Brutalities of Chikka Veeraraajendra against Kodavas

Brutalities of Chikka Veeraraajendra against Kodavas

Chikka Veeraraajendra was 20 year old when he became ruler of Coorg after father Lingaraja’s death. Historians say Chikka Veeraraajendra was a fool , coward and a womanizer.

G Richter writes ” He kept the youngest of his father’s wives for his use and his establishment of concubines to about 100. A number of other women, of the Kodava clans , were summoned to Madikeri after aacouchements and kept in a house near the palace during the period when they gave milk to their babies “. It is mentioned by G Richter as well as Nadikerianda Chinnappa in their books that part of those breast milk of Kodavathis was taken to cruel Chikka Veeraraajendra daily. He used the breast milk of Kodavathis as a medicinal ingredient of his food . If any Kodavathi had dared to refuse compliance with his weird fantasies , he would kill that Kodavathi as well as whole clan of hers. He actually demanded to have the choice of all unmarried girls in Coorg. When hearing this heart wrenching resolution , the Kodavas one night, married all their grown up daughters. The furious Chikka Veeraraajendra dreadfully flogged those Kodava parents , some of those Kodavas’ ears were cropped , some were thrown into prison. For all his cruelty a minister named Kunta Basava was supportive.

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