Mookonda okka

About the okka

The Mookonda okka (joint family) is also called Mookanda or Mookovanda.

Mookonda okka had three bhagas: Bavali Mookonda, Devanageri Mookonda, and Bilugunda Mookonda. The Bavali Mookonda family became extinct. Their property called Mookonda Bane went to their relatives, the Biddanda (source: published Biddanda family history). The Devanageri Mookonda also became extinct, with a childless couple being the last in their family. They adopted a relative from the Achimudiyanda family of Makkandur. One Achimudiyanda brother remained in Makkandur and another came to Devanageri. They had bhandara thakka rights. During Bisu and at Kuruli Ambala, the Mookonda-Achimudiyanda are honoured.

Moolapurusha

Mookanda Uthaiah (for Bilugunda village Mookonda bhaga)

Achimudiyanda (for Devanageri village Mookonda bhaga)

Ainmane

The Bilugunda Ainmane was burnt down in an accidental fire in 1948. Now there are a few old-style houses, but all members don’t get together in one house.

There is one Kaimada in Bilugunda and one Gurumane (which was mistaken for a Kaimada) in Devanageri. The annual Karana Kodupo is done around Pattalodi near both the places by the two bhagas.

Eminent people

Army

• Mookonda K Muthappa, Devanageri
• Mookonda S Raja Nanjappa, Bilugunda, Mundoni
• Major Mookonda Kunjappa Bheemaiah (Bheemani), Devanageri
• Mookonda Belliappa Prakash, Devanageri (now Bangalore)
• Mookonda Babu Madappa, Devanageri
• Mookonda T Sampath, Bilugunda
• Mookonda S. Mithun, Devanageri

Navy

• Mookonda C. Shivappa, Bilugunda, Mundoni

Police

• Mookonda Muthappa, Bilugunda, Rtd. Inspector, Bangalore
• Mookonda Mithu Chengappa, Bilugunda, Head constable (ASI), Bangalore (deceased during service)
• Mookonda K Ganapathy, B. Sc., LLB, Bilugunda, Mundoni – Rtd. Superintendent of Police (SP), Karnataka (now Bangalore)
• Mookonda M Appachu, Devanageri
• Mookonda Appachu Pavan, Devanageri, Madikeri police

Local Politics

• Mookonda M Cariappa, Bilugunda, Mundoni – hereditary Village Chief (Mookonda Pattedara, Bilugunda Oor Patela)
• Mookonda M Kushalappa (died 1981), Bilugunda, Mundoni – Village Panchayat President (elected), Ammathi High School Secretary, APCMS Ammathi President,
• Mookonda Bose Devaiah, Bilugunda, Mundoni – Ammathi Kodava Samaja President, Mysore Coffee Curing Co-operative Society President, Gonikoppal RMC President, APCMS Ammathi President
• Mookonda Shashi Subramani, Devanageri – Kadnur constituency Zilla Panchayat (District Council) representative member; Kodagu District Council (Zilla Panchayat) Head of the District Education Department, President of Devanageri Cooperative Society Bank, Chembebelloor Panchayat member, RMC Gonikoppal Vice-President, Head of the District Education and Health Departments, Devanageri Cooperative Bank President, 
• Mookonda Dilip Thammaiah, a prominent member of Codava National Council (CNC)
• Mookonda Viju Subramani – Ammathi constituency Zilla Panchayat (District Council) representative member; Kodagu District Council Member from Pollibetta, Head of the District Health Department (now in Chennayankote);  Head of the District Social Justice Department; 
• Mookonda C Aiyappa (Raghu), Bilugunda Mundoni, President PACS Ammathi
• Mookonda C Ramesh, Devanageri – President of Bangalore Vidyaranyapura Kodava Sangha
• Mookonda Gombe Lilavathi, Bilugunda – President of the Bilugunda Village Panchayat

Civil Office

• Devanira (Mookonda) Preeth Ganapathy, Indian Revenue Service Officer
• Mookonda Naina, Central Defence Accounts Officer

Teachers

• Mookonda Belliappa, Devanageri, teacher in Hunsur
• Mookonda A Poovaiah (f/o Shashi Subramani), Devanageri, St Anne’s headmaster and school teacher, Virajpet
• Mookonda K Madaiah (Vasu), M. Sc, B. Ed, Bilugunda Mundoni – Ammathi High School Maths and Science teacher
• Mookonda Kunjappa Sharada (sister of M K Bheemaiah, army-man), Devanageri headmistress and school teacher
• Mookonda Pushpa Poonacha (thamane Muckatira), B.Sc, B. Ed, Bilugunda, Mundoni, school teacher in Bangalore
• Mookonda Muddaiah Aiyappa, Devanageri, worked in St. Anne’s (as staff, not as a teacher)
• Mookonda Bhanumathi Pemmaiah, MA, B. Ed, PG Dip (HR), School Administrator, Bangalore
• Mookonda Usha Ramesh (w/o M C Ramesh), Devanageri, school teacher in Bangalore

Banking

• Mookonda K Pemmaiah, BA, LLB, Bilugunda Mundoni – Assistant General Manager, Vijaya Bank, now in Bangalore
• Mookonda Ajith Kaverappa, Devanageri – Canara Bank
• Mookonda Sabu Aiyappa, Devanageri – Vijaya Bank
• Mookonda Nayana Aiyappa, Devanageri – Vijaya Bank
• Mookonda Saroja Nanjappa, Devanageri – DCC Bank

Entrepreneurs

• Mookonda Sabu Chinnappa
• Mookonda Eswara
• Mookonda Roshan Uthaiah
• Mookonda Arasu Poonacha, Gonikoppal
• Mookonda Raja Bheemaiah
• Mookonda Naveen Nanjappa, RR Fish view cottages (Raja Rani river view fishing resort/homestay), Ammathi
• Bayavanda Monnappa (mother Mookonda), COO, BeeHIVE workspaces
• Mookonda M Charmanna, Machaiah Earth Movers, Ammathi
• Mookonda Bopanna, Bangalore, Ammathi

Scientists (including PhDs)

• Mandepanda (Mookonda) M Kaveramma, college lecturer and agricultural scientist
• Swathi Chinnappa, Devanageri, Bangalore, BE, MS (Neurosciences), Rare Diseases Scientist
• Moksha Shivappa, Indian Institute of Science

Authors

• Iythichanda Ramesh Uthappa (wife is Mookonda), author of at least 25 books
• Mookonda Pushpa Poonacha, B.Sc, B. Ed, Bilugunda Mundoni, now in Bangalore, author of 3 books
• Mookonda (Nitin) Kushalappa