Mandepanda Okka

About the Okka

Mandepanda Okka is based out of chembebellor on Virajpet–Madikeri road.

There are 3 baghas in this okka.

Mandepanda family hosted the 2009 hockey festival at Ammathi.

The ainmane of this large okka was built by Karanachi somavva.

Intermarriage

A man from Porimanda family married a lady from Mandepanda okka.They had only one daughter named somavva who later on became the Karanachi of Mandepanda okka. She was married to Kopuda Belliappa. She gave birth to three children and became a widow. Later somavva returned to Mandepanda land, her mother’s house was destroyed. so she became a foster daughter to Mandepanda Muthanna.  Muthanna died as a bachelor and later muthanna’s brother subbaiah gave a portion of land and helped them to build a house. Hence there are no intermarriage between Mandepanda and Kopuda Okka.

Moolapurusha

• Karanachi Somavva & her sons Achayya & Monnayya

Ainmane

• Ainmane

Eminent people

Freedom Fighter

• Mandepanda Somaiah

Defence

1. Mandepanda Karan Poonacha K
2. Mandepanda A. Pemmaiah  – Colonel
3. Mandepanda N. Kuttaiah  – 9 Gurkha Rifles Brigadier
4. Mandepanda Nikhil Ganapathy – Armoured Corps Colonel
5. Mandepanda  C. Aiyappa  – Infantry/Maratha LI Colonel
6. Mandepanda Smitha (Mevada)  – Major

Navy

1. Mandepanda Parthasarthy Bopaiah Commander
2. Mandepanda Dempsy Chengappa Commander

Airforce

1. Mandepanda Ganapathy– Squadron Leader

sports

1. Mandepanda Dr Pushpa Kuttanna
2. Mandepanda S Monnappa
3. Mandepanda K Prakash

PhD

• Mandepanda(Konganda) Shivali Bopanna
• Mandepanda Pushpa Kuttanna
• Mandepanda(Mookonda) M Kaveramma
• Mandepanda Geetha