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 M Ponnappa (Sabu) from Kodagu is well-known for his outstanding contributions in the administrative field. Family Father Kodira Muddappa Mother Kodira (Kullachanda) Accamma Wife Kodira (Koopadira) Lilly Children Saritha Ajay Bindu Family Tree kodavaclan.co… read more »
Kodira Poomale Author of the page Uluvangada Cauvery Udaya Author of the book Uluvangada Cauvery Udaya About the book This was author’s fifth book in Kodava language. Kodhira Poomale means garland of love. Its a… read more »
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 »