11/stories/2005021101650300.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103054215/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2005/02/11/stories/2005021101650300.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=3 January 2013|work=The Hindu|title=Codava National Council sets up global forum}}</ref><ref name=hinduonnet2005020402>{{cite news|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2005/02/04/stories/2005020402470300.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103015923/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2005/02/04/stories/2005020402470300.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=3 January 2013|work=The Hindu|title=Dharna staged for Kodagu State}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
{{Main|History of Kodagu|Haleri Kingdom|Captivity of Kodavas at Seringapatam|Coorg War|Coorg State}}
{{Main|History of Kodagu|Haleri Kingdom|Captivity of Kodavas at Seringapatam|Coorg War|Coorg State}}
[[File:KalbaneYemmegundi.jpg|thumb|Kalbane Yemmegundi palace|left]]
[[File:South Indian territories.svg|thumb|Map of South Indian states prior to the States Reorganisation Act, 1956. Kodagu (then called Coorg) is in dark green.|left]]
[[File:South Indian territories.svg|thumb|Map of South Indian states prior to the States Reorganisation Act, 1956. Kodagu (then called Coorg) is in dark green.|left]]
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The [[Kodava people|Kodavas]] were the earliest inhabitants and agriculturists in Kodagu, having lived there for centuries. Kodavas Being a warrior community as well, they carried arms during times of war and had their own chieftains.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kushalappa|first=Mookonda|title=The early Coorgs|publisher=Notion Press|year=2013|isbn=9789383808274|location=Chennai|language=English}}</ref>

The [[Kodava people|Kodavas]] were the earliest inhabitants and agriculturists in Kodagu, having lived there for centuries. Kodavas being a warrior community as well, they carried arms during times of war and had their own chieftains.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kushalappa|first=Mookonda|title=The early Coorgs|publisher=Notion Press|year=2013|isbn=9789383808274|location=Chennai|language=English}}</ref>


The earliest mention about Coorg can be seen in the works those date back to [[Sangam period]] (300 BCE - 300 CE). The [[Ezhimala]] dynasty had jurisdiction over two ''Nadu''s - The coastal ''Poozhinadu'' and the hilly eastern ''Karkanadu''.<ref>A Shreedhara Menon, A Survey of Kerala history</ref> According to the works of [[Sangam literature]], ''Poozhinadu'' consisted much of the coastal belt between [[Mangalore]] and [[Kozhikode]].<ref name="Census_Handbook">{{Cite book|title=District Census Handbook, Kasaragod (2011)|publisher=Directorate of Census Operation, Kerala|location=Thiruvananthapuram|pages=9|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/3201_PART_B_KASARAGOD.pdf}}</ref> ''Karkanadu'' consisted of [[Wayanad]]-[[Gudalur, Nilgiris|Gudalur]] hilly region with parts of Kodagu (Coorg).<ref name="wnd">{{cite book
The earliest mention about Coorg can be seen in the works those date back to [[Sangam period]] (300 BCE - 300 CE). The [[Ezhimala]] dynasty had jurisdiction over two ''Nadu''s - The coastal ''Poozhinadu'' and the hilly eastern ''Karkanadu''.<ref>A Shreedhara Menon, A Survey of Kerala history</ref> According to the works of [[Sangam literature]], ''Poozhinadu'' consisted much of the coastal belt between [[Mangalore]] and [[Kozhikode]].<ref name="Census_Handbook">{{Cite book|title=District Census Handbook, Kasaragod (2011)|publisher=Directorate of Census Operation, Kerala|location=Thiruvananthapuram|pages=9|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/3201_PART_B_KASARAGOD.pdf}}</ref> ''Karkanadu'' consisted of [[Wayanad]]-[[Gudalur, Nilgiris|Gudalur]] hilly region with parts of Kodagu (Coorg).<ref name="wnd">{{cite book
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The [[Kingdom of Coorg|Haleri dynasty]], an offshoot of the [[Nayakas of Keladi|Keladi Nayakas]], ruled Kodagu between 1600 and 1834. Later the British ruled Kodagu from 1834, after the [[Coorg War]], until India's independence in 1947. A separate state (called [[Coorg State]]) until then, in 1956 Kodagu was merged with the Mysore State (now [[Karnataka]]).<ref>{{Cite web|date=12 August 2020|title=When Kodagu merged with Mysore: A short political history of the region|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/when-kodagu-merged-mysore-short-political-history-region-130609|website=The News Minute}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Kushalappa|first=Mookonda|title=1785 Coorg|publisher=Codava Makkada Coota|year=2018|isbn=9788192914220|location=Madikeri, Kodagu|language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Kushalappa|first=Mookonda|title=Kodagu principality vs British Empire|publisher=Codava Makkada Coota|year=2018|isbn=9788192914213|location=Madikeri, Kodagu|language=English}}</ref>
The [[Kingdom of Coorg|Haleri dynasty]], an offshoot of the [[Nayakas of Keladi|Keladi Nayakas]], ruled Kodagu between 1600 and 1834. Later the British ruled Kodagu from 1834, after the [[Coorg War]], until India's independence in 1947. A separate state (called [[Coorg State]]) until then, in 1956 Kodagu was merged with the Mysore State (now [[Karnataka]]).<ref>{{Cite web|date=12 August 2020|title=When Kodagu merged with Mysore: A short political history of the region|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/when-kodagu-merged-mysore-short-political-history-region-130609|website=The News Minute}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Kushalappa|first=Mookonda|title=1785 Coorg|publisher=Codava Makkada Coota|year=2018|isbn=9788192914220|location=Madikeri, Kodagu|language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Kushalappa|first=Mookonda|title=Kodagu principality vs British Empire|publisher=Codava Makkada Coota|year=2018|isbn=9788192914213|location=Madikeri, Kodagu|language=English}}</ref>
[[File:Women in Karnataka wearing Kodagu style sari.jpg|thumb|Women in Karnataka wearing Kodagu style sari]]


===Coorg in British India===
===Coorg in British India===
In 1834, the East India Company annexed Kodagu into [[British India]], after deposing [[Chikka Virarajendra]] of the Kodagu kingdom, as 'Coorg'.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kushalappa|first=Mookonda Nitin|title=Kodagu principality vs British Empire|publisher=Codava Makkada Coota|year=2018|isbn=9788192914213|location=Madikeri, Kodagu|pages=64–81|language=English}}</ref> British rule led to the establishment of educational institutions, introduction of scientific coffee cultivation, better administration and improvement of the economy.<ref name=Belliappa>{{cite news|last1=Belliappa|first1=C P|title=Call for freedom from a tiny village|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/493150/call-freedom-tiny-village.html|access-date=7 August 2015|work=Deccan Herald|issue=Bangalore|date=4 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Kushalappa|first=Mookonda Nitin|title=Kodagu principality vs British Empire|publisher=Codava Makkada Coota|year=2018|isbn=9788192914213|location=Madikeri, Kodagu|pages=81–88|language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Kushalappa|first=Mookonda|title=Long ago in Coorg|publisher=Pothi books|year=2014|isbn=9788192914206|location=Chennai|pages=170–319|language=English}}</ref>
In 1834, the East India Company annexed Kodagu into [[British India]], after deposing [[Chikka Virarajendra]] of the Kodagu kingdom, as 'Coorg'.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kushalappa|first=Mookonda Nitin|title=Kodagu principality vs British Empire|publisher=Codava Makkada Coota|year=2018|isbn=9788192914213|location=Madikeri, Kodagu|pages=64–81|language=English}}</ref> British rule led to the establishment of educational institutions, introduction of scientific coffee cultivation, better administration and improvement of the economy.<ref name=Belliappa>{{cite news|last1=Belliappa|first1=C P|title=Call for freedom from a tiny village|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/493150/call-freedom-tiny-village.html|access-date=7 August 2015|work=Deccan Herald|issue=Bangalore|date=4 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Kushalappa|first=Mookonda Nitin|title=Kodagu principality vs British Empire|publisher=Codava Makkada Coota|year=2018|isbn=9788192914213|location=Madikeri, Kodagu|pages=81–88|language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Kushalappa|first=Mookonda|title=Long ago in Coorg|publisher=Pothi books|year=2014|isbn=9788192914206|location=Chennai|pages=170–319|language=English}}</ref> This reference notwithstanding - we should remember that the colonial rule by the British in India was about exploitation of resources and Kodagu provided a lot of scope for economic benefits to a colonising empire.


==Demographics==
==Demographics==
[[File:Kodavas.jpeg|thumb|Kodavas, 1875, from: "The people of India: A series of photographic illustrations..." (New York Public Library).|left]]
[[File:Kodavas.jpeg|thumb|Kodavas, 1875, from: "The people of India: A series of photographic illustrations..." (New York Public Library).|left]]
[[File:Kodava Flag.png|thumb|Kodava Cultural Flag]]
<!--- [[File:Kodava Flag.png|thumb|Kodava Cultural Flag]] citation needed --->

According to the [[2011 census of India]], Kodagu has a population of 554,519,<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2922_PART_A_DCHB_KODAGU.pdf|title=District Census - Kodagu|publisher=Office of Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India}}</ref> roughly equal to the [[Solomon Islands]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070613004507/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 13 June 2007 | access-date = 1 October 2011 | quote = Solomon Islands 571,890 July 2011 est.
{{historical populations|11=1901|12=1,80,607|13=1911|14=1,74,976|15=1921|16=1,63,838|17=1931|18=1,63,327|19=1941|20=1,68,726|21=1951|22=2,29,405|23=1961|24=3,22,829|25=1971|26=3,78,291|27=1981|28=4,61,888|29=1991|30=4,88,455|31=2001|32=5,48,561|33=2011|34=5,54,519|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=center}}
}}</ref> or the US state of [[Wyoming]].<ref>{{cite web

|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
According to the [[2011 census of India]], Kodagu has a population of 554,519,<ref name="districtcensus">{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=District Census Handbook: Kodagu |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/618/download/2120/DH_2011_2922_PART_A_DCHB_KODAGU.pdf |website=censusindia.gov.in |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref> roughly equal to the [[Solomon Islands]]<ref name="cia">{{cite web | author = US Directorate of Intelligence | title = Country Comparison:Population | url = https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070613004507/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2119rank.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 13 June 2007 | access-date = 1 October 2011 | quote = Solomon Islands 571,890 July 2011 est.}}</ref> or the US state of [[Wyoming]].<ref>{{cite web
|title=2010 Resident Population Data
|url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|publisher=U. S. Census Bureau
|title=2010 Resident Population Data
|access-date=30 September 2011 |quote=Wyoming 563,626
|publisher=U. S. Census Bureau
|url-status=dead
|access-date=30 September 2011 |quote=Wyoming 563,626
|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/619lRoKht?url=http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=23 August 2011 }}</ref> This ranks it 539 out of 640 districts in India in terms of population.<ref name=":0" /> The district has a population density of {{convert|135|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}.<ref name=":0" /> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001–2011 was 1.13%.<ref name=":0" /> Kodagu has a [[human sex ratio|sex ratio]] of 1019 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,{{citation needed|date=February 2020}} and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 82.52%. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 13.27% and 10.47% of the population respectively.<ref name=":0" />
|archive-url=https://archive.today/20101227010452/http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
|archive-date=27 December 2010 }}</ref> This ranks it 539 out of 640 districts in India in terms of population.<ref name="districtcensus" /> The district has a population density of {{convert|135|PD/sqkm|PD/sqmi}}.<ref name="districtcensus" /> Its [[Family planning in India|population growth rate]] over the decade 2001–2011 was 1.13%.<ref name="districtcensus" /> Kodagu has a [[human sex ratio|sex ratio]] of 1019 [[Women in India|females]] for every 1000 males,{{citation needed|date=February 2020}} and a [[Literacy in India|literacy rate]] of 82.52%. 14.61% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 13.27% and 10.47% of the population respectively.<ref name="districtcensus" />
[[File:Kodava wedding.jpg|thumb|Kodava wedding|left]]

===Religion===
{{bar box
|title=Religions in Kodagu district (2011)<ref name="religion">{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=Table C-01 Population by Religion: Karnataka |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/11378/download/14491/DDW29C-01%20MDDS.XLS |website=censusindia.gov.in |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>
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{{bar percent|Other or not stated|black|0.20}}
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Hindus are the vast majority. They include the Kodava people, other Kodava language speakers, Arebhashe Gowdas, Brahmins, most Yeravas and Kurubas.
A huge minority of Muslims dot the Coorg district, especially the towns of [[Kushalanagar|Kushalnagar]], [[Virajpet]] and [[Madikeri|Mercara]]. A sizeable of them are the [[Nawayath]]s who shifted in the eighties from [[Bhatkal]] and [[Murdeshwar]] in order to pursue coffee & arecanut plantations and textile business. The numerous mosque dotting the landscape is the testimony of Muslim presence in the district.

A small number of [[Mangalorean Catholics]] are also found in Coorg.{{quantify|date=May 2019}} They are mostly descended from those [[Konkani people|Konkani]] Catholics who fled the roundup and, later, captivity by [[Tippu Sultan]]. These immigrants were welcomed by Raja Veerarajendra (himself a former captive of Tippu Sultan, having escaped six years of captivity in 1788) who realising their usefulness and expertise as agriculturists, gave them lands and tax breaks and built a church for them.<ref name="Machado">''Sarasvati's Children: A History of the Mangalorean Christians'', Alan Machado Prabhu, I.J.A. Publications, 1999, p. 229</ref>


===Language===
===Language===
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|label1 = [[Kannada]] |value1 = 30.91 |color1 = darkslateblue
|label1 = [[Kannada]] |value1 = 30.91 |color1 = darkslateblue
|label2 = [[Malayalam]] |value2 = 20.83 |color2 = cornflowerblue
|label2 = [[Malayalam]] |value2 = 20.83 |color2 = cornflowerblue
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|label7 = [[Tamil language|Tamil]] |value7 = 4.23 |color7 = royalblue
|label7 = [[Tamil language|Tamil]] |value7 = 4.23 |color7 = royalblue
|label8 = [[Urdu]] |value8 = 2.95 |color8 = green
|label8 = [[Urdu]] |value8 = 2.95 |color8 = green
|label9 = [[Kurumba language|Kurumba]] |value9 = 1.74 |color9 = lightsteelblue
|label9 = [[Kurumba language|Kurumba]] |value9 = 1.74 |color9 = aqua
|label10 = [[Telugu language|Telugu]] |value10 = 1.55 |color10 = aqua
|label10 = [[Telugu language|Telugu]] |value10 = 1.55 |color10 = steelblue
|label11 = [[Konkani language|Konkani]] |value11 = 1.16 |color11 = firebrick
|label11 = [[Konkani language|Konkani]] |value11 = 1.16 |color11 = salmon
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|label12 = Others |value12 = 2.38 |color12 = gray
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At the time of the 2011 census, 30.91% of the population spoke [[Kannada]], 20.83% [[Malayalam]], 14.86% [[Kodava language|Kodava]], 8.92% [[Tulu language|Tulu]], 5.81% [[Arebhashe dialect|Are]], 4.66% [[Ravula language|Yerava]], 4.23% [[Tamil language|Tamil]], 2.95% [[Urdu]], 1.74% [[Kurumba language|Kurumba]], 1.55% [[Telugu language|Telugu]] and 1.16% [[Konkani language|Konkani]] as their first language.<ref name="language">{{Cite web |title=Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Karnataka|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-2900.XLSX|website=[[Census of India]] |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref>
At the time of the 2011 census, 30.91% of the population spoke [[Kannada]], 20.83% [[Malayalam]], 14.86% [[Kodava language|Kodava]], 8.92% [[Tulu language|Tulu]], 5.81% [[Arebhashe dialect|Are]], 4.66% [[Ravula language|Yerava]], 4.23% [[Tamil language|Tamil]], 2.95% [[Urdu]], 1.74% [[Kurumba language|Kurumba]], 1.55% [[Telugu language|Telugu]] and 1.16% [[Konkani language|Konkani]] as their first language.<ref name="languages">{{Cite web |title=Table C-16 Population by Mother Tongue: Karnataka |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10208/download/13320/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-2900.XLSX |website=www.censusindia.gov.in |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]}}</ref><!--- citation needed [[File:Kodagu Flag.png|thumb|Kodagu Flag]]--->
[[File:Kodagu Flag.png|thumb|Kodagu Flag]]
[[Are Bhashe dialect|Are Bhashe]], a dialect of [[Kannada language|Kannada]] and [[Kodava language]] are native to Kodagu district. Both use Kannada script for literature.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arebhashe: Language with rich cultural history |url=https://newskarnataka.com/special/features/arebhashe-language-with-rich-cultural-history |access-date=2022-06-08 |website=News Karnataka |date=25 August 2021 |language=en-US}}</ref> <ref name="ReferenceA">K S Rajyashree, Kodava speech community : An ethnolinguistic study</ref>


[[Are Bhashe dialect|Are Bhashe]], a dialect of [[Kannada language|Kannada]], [[Tulu language|Tulu]] and [[Kodava language]] are native to Kodagu district. Kodava Language uses the Official Script Invented by [[I. M. Muthanna|Dr IM Muthanna]] in 1970.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arebhashe: Language with rich cultural history |url=https://newskarnataka.com/special/features/arebhashe-language-with-rich-cultural-history |access-date=2022-06-08 |website=News Karnataka |date=25 August 2021 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">K S Rajyashree, Kodava speech community : An ethnolinguistic study</ref>
====Kodava tribe and other Kodava language speakers====
{{Main|Kodava people}}


====Kodava people and other Kodava language speakers====
{{Main|Kodava people}}
[[File:Kodava Men Prepping to sing The "Balo Paat".jpg|thumb|Kodava folk singers]]
According to ''Karnataka Kodava Sahitya Academy'' (Karnataka's Kodava Literary Academy), apart from Kodavas, and their related groups, the ''Amma Kodavas'', the Kodava ''Peggade'' (Kodagu Heggade) and the Kodava ''Maaple'' ([[Maaple|Kodava Muslims]]), 18 other smaller-numbered ethnic groups speak Kodava Takk in and outside the district including the ''Iri'' (''Airi'', or the carpenters and the village smiths), the ''Koyava'', the ''Banna'', the Kodagu ''Madivala'' (washermen), the Kodagu ''Hajama'' (barber, also called Nainda), the ''Kembatti'' [[Holeya|Poleya]] (household servants and labourers) and the ''Meda'' (basket and mat weavers and drummers).<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite news|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2002/08/29/stories/2002082906010300.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103165116/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2002/08/29/stories/2002082906010300.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=3 January 2013|work=The Hindu|title=Will Kodava find a place in Eighth Schedule}}</ref>
According to ''Karnataka Kodava Sahitya Academy'' (Karnataka's Kodava Literary Academy), apart from Kodavas, and their related groups, the ''Amma Kodavas'', the Kodava ''Peggade'' (Kodagu Heggade) and the Kodava ''Maaple'' ([[Maaple|Kodava Muslims]]), 18 other smaller-numbered ethnic groups speak Kodava Takk in and outside the district including the ''Iri'' (''Airi'', or the carpenters and the village smiths), the ''Koyava'', the ''Banna'', the Kodagu ''Madivala'' (washermen), the Kodagu ''Hajama'' (barber, also called Nainda), the ''Kembatti'' [[Holeya|Poleya]] (household servants and labourers) and the ''Meda'' (basket and mat weavers and drummers).<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite news|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2002/08/29/stories/2002082906010300.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103165116/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2002/08/29/stories/2002082906010300.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=3 January 2013|work=The Hindu|title=Will Kodava find a place in Eighth Schedule}}</ref>


Among other Kodava speaking communities are: the ''Heggades'', cultivators from shimogga; the ''Kodava Nair'', cultivators from Malabar; the ''Ayiri'', who constitute the artisan caste; the ''Medas'', who are basket and mat-weavers and act as drummers at feasts; the ''Binepatta'', originally wandering musicians from Malabar, now farmers; and the ''Kavadi'', cultivators settled in Yedenalknad (Virajpet). All these groups speak the [[Kodava language]] and conform generally to Kodava customs and dress.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
Among other Kodava speaking communities are: the ''Heggades'', cultivators from shimogga; the ''Kodava Nair'', cultivators from Kerala State; the ''Ayiri'', who constitute the artisan caste; the ''Medas'', who are basket and mat-weavers and act as drummers at feasts; the ''Binepatta'', originally wandering musicians from Malabar, now farmers; and the ''Kavadi'', cultivators settled in Yedenalknad (Virajpet). All these groups speak the [[Kodava language]] and conform generally to Kodava customs and dress.<ref name="ReferenceA"/>


====Kodagu Aarebashe Gowda====
====Kodagu Aarebashe Gowda====
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Less frequent are Tulu speakers [[Billava]]s, [[Mogaveeras]], [[Bunt (community)|Bunts]], [[Gaud Saraswat Brahmin|Goud Saraswat Brahmins]].<ref name="The Hindu" />
Less frequent are Tulu speakers [[Billava]]s, [[Mogaveeras]], [[Bunt (community)|Bunts]], [[Gaud Saraswat Brahmin|Goud Saraswat Brahmins]].<ref name="The Hindu" />


The Arebhashe gowdas,<ref>{{Cite journal|title=The Mechanism of Adjustment of International Trade Balances|author=Herbert Feis|journal=The American Economic Review|volume= 16|number=4|date=Dec 1926|pages= 593–609|publisher =American Economic Association|jstor=1}}</ref> or ''Kodagu Gowdas'', and Tulu Gowdas, are an ethnic group of [[Dakshina Kannada]] and Kodagu. They live in Sulya (in Dakshina Kannada) and in parts of Somwarpet, Kushalanagar, Bhagamandala and Madikeri. They speak a language known as [[Arebhashe dialect|Arebhashe]] a dialect of [[Kannada]]. Guddemane Appaiah Gowda along with many other freedom fighters from different communities revolted against the [[British Empire|British]] in an armed struggle which covered entire Kodagu and Dakshina Kannada. This was one of the earliest freedom movements against the British<ref name="usiofindia.org">[http://www.usiofindia.org/article_Jan_Mar06_14.htm ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217040800/http://www.usiofindia.org/article_Jan_Mar06_14.htm |date=17 December 2007 }}</ref> called "[[sullia|Amara Sulliada Swantantrya Sangraama]]"<ref>South Kanara, 1799–1860 By N. Shyam Bhatt</ref> (''Amara Sulya Dhange''<ref name="usiofindia.org"/> formally called the 'Coorg Rebellion' by the British) started in 1837.<ref name=deccanherald316455>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/2004/10/31/stories/2004103102280300.htm |title=The Hindu : Karnataka / Madikeri News : Appaiah Gowda's feats to be remembered |website=www.thehindu.com |access-date=2 February 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140812013941/http://www.thehindu.com/2004/10/31/stories/2004103102280300.htm |archive-date=12 August 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/05/19/stories/2005051901540300.htm |title=The Hindu : Karnataka / Madikeri News : Appaiah Gowda memorial to honour freedom fighter |website=www.hindu.com |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604105616/http://www.hindu.com/2005/05/19/stories/2005051901540300.htm |archive-date=4 June 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/316458/account-uprising.html|title=Account of an uprising|date=4 March 2013|website=Deccan Herald}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/316455/fate-insurgents.html|title=Fate of the insurgents|date=4 March 2013|website=Deccan Herald}}</ref>
The Arebhashe gowdas,<ref>{{Cite journal|title=The Mechanism of Adjustment of International Trade Balances|author=Herbert Feis|journal=The American Economic Review|volume= 16|number=4|date=Dec 1926|pages= 593–609|publisher =American Economic Association|jstor=1}}</ref> or ''Kodagu Gowdas'', and Tulu Gowdas, are an ethnic group of [[Dakshina Kannada]] and Kodagu. They live in Sulya (in Dakshina Kannada) and in parts of Somwarpet, Kushalanagar, Bhagamandala and Madikeri. They speak a language known as [[Arebhashe dialect|Arebhashe]] a dialect of [[Kannada]]. Guddemane Appaiah Gowda along with many other freedom fighters from different communities revolted against the [[British Empire|British]] in an armed struggle which covered entire Kodagu and Dakshina Kannada. This was one of the earliest freedom movements against the British<ref name="usiofindia.org">[http://www.usiofindia.org/article_Jan_Mar06_14.htm] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217040800/http://www.usiofindia.org/article_Jan_Mar06_14.htm|date=17 December 2007}}</ref> called "[[sullia|Amara Sulliada Swantantrya Sangraama]]"<ref>South Kanara, 1799–1860 By N. Shyam Bhatt</ref> (''Amara Sulya Dhange''<ref name="usiofindia.org"/> formally called the 'Coorg Rebellion' by the British) started in 1837.<ref name=deccanherald316455>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehindu.com/2004/10/31/stories/2004103102280300.htm |title=The Hindu : Karnataka / Madikeri News : Appaiah Gowda's feats to be remembered |website=www.thehindu.com |access-date=2 February 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140812013941/http://www.thehindu.com/2004/10/31/stories/2004103102280300.htm |archive-date=12 August 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/05/19/stories/2005051901540300.htm |title=The Hindu : Karnataka / Madikeri News : Appaiah Gowda memorial to honour freedom fighter |website=www.hindu.com |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604105616/http://www.hindu.com/2005/05/19/stories/2005051901540300.htm |archive-date=4 June 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/316458/account-uprising.html|title=Account of an uprising|date=4 March 2013|website=Deccan Herald}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/316455/fate-insurgents.html|title=Fate of the insurgents|date=4 March 2013|website=Deccan Herald}}</ref>

===Religion===
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Hindus are the vast majority. They include the Kodava tribe, other Kodava language speakers, Arebhashe Gowdas, Brahmins, most Yeravas and Kurubas.

A huge minority of Muslims dot the Coorg district, especially the towns of [[Kushalanagar|Kushalnagar]], [[Virajpet]] and [[Madikeri|Mercara]]. A sizeable of them are the [[Nawayath]]s who shifted in the eighties from [[Bhatkal]] and [[Murdeshwar]] in order to pursue coffee & arecanut plantations and textile business. The numerous mosque dotting the landscape is the testimony of Muslim presence in the district.

A small number of [[Mangalorean Catholics]] are also found in Coorg.{{how many|date=May 2019}} They are mostly descended from those [[Konkani]] Catholics who fled the roundup and, later, captivity by [[Tippu Sultan]]. These immigrants were welcomed by Raja Veerarajendra (himself a former captive of Tippu Sultan, having escaped six years of captivity in 1788) who realising their usefulness and expertise as agriculturists, gave them lands and tax breaks and built a church for them.<ref name="Machado">''Sarasvati's Children: A History of the Mangalorean Christians'', Alan Machado Prabhu, I.J.A. Publications, 1999, p. 229</ref>{{historical populations|11=1901|12=1,80,607|13=1911|14=1,74,976|15=1921|16=1,63,838|17=1931|18=1,63,327|19=1941|20=1,68,726|21=1951|22=2,29,405|23=1961|24=3,22,829|25=1971|26=3,78,291|27=1981|28=4,61,888|29=1991|30=4,88,455|31=2001|32=5,48,561|33=2011|34=5,54,519|percentages=pagr|footnote=source:<ref>[http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html Decadal Variation In Population Since 1901]</ref>|align=middle}}



==Tourism==
==Tourism==
[[File:KNPark.jpg|thumb|upright|Kaveri River in Kushalnagara|left]]
[[File:KNPark.jpg|thumb|upright|Kaveri River in Kushalnagara|left]]
[[File:Golden temple at Khushalnagar in Karnataka.jpg|thumb|upright|Tibetan Buddhist Golden temple, near Bylakuppe and in Kushalnagara|left]]
[[File:Golden temple at Khushalnagar in Karnataka.jpg|thumb|upright|Tibetan Buddhist Golden temple, in Bylakuppe near Kushalanagar|left]]


Kodagu is rated as one of the top hill station destinations in India. Some of the most popular tourist attractions in Kodagu include Talakaveri, Bhagamandala, Nisargadhama, [[Abbey Falls]], [[Dubare]], [[Nagarhole National Park|Nagarahole National Park]], [[Irupu Falls|Iruppu Falls]], and the Tibetan Buddhist Golden Temple.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/state/mangaluru/tourists-throng-favourite-destinations-to-welcome-2020-790328.html|title=Tourists throng favourite destinations to welcome 2020|date=31 December 2019|website=Deccan Herald}}</ref>
Kodagu is rated as one of the top hill station destinations in India. Some of the most popular tourist attractions in Kodagu include Talakaveri, Bhagamandala, Nisargadhama, [[Abbey Falls]], [[Dubare]], [[Nagarhole National Park|Nagarahole National Park]], [[Irupu Falls|Iruppu Falls]], and the Tibetan Buddhist Golden Temple.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/state/mangaluru/tourists-throng-favourite-destinations-to-welcome-2020-790328.html|title=Tourists throng favourite destinations to welcome 2020|date=31 December 2019|website=Deccan Herald}}</ref>


*[[Talakaveri]] is the place where the [[River Kaveri]] originates.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://des.kar.nic.in/sites/ANNUAL%20RAINFALL%202014.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=27 January 2020 |archive-date=11 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170311130816/http://des.kar.nic.in/sites/ANNUAL%20RAINFALL%202014.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> The temple on the riverbanks here is dedicated to Lord Brahma, and is one of only two temples dedicated to Brahma in India and Southeast Asia. [[Bhagamandala]] is situated at the Sangama (confluence) of two rivers, the Kaveri and the Kannika. A third river, the Sujyothi, is said to join from underground, and hence this spot is called the Triveni Sangama. [[Iruppu Falls]] is a sacred Kodagu Hindu spot in South Kodagu in the Brahmagiri hill range. The [[Lakshmana Tirtha River]], with the waterfalls, flows nearby and has a Rameshwara temple on its banks. It is said that this sacred river was created when Laxmana, prince of Ayodhya and younger brother of Lord Rama, shot an arrow into nearby hill, the [[Brahmagiri (hill), Karnataka|Brahmagiri hill]]. Chelavara falls and Thadiandamol peak are also in South Kodagu. [[Nagarahole National Park|Nagarahole]] is a national park and wildlife resort.
*[[Talakaveri]] is the place where the [[River Kaveri]] originates.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://des.kar.nic.in/sites/ANNUAL%20RAINFALL%202014.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=27 January 2020 |archive-date=11 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170311130816/http://des.kar.nic.in/sites/ANNUAL%20RAINFALL%202014.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> The temple on the riverbanks here is dedicated to Lord Brahma, and is one of only two temples dedicated to Brahma in India and Southeast Asia. [[Bhagamandala]] is situated at the Sangama (confluence) of two rivers, the Kaveri and the Kannika. A third river, the Sujyothi, is said to join from underground, and hence this spot is called the Triveni Sangama. [[Iruppu Falls]] is a sacred Kodagu Hindu spot in South Kodagu in the Brahmagiri hill range. The [[Lakshmana Tirtha River]], with the waterfalls, flows nearby and has a Rameshwara temple on its banks. It is said that this sacred river was created when Laxmana, prince of Ayodhya and younger brother of Lord Rama, shot an arrow into nearby hill, the [[Brahmagiri (Karnataka)|Brahmagiri hill]]. Chelavara falls and Thadiandamol peak are also in South Kodagu. [[Nagarhole National Park|Nagarahole]] is a national park and wildlife resort.
*[[Madikeri]] is the capital of the district and [[Raja's Seat]] park is popular with tourists.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/19/Madikeri.html|title=Maps, Weather, and Airports for Madikeri, India|website=www.fallingrain.com}}</ref> Kootu Poley dam is also popular among tourists. Omkareshwara Temple is a beautiful temple built in the Indo-Sarcenic style in Coorg. A legend is associated with the temple, built by Lingarajendra II in 1820 CE. The king put to death a pious Brahmin who dared to protest against his misdeeds. The spirit of the dead man began to plague the king day and night. On the advice of wise men, the king built this temple and installed a Shivalinga procured from Kashi, North India. [[St. Mark's Church, Mercara|St. Mark's Church]] is located within the [[Madikeri Fort|Mercara Fort]] and was raised in 1859, by the officers and men of the [[East India Company]]. The building was funded by the Government of [[Madras Presidency|Madras]],<ref name=PennyIII>{{cite book|last1=Penny|first1=Frank|title=The Church in Madras: being the History of the Ecclesiastical and Missionary Action of the East India Company in the Presidency of Madras From 1835 to 1861: Volume III|date=1922|publisher=John Murray|location=London|page=98|url=https://archive.org/details/churchinmadrasbe03penn|access-date=14 August 2015}}</ref> and placed under the [[Church of England]] in India, Diocese of Madras.<ref name=Lords>{{cite journal|title=Churches Vested in The Crown: Diocese of Madras|journal=Lords Sitting of 31 May 1927|volume=67|issue=5|page=cc650-1|url=http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/lords/1927/may/31/diocese-of-chota-nagpur|access-date=20 August 2015}}</ref> The Church was closed after [[Indian Independence Act 1947|Indian independence]], and taken over by the [[Government of Karnataka]] in 1971.<ref name=KSAD>{{cite web|title=Museums in Karnataka|url=http://www.karnatakaarchaeology.gov.in/History_Museums.html|website=Government of Karnataka: Department of Archaeology, Museums and Heritage|access-date=21 August 2015|year=2015|archive-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018012007/http://www.karnatakaarchaeology.gov.in/History_Museums.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The building now houses the Madikeri Fort Museum, managed by the Karnataka State Archaeological Department.<ref name=Madur>{{cite web|last1=Madur|title=Madikeri Fort, Coorg|url=http://www.karnataka.com/coorg/madikeri-fort/|website=Karnataka|access-date=20 August 2015|date=13 October 2014}}</ref>
*[[Madikeri]] is the capital of the district and [[Raja's Seat]] park is popular with tourists.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/19/Madikeri.html|title=Maps, Weather, and Airports for Madikeri, India|website=www.fallingrain.com}}</ref> Kootu Poley dam is also popular among tourists. Omkareshwara Temple is a beautiful temple built in the Indo-Sarcenic style in Coorg. A legend is associated with the temple, built by Lingarajendra II in 1820 CE. The king put to death a pious Brahmin who dared to protest against his misdeeds. The spirit of the dead man began to plague the king day and night. On the advice of wise men, the king built this temple and installed a Shivalinga procured from Kashi, North India. [[St. Mark's Church, Mercara|St. Mark's Church]] is located within the [[Madikeri Fort|Mercara Fort]] and was raised in 1859, by the officers and men of the [[East India Company]]. The building was funded by the Government of [[Madras Presidency|Madras]],<ref name=PennyIII>{{cite book|last1=Penny|first1=Frank|title=The Church in Madras: being the History of the Ecclesiastical and Missionary Action of the East India Company in the Presidency of Madras From 1835 to 1861: Volume III|date=1922|publisher=John Murray|location=London|page=98|url=https://archive.org/details/churchinmadrasbe03penn|access-date=14 August 2015}}</ref> and placed under the [[Church of England]] in India, Diocese of Madras.<ref name=Lords>{{cite journal|title=Churches Vested in The Crown: Diocese of Madras|journal=Lords Sitting of 31 May 1927|volume=67|issue=5|page=cc650-1|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/lords/1927/may/31/diocese-of-chota-nagpur|date=31 May 1927|access-date=20 August 2015}}</ref> The Church was closed after [[Indian Independence Act 1947|Indian independence]], and taken over by the [[Government of Karnataka]] in 1971.<ref name=KSAD>{{cite web|title=Museums in Karnataka|url=http://www.karnatakaarchaeology.gov.in/History_Museums.html|website=Government of Karnataka: Department of Archaeology, Museums and Heritage|access-date=21 August 2015|year=2015|archive-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018012007/http://www.karnatakaarchaeology.gov.in/History_Museums.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The building now houses the Madikeri Fort Museum, managed by the Karnataka State Archaeological Department.<ref name=Madur>{{cite web|last1=Madur|title=Madikeri Fort, Coorg|url=http://www.karnataka.com/coorg/madikeri-fort/|website=Karnataka|access-date=20 August 2015|date=13 October 2014}}</ref>
*[[Dubare]] is mainly an elephant-capturing and training camp of the Forest Department at the edge of Dubare forest; on the bank of the river [[Kaveri]] along the [[Kushalanagara]] – Siddapura road.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.junglelodges.com/index.php/resorts/dubare.html |title=&#91;Jungle Lodges and Resorts Ltd&#93;-&#91;Wildlife and Adventure Ecotourism Destination&#93; |access-date=27 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604032718/http://www.junglelodges.com/index.php/resorts/dubare.html |archive-date=4 June 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Nisargadhama]] is a man-made island and picnic spot near [[Kushalanagara]], formed by the river [[Kaveri]]. [[Namdroling Monastery|The Tibetan Buddhist Golden Temple]] is at Bylakuppe near Kushalnagara (Mysore district), in the Tibetan refugee settlement.
*[[Dubare]] is mainly an elephant-capturing and training camp of the Forest Department at the edge of Dubare forest; on the bank of the river [[Kaveri]] along the [[Kushalanagara]] – Siddapura road.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.junglelodges.com/index.php/resorts/dubare.html |title=&#91;Jungle Lodges and Resorts Ltd&#93;-&#91;Wildlife and Adventure Ecotourism Destination&#93; |access-date=27 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604032718/http://www.junglelodges.com/index.php/resorts/dubare.html |archive-date=4 June 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Nisargadhama]] is a man-made island and picnic spot near [[Kushalanagara]], formed by the river [[Kaveri]]. [[Namdroling Monastery|The Tibetan Buddhist Golden Temple]] is at Bylakuppe near Kushalnagara (Mysore district), in the Tibetan refugee settlement.
*[[Abbey Falls]] is a scenic waterfall 5&nbsp;km from [[Madikeri]]. [[Mallalli falls]] is 25&nbsp;km from Somawarapet, downhill of the Pushpagiri hills.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.newskarnataka.com/nature/abbey-falls-a-tourists-delight |title=Abbey falls: A tourist's delight |access-date=27 January 2020 |archive-date=4 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004053913/https://www.newskarnataka.com/nature/abbey-falls-a-tourists-delight |url-status=dead }}</ref> Mandalapatti is 28&nbsp;km from Madikeri. On the way to Abbey Falls, before 3&nbsp;km from Abbey Falls take right, from there 25&nbsp;km. Kote Betta temple, Kote Abbey falls are also in North Kodagu. Abbi waterfall and other [[waterfall]]s are best during [[monsoon]] season, typically some days after it starts raining in June up to the end of [[rainy season]], while there is more water gushing in the streams and rivers.<ref name=20160729trayaan>{{Cite web|url=http://www.trayaan.com/2016/07/a-trip-to-coorg-kodagu-karnataka-in-monsoon-rains.html|title=A trip to Coorg during Monsoon|date=29 July 2016|website=Trayaan|access-date=5 October 2016}}</ref>
*[[Abbey Falls]] is a scenic waterfall 5&nbsp;km from [[Madikeri]]. [[Mallalli falls]] is 25&nbsp;km from Somawarapet, downhill of the Pushpagiri hills.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.newskarnataka.com/nature/abbey-falls-a-tourists-delight |title=Abbey falls: A tourist's delight |access-date=27 January 2020 |archive-date=4 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004053913/https://www.newskarnataka.com/nature/abbey-falls-a-tourists-delight |url-status=dead }}</ref> Mandalapatti is 28&nbsp;km from Madikeri. On the way to Abbey Falls, before 3&nbsp;km from Abbey Falls take right, from there 25&nbsp;km. Kote Betta temple, Kote Abbey falls are also in North Kodagu. Abbi waterfall and other [[waterfall]]s are best during [[monsoon]] season, typically some days after it starts raining in June up to the end of [[rainy season]], while there is more water gushing in the streams and rivers.<ref name=20160729trayaan>{{Cite web|url=http://www.trayaan.com/2016/07/a-trip-to-coorg-kodagu-karnataka-in-monsoon-rains.html|title=A trip to Coorg during Monsoon|date=29 July 2016|website=Trayaan|access-date=5 October 2016}}</ref>
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===Armed Forces===
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* [[Air Marshal]] [[K. C. Cariappa]]
* [[K. G. Bopaiah]], 18th [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly#List of Speakers|Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly]]
* Field Marshal [[K. M. Cariappa]], first Indian [[Commander-in-Chief, India|C-in-C]], fourth Indian High Commissioner to Australia and New Zealand
* [[A. S. Bopanna]], Judge of Supreme court
* [[Ajjamada B. Devaiah|Squadron Leader Ajjamada Boppayya Devayya]], martyred in Indo-Pak war of 1965 as a fighter pilot after shooting down enemy aircraft and crashing into Pakistan; only Indian Air Force personnel to earn the Mahavir Chakra posthumously
* [[Daisy Bopanna]], actress
* [[Major (rank)|Major]] [[Mangerira Chinnappa Muthanna]] Army Martyr<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dinesh |first1=B C |title=Dedicated to nation's defence |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2010/dec/20/dedicated-to-nations-defence-212491.html |access-date=13 July 2019 |work=The New Indian Express}}</ref>
* [[Lieutenant General]] [[Biddanda Chengappa Nanda]], GOC-in-C Northern Command, Karnataka Rajyothsava Awardee
* [[Lieutenant General]] [[Bansi Ponnappa|C.B. Ponnappa]], Adjutant General of the Indian Army.
* General [[Kodandera Subayya Thimayya]], head of Indian Army, chairman of [[Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission|Korean Repatriation Commission]], head of UN Peacekeeping force
* [[Lieutenant General]] [[Pattacheruvanda C. Thimayya]], former [[General Officer]] in the Indian Army

===Sports===
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* [[Len Aiyappa]] - Indian field hockey player.<ref>{{cite news |title= Hockey: Len gives up on India |url= http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/top-stories/Hockey-Len-gives-up-on-India/articleshow/1406937.cms |work= [[The Times of India]] |date= 2006-02-09 |accessdate= 2013-01-17}}</ref>
* [[Neravanda Aiyappa]] - Cricketer
* [[K. P. Appanna]] - Cricketer
* [[Rohan Bopanna]], Indian tennis player
* [[Rohan Bopanna]], Indian tennis player
* [[K. C. Cariappa]], Air Marshal
* [[K. C. Cariappa (cricketer)|K. C. Cariappa]], professional cricketer
* [[K. C. Cariappa (cricketer)|K. C. Cariappa]], professional cricketer
* [[Joshna Chinappa]] - Indian [[Squash (sport)|squash]] player <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://psaworldtour.com/players/view/7884/joshna-chinappa|title=Joshna Chinappa - Professional Squash Association|website=psaworldtour.com|language=en|access-date=2018-04-30}}</ref>
* Field Marshal [[K. M. Cariappa]], first Indian [[Commander-in-Chief, India|C-in-C]], fourth Indian High Commissioner to Australia and New Zealand
* [[M. P. Ganesh]] (Mollera Poovaiah Ganesh), Indian hockey captain, player and coach
* [[B. P. Govinda]] (Billimoga Puttaswamy Govinda), Indian hockey player
* [[Arjun Halappa]], Indian hockey captain and player
* [[Ashwini Nachappa]], Indian athlete, Arjuna awardee
* [[Jagat and Anita Nanjappa]] - motor racers<ref>{{cite news |title=Racing duo on full throttle - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/bangalore-times/racing-duo-on-full-throttle/articleshow/549127404.cms |website=The Times of India |date=21 January 2002 |accessdate=13 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=K - 1000 anyone? |url=https://www.thehindu.com/mp/2004/08/05/stories/2004080501470400.htm |website=[[The Hindu]] |date=2004-08-05 |accessdate=13 July 2019}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
* [[Ashwini Ponnappa]], Indian badminton player
* [[V. R. Raghunath]] (Vokkaligara Ramachandra Raghunath), Indian hockey player
* [[M. M. Somaya]] (Maneyapanda Muthanna Somaya) - Indian field hockey player.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/holnus/007200906241782.htm|title=Olympians join forces to wrest control of MHA|date=24 June 2009|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=4 December 2009|archive-date=7 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107155235/http://www.hindu.com/holnus/007200906241782.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[A. B. Subbaiah]] (Anjaparavanda Bopaiah Subbaiah) - Indian field hockey goalkeeper and coach.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aiyappa |first1=Manu |title=Why Kodavas, who once blazed through the hockey pitch and Army battles, are abandoning both - Times of India ► |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/why-kodavas-who-once-blazed-through-the-hockey-pitch-and-army-battles-are-abandoning-both/articleshow/69482855.cms |accessdate=10 July 2019 |work=The Times of India |agency=TNN |date=24 May 2019}}</ref>
* [[S. V. Sunil]] (Somwarpet Vittalacharya Sunil), Indian hockey player
* [[Robin Uthappa]], Indian Cricketer

===Politics===
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* [[K. G. Bopaiah]] (Kombarana Ganapathy Bopaiah), 18th [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly#List of Speakers|Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly]]
* [[Prema Cariappa]], first woman Mayor of Bangalore, Rajya Sabha MP
* [[Prema Cariappa]], first woman Mayor of Bangalore, Rajya Sabha MP
* [[Mantar Gowda]]
* [[Gundugutti Manjanathaya]], freedom fighter and politician
* [[A. S. Ponnanna]], [[Virajpet]] MLA
* [[C M Poonacha]] (Cheppudira Muthanna Poonacha) Gandhian, Freedom fighter, politician.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Singh |first1=Trilochan |title=Personalities: A Comprehensive and Authentic Biographical Dictionary of Men who Matter in India. [Northen India and Parliament] |date=1952 |publisher=Arunam & Sheel |page=109 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y40MAAAAYAAJ&q=C+M+Poonacha&pg=PA109 |accessdate=13 July 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Shashidhar |first1=Dr Melkunde |title=A HISTORY OF FREEDOM AND UNIFICATION MOVEMENT IN KARNATAKA |date=12 January 2016 |publisher=Lulu.com |isbn=9781329825017 |page=191 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vG1mCwAAQBAJ&q=C+M+Poonacha&pg=PA191 |accessdate=13 July 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Appachu Ranjan]], politician
* [[R. Gundu Rao]], Chief Minister of Karnataka
* [[N. Somanna]] (Nidyamale Somanna), lawyer and politician

===Cinema===
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* [[Daisy Bopanna]], actress
* [[Shwetha Chengappa]], actress
* [[Shwetha Chengappa]], actress
* [[Gulshan Devaiah]]
* [[Ajjamada B. Devaiah|Squadron Leader Ajjamada Boppayya Devayya]], martyred in Indo-Pak war of 1965
* [[Saleem Farook]], tribal rights activist
* [[M. P. Ganesh]], Indian hockey captain, player and coach
* [[Kodagina Gowramma]], noted writer
* [[B. B. Ashok Kumar]], Retd. [[Assistant Commissioner of Police]] of Bengaluru
* [[Rashmika Mandanna]], actress
* [[Rashmika Mandanna]], actress
* [[Harshika Poonacha]], actress
* [[P. K. Monnappa|Rao Bahadur Pemmanda K. Monnappa]], first [[Inspector General of Police]] of [[Hyderabad State]] following [[Operation Polo]]
* [[C. B. Muthamma]], first woman officer [[Indian Foreign Service]]
* Lieutenant General [[Biddanda Chengappa Nanda]], GOC-in-C Northern Command, Karnataka Rajyaotsava Awardee
* [[Ashwini Ponnappa]], Indian badminton player
* Lieutenant General [[Bansi Ponnappa| C.B. Ponnappa]], Adjutant General of the Indian Army.
* [[Prema (Kannada actress)|Prema]], actress
* [[Prema (Kannada actress)|Prema]], actress
* [[Appachu Ranjan]], politician
* [[Nidhi Subbaiah]], actress
* [[Nidhi Subbaiah]], actress

* General [[Kodandera Subayya Thimayya]], head of Indian Army, chairman of Korean Repatriation Committee, head of UN Peacekeeping force
===Civil Services===
* [[Robin Uthappa]], Indian Cricketer
* Lieutenant General [[Pattacheruvanda C. Thimayya]], former [[General Officer]] in the Indian Army
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* [[A. S. Bopanna]], Judge of Supreme court
*Diwan Bahadur [[Ketoli Chengappa]], administrator (Chief Commissioner of Coorg province)<ref>{{cite web |title=Provinces of British India |url=http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_BrProvinces.htm |website=www.worldstatesmen.org |accessdate=13 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Provinces of British India |url=http://rulers.org/indprov.html |website=rulers.org |accessdate=13 July 2019}}</ref>
* [[B. B. Ashok Kumar]], Retd. [[Assistant Commissioner of Police]] of Bengaluru
* [[P. K. Monnappa]], first [[Inspector General of Police]] of [[Hyderabad State]] following [[Operation Polo]]
* [[C. B. Muthamma]], first woman officer [[Indian Foreign Service]]
* [[C. G. Somiah]] was the first IAS Officer from [[Coorg]] to rise to be the Home Secretary, Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) and Comptroller and Auditor General.<ref name="confident">{{cite news|last=Bhattacharya|first=A K|title=The confidential bureaucrat|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/the-confidential-bureaucrat-110090900070_1.html|accessdate=3 January 2014|newspaper=Business Standard|date=9 September 2010}}</ref>

=== Religion ===
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* [[Swami Narayanananda]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Narayanananda |first1=swami |title=Autobiography of Swami Narayanananda |date=2002 |publisher=N.U. Yoga Trust |isbn=9788779112193 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NiorQwAACAAJ&q=Swami+Narayanananda |accessdate=13 July 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Swami Narayanananda |url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/488598.Swami_Narayanananda |website=www.goodreads.com |accessdate=13 July 2019}}</ref>
* [[Kalyatanda Ponnappa]] (c.1600) was a religious leader and warrior who is now worshipped as a demi-god
* [[Swami Shambhavananda]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Muthanna |first1=I. M. |title=The Coorg Memoirs (the Story of the Kodavas): Muthanna Speaks Out |date=1971 |publisher=Copies available at Usha Press |page=211 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uLEcAAAAMAAJ&q=Swami+Shambhavananda+coorg |accessdate=13 July 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Beckerlegge |first1=Gwilym |title=Colonialism, Modernity, and Religious Identities: Religious Reform Movements in South Asia |date=2008 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780195692143 |pages=136, 137, 139 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z4XXAAAAMAAJ&q=Swami+Shambhavananda |accessdate=13 July 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Appayya Swamigalu]] (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.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Kamath|title=Karnataka State gazetteer, Volume 20|date=1993|publisher=Director of Print, Stationery and Publications at the Government Press|location=Bangalore|page=659|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nCELAQAAIAAJ&q=thimmayya+kodava|accessdate=11 October 2014}}</ref>

=== Literature ===
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* [[Nadikerianda Chinnappa]], folklore compiler<ref name="hindu story time" /><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Venkatesha |first1=M N |title=Pattole Palame: Kodava Culture – Folksongs and Traditions |journal=Indian Folklore Research |pages=124–129 |url=http://indianfolklore.org/journals/index.php/IFRJ/article/download/182/189 |accessdate=13 July 2019}}</ref>
* [[B D Ganapathy]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Congress |first1=The Library of |title=LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress) |url=http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81114543.html |website=id.loc.gov |accessdate=13 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=B D Ganapathi |url=http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n81-114543/ |website=Worldcat |accessdate=13 July 2019}}</ref>
* [[Appachcha Kavi]] (also called Appachu Kavi), playwright<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sinha |first1=Biswajit |title=South Indian theatre |date=2007 |publisher=Raj Publications |isbn=9788186208540 |page=381 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kloqAQAAIAAJ&q=appachu+kavi |accessdate=13 July 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[I. M. Muthanna]] author and translator<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bhat |first1=Anil |title=Coorgis' peaceful agitation now to extend to French embassy |url=https://www.asianage.com/india/all-india/011118/coorgis-peaceful-agitation-now-to-extend-to-french-embassy.html |accessdate=13 July 2019 |work=The Asian Age |date=1 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Will Kodagu, heaven on earth, cease to exist ? |url=https://starofmysore.com/will-kodagu-heaven-on-earth-cease-to-exist/ |accessdate=13 July 2019 |work=Star of Mysore |date=23 June 2018}}</ref>
* [[Boverianda Nanjamma and Chinnappa]], translators, authors <ref name="hindu story time">{{cite news |title=It's story time, folks |url=https://www.thehindu.com/mp/2003/10/16/stories/2003101600630300.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=2003-10-16 |accessdate=13 July 2019 }}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

===Others===
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* [[Pandyanda Belliappa]] (also called Pandianda Belliappa or P I Belliappa) Gandhian, Freedom fighter, politician, journalist.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Nehru |first1=Jawaharlal |title=Selected Works of Jawaharlal Nehru: 16 July 1952 – 18 October 1952 |date=1996 |publisher=Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund |isbn=9780195641936 |page=528 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_zQIAAAAIAAJ&q=P+I+Belliappa |accessdate=13 July 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Press in India |date=1958 |publisher=Office of the Registrar of Newspapers. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D9EfAQAAIAAJ&q=P+I+Belliappa&pg=PA299 |accessdate=13 July 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Congress |first1=Indian History |title=Proceedings - Indian History Congress |date=1992 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EQZDAAAAYAAJ&q=P+I+Belliappa |accessdate=13 July 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Biddu]] is a Kodava (Coorgi) by birth. He is a British Indian musician and winner of Grammy award.
* [[Saleem Farook]], tribal rights activist
* [[Guddemane Appaiah Gowda]], 19th century freedom fighter
* [[Kodagina Gowramma]], noted writer
* [[N. S. Narendra]], Firepro founder<ref>{{cite news |title=N.S. Narendra: The Fire Fighter |url=http://www.forbesindia.com/article/zen-garden/ns-narendra-the-fire-fighter/23912/1 |accessdate=13 July 2019 |work=Forbes India |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Mukherjee |first1=Writankar |title=Panasonic acquires 76% stake in Firepro Systems |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/cons-products/electronics/panasonic-acquires-76-stake-in-firepro-systems/articleshow/13094230.cms |accessdate=13 July 2019 |work=The Economic Times |date=11 May 2012}}</ref>
* [[Nima Poovaya-Smith]], museum curator, art historian and writer<ref>{{cite web |last1=Belliappa |first1=CP |title=C.P. Belliappa interviews Dr Nima-Poovaya Smith, founder of Alchemy, involved in promoting art in UK |url=http://www.coorgtourisminfo.com/c-p-belliappas-column/c-p-belliappa-interviews-dr-nima-poovaya-smith-founder-alchemy-involved-promoting-art-uk |publisher=Coorg Tourism |access-date=25 November 2022 |date=13 February 2014}}</ref>
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Kodagu district
Coorg district, Kodava Naad (Kodava language)
Clockwise from top-left: Tadiandamol, Tibetian Golden Temple, Resort view from Tadiandamol , Kumara Parvatha, Harangi Elephant Camp & Tree Park and Abbey Falls, Mandalpatti hill an 18km roadway from Medikeri
Nicknames: 
Land of Kodava Language, The Land of Warriors, Coffee Cup of India
Location in Karnataka
Location in Karnataka
Coordinates: 12°25′15″N 75°44′23″E / 12.4208°N 75.7397°E / 12.4208; 75.7397
Country India
State Karnataka
DivisionMysuru
RegionMalenadu
Haleri Dynastyearly 17th century
Coorg ProvinceMay 1834
Coorg StateAugust 15, 1947
Kodagu districtNovember 1, 1956
HeadquartersMadikeri
TalukasMadikeri, Virajpet, Somwarpet, Ponnampet, Kushalanagar
Government
 • Deputy CommissionerVenkat Raja
(IAS)
 • MPYaduveer Wadiyar
 • MLA
Area
 • Total
4,102 km2 (1,584 sq mi)
 • Rank26th (31 districts)
Elevation
(Avg. of 5 taluks)
984 m (3,228 ft)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total
554,519
 • Rank31st (31 districts)
 • Density140/km2 (350/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Kodava, Kodagaru, Coorgi
Languages
 • OfficialKannada Kodava [3]
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
571201 (Madikeri)
Telephone code
  • + 91 (0) 8272 (Madikeri)
  • +91 (0) 8274 (Virajpet)
  • + 91 (0) 8276 (Somwarpet)
Vehicle registrationKA-12
Literacy82.52%
Lok SabhaMysore Lok Sabha constituency
Karnataka Legislative Assembly constituencyMadikeri, Virajpet
ClimateTropical Wet (Köppen)
Precipitation2,725.5 millimetres (107.30 in)
Avg. summer temperature28.6 °C (83.5 °F)
Avg. winter temperature14.2 °C (57.6 °F)
Websitekodagu.nic.in

Kodagu district (Kodava: [koɖɐɡɨ]) (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,[4] at which point it was merged into an enlarged Mysore State.[5]

Mandalpatti Peak near Madikeri can be reached using road

Geography

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Kodagu is located on the eastern slopes of the Western Ghats. It has a geographical area of 4,102 km2 (1,584 sq mi).[6] The district is bordered by Dakshina Kannada district to the northwest, Hassan district to the north, Mysore district to the east, Kasaragod district of Kerala in west and Kannur district of Kerala to the southwest, and Wayanad district of Kerala to the south. It is a hilly district, the lowest elevation being 50 metres (160 ft) above sea-level near makutta. The highest peak, Tadiandamol, rises to 1,750 metres (5,740 ft), with Pushpagiri, the second highest, at 1,715 metres (5,627 ft). The main river in Kodagu is the Kaveri (Cauvery), which originates at Talakaveri, located on the eastern side of the Western Ghats, and with its tributaries, drains the greater part of Kodagu.[7]

Rivers (mouth)

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Peaks

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Rainfall

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Kodagu district receives majority of its rainfall from Southwest Monsoon winds. It is the 4th highest average annual rainfall receiving district in Karnataka. The amount of rainfall varies significantly due to the effects of El-nino and La-nina.

In the year 2018, Kodagu received 29% excess rainfall of 3,737 millimetres (147.1 in),[8] 3,040 millimetres (120 in) in 2019,[9] 2,541 millimetres (100.0 in) in 2020,[10] and 2,656 millimetres (104.6 in) in 2021.[11]

In the year 2022, Kodagu received 11% Above-Normal rainfall of 3,036 millimetres (119.5 in).[12]

In the year 2023, it received 38% deficit rainfall of 1,690 millimetres (67 in).[13]

Forest

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Kodagu is known for its dense forest cover and the exotic flora and fauna found there. It has three wildlife sanctuaries; Pushpagiri Wildlife Sanctuary, Talakaveri Wildlife Sanctuary and Brahmagiri Wildlife Sanctuary, one National Park; the Nagarahole National Park and the only private sanctuary of India; the SAI Sanctuary.

Kodagu is home for species endemic to the Western Ghats. It has large tiger and elephant populations as well. As per the elephant census of 2023, Kodagu with 1,013 elephants, had nearly one-sixth of total elephant population in Karnataka, second only to Chamarajanagar.

Agriculture

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Economy of Kodagu is dependent on agriculture. Major crops grown here are Paddy,[14][15] Coffee, Rubber, Pepper, Cardamom, Coorg Oranges and Honey production.[16] Tea, Ginger and Cocoa are also grown in smaller quantities.[17]

Coffee and pepper production

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Kodagu is the largest Coffee and Pepper producing district in India. Karnataka produces nearly 70% of the total Coffee production in India, out of which 33% is contributed by Kodagu district alone.[18] Also Kodagu produces nearly a quarter of India's Black Pepper.[19][20]

Representation

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Two members of the legislative assembly are elected from Kodagu to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, one each from the Madikeri and Virajpet. Dr. Mantar Gowda represents the Madikeri constituency while A.S Ponnanna represents the Virajpet constituency; they are from the Indian National Congress. Kodagu, formerly part of the Kodagu-Dakshina Kannada (Mangalore) constituency, is now part of the Mysore-Kodagu Lok Sabha constituency parliamentary constituency. The current MP for this constituency is Shri Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, from the Bharatiya Janata Party.

The Codava National Council and Kodava Rashtriya Samiti are campaigning for autonomy to Kodagu district which would have made Coorg more prosperous and independent.[21][22]

History

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Map of South Indian states prior to the States Reorganisation Act, 1956. Kodagu (then called Coorg) is in dark green.

The Kodavas were the earliest inhabitants and agriculturists in Kodagu, having lived there for centuries. Kodavas being a warrior community as well, they carried arms during times of war and had their own chieftains.[23]

The earliest mention about Coorg can be seen in the works those date back to Sangam period (300 BCE - 300 CE). The Ezhimala dynasty had jurisdiction over two Nadus - The coastal Poozhinadu and the hilly eastern Karkanadu.[24] According to the works of Sangam literature, Poozhinadu consisted much of the coastal belt between Mangalore and Kozhikode.[25] Karkanadu consisted of Wayanad-Gudalur hilly region with parts of Kodagu (Coorg).[26]

The Haleri dynasty, an offshoot of the Keladi Nayakas, ruled Kodagu between 1600 and 1834. Later the British ruled Kodagu from 1834, after the Coorg War, until India's independence in 1947. A separate state (called Coorg State) until then, in 1956 Kodagu was merged with the Mysore State (now Karnataka).[27][28][29]

Coorg in British India

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In 1834, the East India Company annexed Kodagu into British India, after deposing Chikka Virarajendra of the Kodagu kingdom, as 'Coorg'.[30] British rule led to the establishment of educational institutions, introduction of scientific coffee cultivation, better administration and improvement of the economy.[31][32][33] This reference notwithstanding - we should remember that the colonial rule by the British in India was about exploitation of resources and Kodagu provided a lot of scope for economic benefits to a colonising empire.

Demographics

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Kodavas, 1875, from: "The people of India: A series of photographic illustrations..." (New York Public Library).
Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1901180,607—    
1911174,976−0.32%
1921163,838−0.66%
1931163,327−0.03%
1941168,726+0.33%
1951229,405+3.12%
1961322,829+3.48%
1971378,291+1.60%
1981461,888+2.02%
1991488,455+0.56%
2001548,561+1.17%
2011554,519+0.11%
source:[34]

According to the 2011 census of India, Kodagu has a population of 554,519,[2] roughly equal to the Solomon Islands[35] or the US state of Wyoming.[36] This ranks it 539 out of 640 districts in India in terms of population.[2] The district has a population density of 135 inhabitants per square kilometre (350/sq mi).[2] Its population growth rate over the decade 2001–2011 was 1.13%.[2] Kodagu has a sex ratio of 1019 females for every 1000 males,[citation needed] and a literacy rate of 82.52%. 14.61% of the population lives in urban areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes make up 13.27% and 10.47% of the population respectively.[2]

Kodava wedding

Religion

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Religions in Kodagu district (2011)[37]
Religion Percent
Hinduism
80.97%
Islam
15.74%
Christianity
3.09%
Other or not stated
0.20%

Hindus are the vast majority. They include the Kodava people, other Kodava language speakers, Arebhashe Gowdas, Brahmins, most Yeravas and Kurubas. A huge minority of Muslims dot the Coorg district, especially the towns of Kushalnagar, Virajpet and Mercara. A sizeable of them are the Nawayaths who shifted in the eighties from Bhatkal and Murdeshwar in order to pursue coffee & arecanut plantations and textile business. The numerous mosque dotting the landscape is the testimony of Muslim presence in the district.

A small number of Mangalorean Catholics are also found in Coorg.[quantify] They are mostly descended from those Konkani Catholics who fled the roundup and, later, captivity by Tippu Sultan. These immigrants were welcomed by Raja Veerarajendra (himself a former captive of Tippu Sultan, having escaped six years of captivity in 1788) who realising their usefulness and expertise as agriculturists, gave them lands and tax breaks and built a church for them.[38]

Language

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Languages of Kodagu district (2011)[39]

  Kannada (30.91%)
  Malayalam (20.83%)
  Kodava (14.86%)
  Tulu (8.92%)
  Are (5.81%)
  Yerava (4.66%)
  Tamil (4.23%)
  Urdu (2.95%)
  Kurumba (1.74%)
  Telugu (1.55%)
  Konkani (1.16%)
  Others (2.38%)

At the time of the 2011 census, 30.91% of the population spoke Kannada, 20.83% Malayalam, 14.86% Kodava, 8.92% Tulu, 5.81% Are, 4.66% Yerava, 4.23% Tamil, 2.95% Urdu, 1.74% Kurumba, 1.55% Telugu and 1.16% Konkani as their first language.[39]

Are Bhashe, a dialect of Kannada, Tulu and Kodava language are native to Kodagu district. Kodava Language uses the Official Script Invented by Dr IM Muthanna in 1970.[40][41]

Kodava people and other Kodava language speakers

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Kodava folk singers

According to Karnataka Kodava Sahitya Academy (Karnataka's Kodava Literary Academy), apart from Kodavas, and their related groups, the Amma Kodavas, the Kodava Peggade (Kodagu Heggade) and the Kodava Maaple (Kodava Muslims), 18 other smaller-numbered ethnic groups speak Kodava Takk in and outside the district including the Iri (Airi, or the carpenters and the village smiths), the Koyava, the Banna, the Kodagu Madivala (washermen), the Kodagu Hajama (barber, also called Nainda), the Kembatti Poleya (household servants and labourers) and the Meda (basket and mat weavers and drummers).[42]

Among other Kodava speaking communities are: the Heggades, cultivators from shimogga; the Kodava Nair, cultivators from Kerala State; the Ayiri, who constitute the artisan caste; the Medas, who are basket and mat-weavers and act as drummers at feasts; the Binepatta, originally wandering musicians from Malabar, now farmers; and the Kavadi, cultivators settled in Yedenalknad (Virajpet). All these groups speak the Kodava language and conform generally to Kodava customs and dress.[41]

Kodagu Aarebashe Gowda

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Less frequent are Tulu speakers Billavas, Mogaveeras, Bunts, Goud Saraswat Brahmins.[42]

The Arebhashe gowdas,[43] or Kodagu Gowdas, and Tulu Gowdas, are an ethnic group of Dakshina Kannada and Kodagu. 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 Dakshina Kannada. This was one of the earliest freedom movements against the British[44] called "Amara Sulliada Swantantrya Sangraama"[45] (Amara Sulya Dhange[44] formally called the 'Coorg Rebellion' by the British) started in 1837.[46][47][48][49]

Tourism

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Kaveri River in Kushalnagara
Tibetan Buddhist Golden temple, in Bylakuppe near Kushalanagar

Kodagu is rated as one of the top hill station destinations in India. Some of the most popular tourist attractions in Kodagu include Talakaveri, Bhagamandala, Nisargadhama, Abbey Falls, Dubare, Nagarahole National Park, Iruppu Falls, and the Tibetan Buddhist Golden Temple.[50]

  • Talakaveri is the place where the River Kaveri originates.[51] The temple on the riverbanks here is dedicated to Lord Brahma, and is one of only two temples dedicated to Brahma in India and Southeast Asia. Bhagamandala is situated at the Sangama (confluence) of two rivers, the Kaveri and the Kannika. A third river, the Sujyothi, is said to join from underground, and hence this spot is called the Triveni Sangama. Iruppu Falls is a sacred Kodagu Hindu spot in South Kodagu in the Brahmagiri hill range. The Lakshmana Tirtha River, with the waterfalls, flows nearby and has a Rameshwara temple on its banks. It is said that this sacred river was created when Laxmana, prince of Ayodhya and younger brother of Lord Rama, shot an arrow into nearby hill, the Brahmagiri hill. Chelavara falls and Thadiandamol peak are also in South Kodagu. Nagarahole is a national park and wildlife resort.
  • Madikeri is the capital of the district and Raja's Seat park is popular with tourists.[52] Kootu Poley dam is also popular among tourists. Omkareshwara Temple is a beautiful temple built in the Indo-Sarcenic style in Coorg. A legend is associated with the temple, built by Lingarajendra II in 1820 CE. The king put to death a pious Brahmin who dared to protest against his misdeeds. The spirit of the dead man began to plague the king day and night. On the advice of wise men, the king built this temple and installed a Shivalinga procured from Kashi, North India. St. Mark's Church is located within the Mercara Fort and was raised in 1859, by the officers and men of the East India Company. The building was funded by the Government of Madras,[53] and placed under the Church of England in India, Diocese of Madras.[54] The Church was closed after Indian independence, and taken over by the Government of Karnataka in 1971.[55] The building now houses the Madikeri Fort Museum, managed by the Karnataka State Archaeological Department.[56]
  • Dubare is mainly an elephant-capturing and training camp of the Forest Department at the edge of Dubare forest; on the bank of the river Kaveri along the Kushalanagara – Siddapura road.[57] Nisargadhama is a man-made island and picnic spot near Kushalanagara, formed by the river Kaveri. The Tibetan Buddhist Golden Temple is at Bylakuppe near Kushalnagara (Mysore district), in the Tibetan refugee settlement.
  • Abbey Falls is a scenic waterfall 5 km from Madikeri. Mallalli falls is 25 km from Somawarapet, downhill of the Pushpagiri hills.[58] Mandalapatti is 28 km from Madikeri. On the way to Abbey Falls, before 3 km from Abbey Falls take right, from there 25 km. Kote Betta temple, Kote Abbey falls are also in North Kodagu. Abbi waterfall and other waterfalls are best during monsoon season, typically some days after it starts raining in June up to the end of rainy season, while there is more water gushing in the streams and rivers.[59]

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Further reading

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  • Belliappa, C. P. Tale of a Tiger's Tail & Others Yarns from Coorg. English.
  • Belliappa, C. P. Victoria Gowramma. English.
  • Bopanna, P. T. Kodagu: Mungaru Maleya Vismayada Nadu/ Discover Coorg. Kannada/ English.
  • Bopanna, P. T. Coorg State: Udaya-Pathana / Coorg State. Kannada/ English.
  • Ganapathy, B. D. Kodagu mattu Kodavaru. Kannada. 1962.
  • Ganapathy, B. D. Nanga Kodava. Kodava. 1973.
  • Kushalappa, Mookonda. “The early Coorgs”. Chennai: Notion Press. 2013.
  • Kushalappa, Mookonda. “Long ago in Coorg”. Chennai: Pothi books. 2014.
  • Murphy, Dervla. On a Shoestring to Coorg.
  • Puttur Anantharaja Gowda (2015). IN PURSUIT OF OUR ROOTS Bengaluru: Tenkila Publications
  • N Prabhakaran. Kutaku kurippukal (Coorg Notes). Kannur: Kairali Books.
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