{"id":16659,"date":"2026-03-08T11:31:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T11:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/?p=16659"},"modified":"2026-03-08T11:31:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T11:31:29","slug":"achandira","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kodavaclan.com\/kodaguheritage\/achandira\/","title":{"rendered":"Achandira"},"content":{"rendered":"

About the\u00a0Okka<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

The Ach\u0101n\u1e0dira okka<\/em> originally had three bh\u0101gas<\/em>. Two of them are in Nelji: the keeda Ach\u0101n\u1e0dira<\/em> and the m\u0113k Ach\u0101n\u1e0dira<\/em>. The keeda bh\u0101ga<\/em> continues to have an ainmane<\/em>, while the m\u0113k bh\u0101ga<\/em> no longer has one. The third bh\u0101ga<\/em> was in Kirnd\u0101\u1e0d, but that branch eventually became kuthi nasha<\/em> (extinct)<\/p>\n

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Origin and Lineage<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

A well known hero of this lineage was pa\u1e0d\u00e9 beera<\/a> Ach\u0101n\u1e0dira Appayya<\/em>. After he defeated Karnemb\u0101hu N\u0101yaka of Th\u0101vun\u0101\u1e0d in battle, Karnemb\u0101hu made false allegations about him to the king. As a result of these accusations, Appayya was captured and beheaded by the king\u2019s men in Siddhi k\u0101\u1e0d<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Ach\u0101n\u1e0dira Appayya continues to be honoured and worshipped as the karanava<\/em> by the Gouda Mukk\u0101tira okka<\/em>, since the land on which their ainmane<\/em> stands originally belonged to the Ach\u0101n\u1e0dira okka<\/em>, and Appayya\u2019s kaimada<\/em> is located there. The Mukk\u0101tira okka<\/em> conducts karana<\/em> in his honour once every five years, on the day after they celebrate Hari S\u0113ve<\/em>. On the day before Puthari<\/em>, they also perform a karana p\u016bj\u00e9<\/em> to Ach\u0101n\u1e0dira Appayya ajja<\/em>, attended by the villagers of the surrounding area.<\/p>\n

There is also a connection with the Appaneravan\u1e0da okka<\/em>. Karana<\/em> Ponnappa of the Appaneravan\u1e0da okka<\/em> had married into the now extinct Ach\u0101n\u1e0dira okka<\/em> of Kirnd\u0101\u1e0d. After defeating Karnemb\u0101hu N\u0101yaka of Th\u0101vun\u0101\u1e0d in battle, Ponnappa and his father in law Ach\u0101n\u1e0dira Appayya were returning when Karnemb\u0101hu made false allegations about them to the king. A\u1e47\u1e47ira Madappa supported these accusations, and both Ponnappa and Appayya were beheaded in Siddhi k\u0101\u1e0d<\/em> by the king\u2019s men.<\/p>\n

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Moolapurusha<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

Joyappa and Chembavva.<\/p>\n