About the Okka Kabbachira okka’s karanava Bollu ajja had only one daughter. When Peggaḷa Ishwara (Sarthavu) came here disguised as a mendicant, she gave him milk instead of water to drink. Sarthavu was pleased with… read more »
About the Okka Kabbachira okka’s karanava Bollu ajja had only one daughter. When Peggaḷa Ishwara (Sarthavu) came here disguised as a mendicant, she gave him milk instead of water to drink. Sarthavu was pleased with… read more »
About the Okka There are about 70 families in this Okka. When the Okka was named, it was probably the last ainmane in the area, before one reached the Barapole River which forms the border… read more »
About the Okka Kadyamada okka used to be called Kaḍi thakka, when they were paỊeyagaras in Arvathoklu – they do not know why. Hence their name became Kaḍiyamaḍa and then Kaḍyamaḍa. One of the early ancestors… read more »
Kaimada A Kaimada is a small shrine built in remembrance of ancestors a few decades ago and the Bira kall is placed inside the kaimada. The idols or images of the ancestors are traditionally made… read more »
About the Okka Kakamada okka is based in Begur (near Ponnampet) This okka has two bhagas. The original arvad of the Kakamada okka was an othe pore nearby and belongs to the Kakamada-1 bhaga. About… read more »
Charishma Kaliyanda Charishma Kaliyanda is an elected councillor for Liverpool City Council and a registered Occupational Therapist. She is also currently the Community Engagement Officer for headspace (the national youth mental health initiative)… read more »
About the Okka There are four branches of the Kaliyanḍa okka .The original location of this okka was in Nalaḍi, where their first ainmane was built. About 200 years ago, four elders from the okka… read more »
About the okka The ancestors of Kallengada okka in Beḷḷur were drinking kaḷḷ (toddy) when the king came. So he called them Kallengaḍa. Their ancestors, three ajjas came here to Napoklu from the Kallengada aroḍa… read more »