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Eminent People

Eminent People of Kodava tribe have contributed immensely towards the growth of the Indian nation, despite them being in small numbers. Their most significant contributions are in the armed forces and in sports. Originally being land-owning militiamen farmers from Kodagu, hence their traditional twin occupations were as agriculturists and as soldiers. The distinguished among them had been local chieftains, palace officials, officers of the Raja’s army and brave battle veterans, therefore invariably having attained fame in either government service or in the local army.

Eminent People of Kodavas  have achieved laurels in all walk of life and prominent in every field and are listed for the future generations to know 

Kodira Rao Bahadur Uthappa, born on 1891 in Virajpet. He was well-known for his wisdom and fore-sight. Once, the British rulers asked him to auction the land of the people in Kiggattnad who could not… read more »

Kokkalera Lopamudra Thimmaiah a sports person from Kodagu is a basketball player and an athlete. She initially started as a track athlete and gradually moved onto a team sport. She is committed to sport and… read more »

SRI K. P. KARUMBAIAH (1902 – 1972) Sri Kolera P. Karumbaiah born in 1902 at Madikeri Village, had early schooling at Madikeri, graduated from Mangalore and did his law at Bombay. After a stint as… read more »

K.S THIMMAIAH (1944 – 1993) Belonging to Kolera family, Sri.K.S.Thimmaiah, affectionately called as “DIKKI” was a very lovable, friendly and efficient  Advocate who joined Virajpet Bar in 1968. He had his schooling at Ponnampet and… read more »

Kolera Zaru Ganapathy is the Chairperson of ponnampet based Sai Shankar Educational Institutions. He is selected for ‘Coorg Person of the Year 2018’ award .He went out of his way to help the victims of… read more »

Kondira Keerthi Muthappa a sportsperson is the first international hockey Umpire from Kodagu. He was born on 3rd March 1993 in Bethu village,Napoklu Kodagu presently residing in Bangalore. Family Father Kondira Bopanna Mother Kondira (Chappanda)Pushpa… read more »

Konganda Charmanna Cariappa was born on 13th April 1994 in Bangalore.  As a sportsperson initially he played a lot of tennis ball cricket, leather ball cricket happened to him only by chance after everyone around… read more »

DETAILS AWAITING Konganda Cherri Chittianna was a prominent Sports person excelled  in Tennis from kodagu who has played several National and international tournaments  Achievments Indian Open Tennis – Runner up 1963

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