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
Lt Col Kodira A Nanaiah from Kodagu served in the Army. He was the first commissioned officer in the family. Family Father Kodira Aiyappa Mother Kodira(Balachanda)Accavva Wife Kodira Sheela Son Kodira Appachu Daughter Ballachanda(Kodira)Seetha Career… read more »
Lt Col Konganda Machaiah born in Kodagu, served as an army officer and is the Managing Director of MAC security service. He is a keen sportsman and played hockey at the highest level in college…. read more »
Lt General Channira Bansi Ponnappa an Army officer and UN peacekeeper from Kodagu is known for his role as commander of the United Nations’ MONUSCO forces in the North Kivu region of the Democratic Republic… read more »
Lt. Colonel Puttichanda Ganapathi was a brave officer who was born on 7th November 1944 in Napoklu. Shy of any kind of publicity and one who lives by the dictum ‘Safeguarding the nation is my… read more »
Lt.Col.Muthappa SM (Bottolanda Shambhu), had actively participated in the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation war for which he was awarded with a “Sena Medal ” He later was a part of the Indian peace keeping operations in… read more »
Machanda Rohan Bopanna was born on 4 March 1980. He is an Indian professional tennis player from Kodagu. He is World No 1 in Mens doublesHis singles career high ranking was World No. 213 in 2007…. read more »
Machettira Raju Poovamma a sportsperson was born on 5 June 1990 is an Indian sprinter who competes in the 400 metres event. Poovamma is a Beijing Olympics 2008 participant and is currently ranked No.2 in Asia in the 400… read more »
Machimanda Jeffry a kodava actor, from virajpet and the hero of the kodava movie “naada manne naada kool”. He introduced movie industry to kodagu and was the first person to get National award in Kodava… read more »