{"id":15332,"date":"2022-01-09T13:19:04","date_gmt":"2022-01-09T13:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/?p=15332"},"modified":"2025-12-20T10:22:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T10:22:52","slug":"alamachanda-okka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/alamachanda-okka\/","title":{"rendered":"Alamachanda Okka"},"content":{"rendered":"

Author:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Almachanda Devaiah<\/p>\n

Name of Kaaronava<\/a><\/strong>:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Subbaiah<\/p>\n

Pattedara:<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n

Babu Karumbaiah (since 2002)<\/p>\n

Aruva<\/a> okka<\/strong>:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Immediate neighbour Kodava family<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Pemman\u1e0da<\/a><\/p>\n

Thakkame rights of the okka:<\/strong>  <\/strong><\/h4>\n

Almachan\u1e0da have a priority status at the M\u0101ng\u014dt S\u0101rth\u0101vu temple in Balamb\u0113ri, because S\u0101rth\u0101vu first took nele on this land here (see story in the below section). They have to offer a therige in terms of money and animal sacrifice (chicken) at the M\u0101ng\u014dt S\u0101rth\u0101vu temple festival.<\/p>\n

About<\/h3>\n

Etymology related to okka name:<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The family name was actually pronounced as ‘A\u1e37amachan\u1e0da’ in the olden days and also seen the same in Kodava scholars’ books of Kodava manepedha\/okka list. However, later the name got transformed to ‘Almachan\u1e0da’ due to English spelling usage becoming predominant in the later years on revenue records and mispronunciation due to the absence of word “\u1e37a<\/strong>” in English, since the word “\u1e37a” is found only in Dravidian\/South Indian languages.
\nThus the latter name ‘Almachan\u1e0da’ superseded the previous name ‘A\u1e37amachanda’.
\nAlso seems like derived from a Kodava word “A\u1e37ama” from which we can find other family names too like A\u1e37amanda, A\u1e37amengada, etc. However, strictly we do not have any link\/inheritance with these Okkas instead it is just an assumption on naming convention.<\/p>\n

Stories related to the okka:<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is believed that Almachan\u1e0da okka were one among the initial settlers in the village, the others being Madeyanda, and Acchakalera. Due to Almachan\u1e0da family’s very small population, some parts of agricultural land was believed to be sold to Pemmanda family (who hailed from Kadanoor near Virajpet), and also to Kotera family (who were initially Naadanda family from Balamberi).<\/p>\n

When S\u0101rth\u0101vu\/Sh\u0101sth\u0101vu came to B\u0101\u1e0daga and asked the K\u1e51t\u00e9ra okka for land to settle here, they told him that since they had already given land to Bhagavathi, they would give him land in the M\u0101ng\u014dt bana in Balamb\u0113ri on the next day.<\/p>\n

So S\u0101rth\u0101vu stayed that night under a jack-fruit tree in Almachan\u1e0da waade-land in M\u016brn\u0101\u1e0d-B\u0101\u1e0daga, where the Almachan\u1e0da people spread a silk sheet for him. S\u0101rth\u0101vu later on the next day randomly shot an arrow from his bow towards the other side of the Cauvery river (Balamberi region where he was promised to give a land); this place where the arrow struck the ground was later established as M\u0101ng\u014dt S\u0101rth\u0101vu temple in Balamb\u0113ri village.
\nM\u0101ng\u014dt S\u0101rth\u0101vu temple is currently administered by Kodava Okkas of Balamberi village. However, during the annual festival K\u1e51t\u00e9ra and Almachan\u1e0da okkas are given priority status in this temple. The one possessed by the spirit of M\u0101ng\u014dt S\u0101rth\u0101vu first asks for the K\u1e51t\u00e9ra and Almachan\u1e0da okkas presence. A silk sheet is spread for M\u0101ng\u014dt S\u0101rth\u0101vu, in memory of the sheet that was spread for him by the Almachan\u1e0da okka in M\u016brn\u0101\u1e0d-B\u0101\u1e0daga in the past prior to his shelter centuries ago.<\/p>\n

Eminent People<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Almachanda Palangappa<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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